Assalamu Alaikum,
Once again, a large amount of time has lapsed between posts. And, of course, as expected a lot has occured.
When I left off, I was still in Summer school, Managerial Accounting, to be exact. Well, it finished, pretty much uneventful, except a JUNGLI bothering me once.... And the best part...I got a 92 on the final. I was so happy upon seeing my grade. Alhamdulillah. So, I did pretty good in that class, which in a way, re-boosted my self-esteem, school-wise. (thats a lotta dashes.)
In other news, about 3 weeks ago, after Isha, we stopped to get gas at the corner Shell. We found 2 tiny kittens, starving, crying, and begging for food. They were sooooo cute. So, we decided to take them home to my mom's house. There was a white one (the main beggar and advocate) and a black one (a wuss, cowardly creature). We bought them food from the gas station, which cost about 4x the amount at any normal store, even an upscale Randall's. We fed them, and noticed that the white one was very friendly, and wanted to go home with us. It even followed me to the car. But, the black one on the other hand, was hiding underneath an old, broken, commercial freezer. After countless attempts to coax him out, which all proved fruitless, we decided to come back the next day for them. We didn't want to break them apart. We continued feeding them for some days, and upon our return a week later, noticed that someone had taken the white, overly-friendly kitten home. So, now the cowardly one was left all alone to fend for itself. I just hope it got a good home. Still though, every night, J and I go and feed the black one. If only it wasn't so scared, we'd give it to my mom.
Anyhow, school started a week or so ago. Its been going alright...two or maybe even three of my classes seem like the type where I'll have to study mighty hard. But, in sha'Allah, I'll make it.
I recently bought J an awesome gift. I'd been looking at it online for months, almost like 6..and I finally went ahead and bought it. I got him some Oakley's....brand spankin' new. They look really good on him, and he looks so cute. He was so happy when i gave them to him.
Ummm. oh yeah.. the haircut experience. Siiiiiiiiigh. So, for like a month, I'd been researching new hairstyles, and had picked a few, really short ones. Really short like above shoulderish. But then, I changed my mind and went for a different long style. So, I went to Menchaca's at Baybrook and talked to them about doing my hair in a room so no men would see. They said it would be fine and to come the next day. Well, the next day, I went back, only to find that there were different people working there. I talked to the 2 girls in the front and they seemed helpful enough. So, then they asked one of the other stylists, a gay man. He looked at me, and was like "Umm, no, we can't do it. She needs to go to ________'s." <-- some ghetto place on El Dorado. I was like WHAT THE HECK!!! I am not going to a ghetto place, especially after my last experience at Aisha's. Where my hair turned into a puffed up creation. So, we headed out to Mastercuts, also in the mall. There, on of the girls was Bapee's friend, so she explained the situation to her. They thought about it and were like "the only closed room we have is the bathroom and the kitchen. Sorry." GREEAAAAAAAAAAAT. I thought. I was sad, angry, and tired...not to mention hungry. We left that salon also. Then, while we were at Lucky, the stylist came running in and told us that her manager said she'd do my hair. I was still confused, but when we got there, one of the stylists told me she'd do my hair in the BATHROOM. I was like "ok thanks!!!!" So, I got it shampooed, cut, blow-dried and styled. The last 2 took place in the kitchen/storage/laundry room... :) But, I like my new hair, and so does my mom and Bapee and Napa, and most importantly J. He loves it.
I have to clean up my house now, so later gator.
Walaikum Assalam.
Peace
-Amna
