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<\/a><\/p>\nSalaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah
\nEid al Adha is rapidly approaching.\u00a0 Where did the time go?\u00a0 I thought the first Eid was just over.\u00a0 The bounce house, the visitors, the food, the hyperactive children running through the yard?\u00a0 And now, a mere three days from now, I have to muster the strength to wake up early and dress five children and shepherd them to an Eid prayer I won\u2019t even hear before I\u2019ve even had my first cup of coffee.<\/p>\n
The Eids always catch me unaware.\u00a0 Every year I promise myself that I will be prepared, that I will make this Eid the most special Eid that any child ever celebrated.\u00a0 I will purchase the most lovely dress for my daughter and the most handsome suits for my sons.\u00a0 I will cut their hair.\u00a0 I will make sure the car seats are in the van the night before.\u00a0 I will bring three changes of clothes and an entire pack of diapers for the baby.\u00a0 I will live up to my moniker of Supermom<\/em>.\u00a0 And each year, I fail miserably.<\/p>\nI told my husband just yesterday, with the time ticking down on the Eid shopping clock, that I needed to buy outfits for the kids.\u00a0 \u201cFine,\u201d he says.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you go grocery shopping, instead of buying the normal amount, just shop lightly and then use what you save to buy outfits for the kids.\u201d\u00a0 This is a man who does not shop.\u00a0 This is a man who does not understand that there is no such thing as shopping lightly for three adults, five children, and four cats.\u00a0 Not to mention my son needs extra food for a \u201cLatin feast\u201d his language class is having on Friday.\u00a0 Latin as in ancient Rome, not Latin as in Latin America.\u00a0 Grapes, cheese, juice.\u00a0 Not a huge grocery budget buster, but still.<\/p>\n
Every year I commit to budgeting for the Eid.\u00a0 Clothing, the sacrificial animal,\u00a0 food for the barbecue.\u00a0 Every year something happens to throw my plans off.\u00a0 The car breaks down, the computer breathes its last,\u00a0 someone gets sick or needs an emergency procedure to remove a plastic toy solider from his nose.\u00a0 I actually did pretty good for myself, having bid on and won a couple of really nice abayas on eBay, but now I have to scramble to find nice outfits for the kids and explain to the hubby that no, it\u2019s not okay to let them go to the Eid prayer in blue jeans and a Power Rangers t-shirt.\u00a0 Even if they have a hoodie on over it.\u00a0 Why not a nice galabiyyah? you ask.\u00a0 Well, we are always on the verge of \u201cgoing to Egypt\u201d and I always tell myself I\u2019ll buy galabiyyahs by the suitcaseful for the kids when we are there.\u00a0 I hate having to spend American retail prices on something they\u2019ll outgrow in four months.\u00a0 So since the Egypt trip keeps getting put off \u2013 you know, revolution can throw such a monkey wrench into one\u2019s plans \u2013 I never have gotten around to buying any.<\/p>\n
So today I\u2019ll shop for suits for the kids and a dress for our princess.\u00a0 The boys\u2019 suits are actually pretty easy.\u00a0 They sell complete outfits at a big bargain retailer, shirt, tie, vest, and pants.\u00a0 My boys will look like proper gentlemen for as long as I can keep them from untucking their shirts and using their ties as combat weapons.\u00a0 Our daughter, our three year old only girl apple of her father\u2019s eye daughter, well, that\u2019s another story.\u00a0 I have to find The Perfect Dress, so I have a feeling much of my day off today is going to be spent lost amid racks of frothy frilly lacy girl things.\u00a0 And that\u2019s okay.\u00a0 Soon enough she\u2019ll be in abayas and hijab.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had my coffee, the husband is off on an errand and soon will return so I can break the news to him that I\u2019m going to be spending more money today, and now I have to mentally prepare for Sunday.\u00a0 First thing:\u00a0 remember we go off daylight savings time and set our clocks back one hour Saturday night.\u00a0 Second thing:\u00a0 set aside the underwear and matching socks today so I won\u2019t have to do it half asleep in the early morning on Sunday.\u00a0 Third thing: call the masjid to make sure what time the Eid prayer starts because asking my husband for the time will result in us arriving directly after the prayer when everyone is spilling out into the parking lot.\u00a0 How is it that the man who goes to the masjid to pray or for a class several times a week, can never, ever ask in advance what time the Eid prayer is so I have to call the masjid ten times waiting for them to update the message on the answering machine?\u00a0 Fourth thing:\u00a0 put the address for the Eid prayer into the GPS because even though we have prayed at the same place for the last four years, my husband will get lost without directions.\u00a0 Fifth thing:\u00a0 I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a fifth thing, but I\u2019ve only had one cup of coffee so far this morning and there\u2019s laundry to do, and beds to make, and dishes to wash, not to mention a cute little man sitting next to me in his highchair smearing himself with yogurt that I have to deal with.\u00a0 So that\u2019s where I\u2019ll leave it for now.\u00a0 Oh, and hubby is back, so time for that nice little conversation about shopping.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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