Rain...and blessings.

Assalamu Alaikum,

Well, I went to the twins' party. It was undoubtedly different. And, extremely interesting. Halfway through, we realized the keys to Possum's automobile were AWOL. After about 2 long, wet, dark hours of searching, we finally alerted her rentz. They brought a spare key..and we returned home.
Upon returning home, I noticed an atypical, eerie darkness in my neighborhood. ALL the lights had gone out...including the streetlamps. After cautiously entering the house, I found the family in the back living room, all holding paper fans, huddled around candles. The initial excitement had already passed, and by now everyone was adjusting quite well. The first thing I noticed was the HEAT. It was extreme, almost to an unbearable point, and got worse the higher up you went (upstairs). This whole experience got me thinking. Thinking about how immensely blessed we are. It may not seem like a big deal to us in our everyday lives, but because of a small loss of electricity, our lives were temporarily at a stand-still. This reminded me of Pakistan and the almost nightly black-outs....and I was instantly grateful for a stable and constant source of electricity. Its not only about that though....just so many things (materialistic, of course, but nonetheless, VERY important)...
Anyways, today we (amna and I) went to the mall...my mom needed (wanted) a few things from Foleys...and the 1-2 hour deal ended up being a 4-hour escapade. The coolest thing I found was a digital camera at Sharper Image. Its SOOOOOOOO cute. I want it. I need it. I am getting it. I came home and informed my parents about it, and of course they made me research it online (just like any other thing I want to purchase)...and in the end, they agreed...that it was awesome, and that I should buy it. So, there goes randomly throwing money around for the next 2 months. I guess it wouldn't be too difficult to restrain myself. All I have to do is not buy every Summer-y dress on sale that I see...Not go out to eat at fast food places everyday.....(I can still go to nice restaurants, because that only occurs twice a month or so.), etc......

The last 2 paragraphs seem to contradict each other ...

Peace.