Man, sometimes it gets really boring here, and this is no exception. We are all waiting for the Mauloud so that we have some Americans to talk to and get updates from. But happily I have found ways to spend my time. I have finished Juz Amma and am almost halfway done with the 29 juz. I am taking up sewing and schoolwork-ugh!- and sleeping late-when I can. Trying to make friends with the girls, with no success. And I am hoping that the next 6 months will pass quickly. Right now my dad is probably sleeping in front of a fire and I'm stuck here...grr... So anyway...
The Sheikh's mother got really sick about two weeks ago. It would not have been a problem, except that she was very old, about 80 or so. So a few days later, Auntie Ullymat comes in screaming and wailing because she died. So for the next two weeks, things are on an edge. Classes are canceled, kids go home, the school is quiet, and it seems a little weird. But it finally recovers and then, two days later, yesterday in fact, Auntie Ullymat's and Sri Musa's (our Quran teacher) sister dies during an operation. She had diabetes. So the whole family has been going through a test, and if they keep up their faith in Allah they will get through it.

And now I'm really mad cause it was snowing yesterday in Charlotte, even though it wasn't much, but there was some. Oh well. Maybe next year.