I'm finally back home, kinda wish I could have stayed another week in
The last couple days of the trip have got to be some of the best days I had in a long long time. Khala Enas's family was here visiting from
I first found out that they (her, her husband, 3 sons, and daughter) were here on Thursday. We were taking AbdulQudoos out for a walk and Khala Naila was going to the laundry to do laundry so we followed here and talked with her while she was doing her laundry. She told us that her husband saw them at the masjid but I was like nah Khala can't be here couse her sons came before to visit without her and ruaa and stuff. But she said it was all of them, and me being me I still didn’t believe it. So the first thing I do when we get back to the house is call and find out, it was true.. I couldn’t believe it nor could I wait till the next day to go to the masjid and see her.
Anyways next day my parents came down or whatever, and they came over after Jumu'a. My mom comes and is like "GUESS WHO I SAW" I was like "KHALA EN AS" and she said "ya, she says salaams to you". My dad wants to leave right away because we were invited to lunch/dinner at Khala Ghada's, but right before we do khala Aisha calls and invites us to lunch and my mom goes down and asks my dad and he says he cant upset them so we will go. Halfway there my dads like "Abu Bahaa is going to kill me wallahi" so he takes their street and stops in front of their house. 'Amu is outside working on his car and my dad stands and helps him for a bit while my mom goes and begs khala Ghada to let us go for an hour and we'll come back, after a while they agree so we go to khala aisha's. The whole time at khala Aisha's and I'm like looking at the clock couse I cant wait to go to khala Ghada's LOL couse khala Enas was coming over there as well. About an hour and half and my dad asked Amu if we could go since he had to do some things and he said ok so we left.
We got to Khala Ghada's and some other people were already there but not Khala Enas's family. Its about 4:30 and we have to be at the masjid at 6 since Khala Ghada was the one giving it that day. Me and her are in the kitchen making the salad and trying to figure out the best way to serve the food, finally we decided to put the food on the table in the kitchen have the women go upstairs till the men come and take and go back to the living room then the women take and sit back down in the family room. While we are in the middle of this khala Enas walks in. wallahi I practically dropped anything in my hands and hugged her. She hugged me soo hard and was like "mashaAllah!!!! Two years?? They make such a difference. I don’t even recognize you" and she wouldn’t let go lol. I had like the hugest smile on my face.. ahh the memories, we spent a good like 3-4years together, she was always really active in the masjid and was always hanging with us teens even though her oldest son was like 18 at the time lol.
We ate like super fast then me and Dania started on the dishes LOL. That has got to be the funnest time I have ever done dishes. We were fighting over them, and khala Enas kept cracking jokes about how lazy we are and stuff. But I have seriously never done that many dishes in that little amount of time mashaAllah. The dishwasher was full, there was one pyramid in the dish drainer then another next to it on a towel and after the sweets there was a third one on the other counter. When we finished I called up Umm AbdulQudoos and told her we were going to pick her up and go to the masjid.
We had to split into two cars, one car was me, Dania, Ruaa, and my sis the other was everyone else. Dania realizes she forgot her milk in her trunk so she has to run home and put it in the fridge, because of that we are late and we still have to pick up Umm AbdulQudoos. So we take highway 99 down to
The other two days were just as nice alhamdulilah. Saturday we spent at Umm AbdulQudoos' then all of us were invited out to one of her neighbors khala Shayma', so we went there for dinner. On the way out of the door Khala Enas stopped by and gave us some things. Every year they send a tin of Baklawa to everyone in
The next day was nice as well alhamdulilah, it was us and khala enas and ruaa and khala Umm Mish'al and her kids. I was up all night since I had to wake everyone for fajr, so I was DEAD tired especially since me and Umm AbdulQudoos got up from fajr to work. We made everything from scratch like eve the bread etc so it was nice alhamdulilah.
While they were over we decided to call Khala Faykah in saudia couse her and khala Enas were like best friends so it would be a nice surprise. We keep trying and the line wont go through, one time some guy answered and hung up on us lol. Finally it connected once and a guy answered but couldn’t seem to hear UmmQoossy so I was like "give me the phone". I took it and I go "ASSALAAMU "AlAIKUM, khala FAYKAH MOWJOODAH" and I hear someone replying but its not clear so I repeat like 4 times finally the voice changes and I still cant hear right so I say it one more time and then I realized the person is saying "MARYAM!!!! Ana khala Faykah" and I was like omggggg awwww lol. Umm AbdulQudoos talked to her for a min then goes "I have a surprise for you" and hands khala Enas the phone. You can hear Khala faykah on the other end going "ENAAAAS" lol. Couse khala Enas was like "assalaamu 'alaikum, faaykaahti" lol.
After eating and stuff khala Enas starts asking us to help her with her PhD thing. So all of us give our opinions and stuff, lol it was funny couse my mom had an opposite view than khala Enas and I had the same view as her, so she turns to me and keeps discussing ignoring mama for a min.
Ahh alhamdulilah it was nice. They might stop by on their way to
SubHana-Allaah, you never told me about all this!
I could feel your excitement all the way over here, several dozen states east. lol.
Masha-Allaah, that sounds so fun and the whole time I was reading this...Wallaah I had the biggest smile on my face. Dude, I wish I was there! :(
Insha-Allaah Khayr, one day, some day...a nikkaah in Madinah! :P lol We'll see.
Was-Salaamu 'Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuh.
lol I told you some of it when we would talk :P ya man I really really wish you could be here too :( that would be like the awesomest awesome inshaAllah one day.
LOL @ Madinah, wallahi we are such dreamers.
