So it’s been almost a week since Saad left for school and it’s just now starting to really hit me that he won’t be walking through the door in time for dinner or that I won’t find him snuggled in the sheets with Aiman when I go upstairs. I made it 5 days ignoring that [...]
Archive for the ‘Marriage-hood’ Category
8 Jan
Updates and Downdates
Oh buddy, where to begin! For the last two weeks I would log into to my WordPress account and try to come up with something to say, something to express, something to write! But my “new post” tab would remain unused for the most part. Now I realize that there is so much I want [...]
16 Nov
Sunlight Therapy
Friday began like any other Friday, lazy and slow. I don’t do anything “productive” on my designated day off but enjoy the day chillin’ like a villain’ with my baby boy. Sa’ad usually heads out to run his various errands so Aiman and I are usually home all day because Big Man (Saad) has the [...]
13 Nov
Forced Felicity 2
Alternatively titled: Sleeping Beauty Goes Into Coma
This past couple of weeks, or since school started I should say, but especially the last few weeks have done horror to my sleep schedule. But it was never that great to begin with since I’m an occasional insomniac. Generally I’m fine with 4-6 hours of sleep, although 7 is ideal. [...]
31 Oct
Love in a Picture
I was cleaning out some boxes when I came across this picture.
Do you know what that is?
It’s a portrait of me and Sa’ad after we got married, drawn by my youngest sister.
Although it was drawn at the hands of a then highly skilled 5 year old, there are some fabrications that suggest she has no [...]
24 Sep
Hidden Lessons
They say that having a baby will change everything, and if there’s one sickeningly true cliche, it’s that one. It changes your life, perspective, friends, thought process, even pooping. Your body will respond to not only your own offspring, but even to someone else’s.
In fact, in the first few weeks that your milk comes in, I [...]
