Bumps in the road...

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Seems a while since I updated my progress. And it is progress, slowly but surely alhamdulilah! Sales are all done, and I still have a lot left. My Islamic books and other religious items like artwork, jilbabs and scarves I bought and never wore, etc, will be donated to the masjid. All the books, handouts and stuff I have from my years as a teacher will be donated to the Islamic school here. The rest of it, tons of things I have collected over the years, as well as appliances, etc will be sold to the cleanout company.

This coming Thursday starts spring vacation for the public school kids, so my friend is sending her high school aged sons to help me get it all packed. This weekend, or next at the latest, we will move from this house to a small apartment with only those items we are taking to Egypt. Now you may wonder why we are moving from this house to another place, rather than just staying here until we leave for Egypt??? Well, since Murphy's law always prevails (anything that can go wrong, will), we have had a major problem with the sewer in this house, and thus can not take showers or do laundry or dishes. We have been running back and forth to the apartment that my landlord has generously provided for our convenience to accomplish those tasks. Talk about major headache. The sewer problem could take weeks to fix and involves digging up the front yard to uncover the collapse of the drain line...sooooo, it is far better to just move out until we are ready to fly. This feels like a big setback, wasting all that time between houses, but I think it's Allah's way of just telling me to slow down. By force, I have had to.

Insha Allah tickets will be booked April 1st. Probably won't leave until close to mid-April because I still have a lot of shopping to do. Also have to get the dog and cat their international health certificates and buy their travel kennels. I have a list a mile long to accomplish of running here and there, but it's all good. Nothing wonderful comes easy! And...inna maa al usry, yusrah...with hardship comes ease! And we did get my mom's passport last week, so she is relieved and more excited than ever. She wants to go as much as I do.

So once again the timeline has been extended a bit but it's out of my hands. It's in Allah's hands. And it's allllll good!