| December 1, 2003 - Monday It�s another manic Monday. It�s another crisp day in winter*. It�s not just any day. It�s the first of December. Indeed, it�s another Monday. Ok, that was my attempt at starting a poem after realizing that the 1st, 3rd, and 5th verses rhymed and the 2nd and 4th verses rhymed. After going at it for about 11.5 seconds, I came to the conclusion I�d leave it there. After all, I�m no whiz when it comes to poetry. So, where have I been this past month? Hmm, I have written in my real journal a few times in the last month, but I was either too busy or too lazy to write online. Where do I start... And, btw, for those friends that I promised to email/call, I will soon, InshaAllah. I haven�t forgotten about you, I�ve just been a little over my head with stuff. In the meanwhile, this entry will have to do� until you get the real me ;) All of November was spent in Ramzan events � iftaris, fasting mania, taraweeh (evening prayer), reading Qur'aan, socializing with family & friends - not to mention - work. All that left little or no time for other activities. This Ramzan seemed to come and go with the blink of an eye. As always, I don't feel I got as much out of this blessed month as I should have� I�m still struggling to catch up. I�m fasting today as a continuation of the month of blessings =) Last week was a long and weird (for lack of a better term) week. I went to work on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesday was Eid, so I made sure to take annual leave, and of course Thursday was Thanksgiving. No, I didn�t have Friday off from work although most people took off by using their monstrous annual leave. Little poor �ol me couldn�t afford to take Friday off from work since my sis and I are going to California at the end of December. I�m trying to save up my annual leave so I can accrue at least 6 or 7 days of leave by that time. I have sick days, so I guess I could have called in sick on Friday, but how likely would it be that I got sick the day AFTER Thanksgiving? Exactly. Thursday was fun because my family and I went up to NJ to be with family for Thanksgiving. Too bad we had to rush back for me to go back to work on Friday. Saturday I hung out with friends and then went to the CAIR Dinner, which absolutely rocked!!! Dennis Kucinich spoke, and he did a mighty good job! Sunday I bummed around all-day and caught up on sleep (not that I really had to catch up, but I guess my body was just being lazy � so what else is new, lol?). There�s a whole heck of a lot that�s happened in this past month, but my mind is resembling a blank page right now, so I guess it�s for me to remember later and perhaps never share =) * technically it's still the season of fall |