[Timbit]

Originally Posted by Timbit

But I think she's exaggerating; my life isn't messed up.

Okay, it's officially messed up.

This essay is the least of my worries now. I'm gonna get it done, but if it's not the great work that my prof has come to expect from me, well... I'll just have to explain to him what's going on exactly.

Du'assssssssssss, please. Thank you!

[Sugarcore]

Got my mark back for a test I had to write on Eid (ew). I literally thought I failed. I was in Eid mode and didn't study my hardest. But I don't think I've ever been this happy being average.

Good luck with the essay Timbit!

Du'as!

Facebook is not loading for me and it's annoying lol.

[thejellymill]

[rant]

Just turned in my essay alh. I haven't slept a wink tonight. Now I still have to study for my exam at 2:30 today, be in class til 5 and then come home to catch up on sleep and eventually start preparing for the coming week: Arabic oral exam, Psych project, Hebrew Bible exam, Arabic written exam, Career Center appointment, study session and at least one paper due next week, not to mention the pile of reading I have to catch up on. aaarrrrgh guess it's time to get out all the syllabi

I've got aches and pains from the steroids I'm taking for my chronically inflamed sinuses that have been giving me hell since last November and I just found out the bank mistakenly charged my account late fees that shouldn't be there. I really should clean and air out my apartment which smells like musty cat hair and cat poo and drag my butt to the market to pay my electric bill but I don't have time!! At least the guy is coming this morning to fix my washer/dryer that's been broken since last week.

*sigh* Who would've thought senior year would be my most hectic and stressful yet?

[sally]

I look cute todayyy masha'Allahhh

TEEHEE for complimenting myself. Hi sumiyia and heba

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by sally

I look cute todayyy masha'Allahhh

TEEHEE for complimenting myself. Hi sumiyia and heba

hahaha... SELF ESTEEM FTW!!

[foozball]

i'm barely awake. i have to be at work at 130. i think im going to look cute too. and im going to go shop for me and for baby stuff. but the baby stuff isn't for me...or any of you

though i had a dream i was preggo, but a gastroentrtrignrtologist was telling me cause he was filling in for my gyno to make some extra cash. so he thought he heard a heart beat in my stomach with his stethoscope. i told him he was wrong and it was probably just gas. i'm weird. i know. thanks. bye. CRAZY PEOPLE FTW!

[heba]

Originally Posted by sally

I look cute todayyy masha'Allahhh

TEEHEE for complimenting myself. Hi sumiyia and heba

Originally Posted by sumiyia

hahaha... SELF ESTEEM FTW!!

omggggggggggg me To000ooooooooo mA mA mA

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by xoxo

duas for everyone. this has been such a rough year

sighhh... getting married in a bad economy sucks so bad. my fiance might lose his job even after this lehman stuff clears up. how am i going to rent a stage setup for the wedding, for $600? (also, why the hell should a stage cost $600...) i don't even have that much in the bank right now. plus the bride and groom's chairs. probably another few hundred. cuz yeah money grows on trees.
and i'm so freakin' scared to start off married life as a broke student in debt.

and everyone (friends/fam/in-laws) and their monkey wants to (actually, expects to) be fed and showered with gifts and favors and crap...and nobody gives a flying green crap about the couple themselves. i cut out the facial i wanted to get the day before my wedding, the flower centerpieces, the relaxing spa day i wanted to have before my wedding day, the manicure/pedicure i wanted to get before my mehndi, i'm making the flower necklaces myself with discount flowers i'm buying at a gas station, and i cut my shopping stuff for our apartment in half to save $ but it's not enough, so i'm looking at clearance items for my registry ...my friend is throwing me a bridal shower but making me pay for the food we're serving (it's at my house) and the decorations. that seems like...weird to me. wth i don't have any more money to throw at you hungry ppl

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yeah i was just wondering how the economy is going to affect wedding season this year...

Just remember that the marriage is more important than the wedding....if you have to cut people from the list do it., dont feel bad.

I sympathize with desi girls ....casue your weddings are like 3 days and thats ALOT of money....espeically now with people losing money left and right.

[sona]

Originally Posted by xoxo

duas for everyone. this has been such a rough year

sighhh... getting married in a bad economy sucks so bad....

i know exactly what you're going thru...my sister is getting married in december insha'Allah, and that's the same sentiment going around here.
times are rough.
but Allah is the best of planners, and He will provide

in a completely unrelated topic:
i started slimfast this morning, and this stuff tastes like sh**!!!!!!!!!!!

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by xoxo

duas for everyone. this has been such a rough year

sighhh... getting married in a bad economy sucks so bad. my fiance might lose his job even after this lehman stuff clears up. how am i going to rent a stage setup for the wedding, for $600? (also, why the hell should a stage cost $600...) i don't even have that much in the bank right now. plus the bride and groom's chairs. probably another few hundred. cuz yeah money grows on trees.
and i'm so freakin' scared to start off married life as a broke student in debt.

and everyone (friends/fam/in-laws) and their monkey wants to (actually, expects to) be fed and showered with gifts and favors and crap...and nobody gives a flying green crap about the couple themselves. i cut out the facial i wanted to get the day before my wedding, the flower centerpieces, the relaxing spa day i wanted to have before my wedding day, the manicure/pedicure i wanted to get before my mehndi, i'm making the flower necklaces myself with discount flowers i'm buying at a gas station, and i cut my shopping stuff for our apartment in half to save $ but it's not enough, so i'm looking at clearance items for my registry ...my friend is throwing me a bridal shower but making me pay for the food we're serving (it's at my house) and the decorations. that seems like...weird to me. wth i don't have any more money to throw at you hungry ppl

You should try to cut things when you can and keep it simple. You don't need a stage or fancy chairs - just have an area in the front and decorate some hotel chairs yourself with tulle or something. If your friend wants you to pay for your own shower (which is weird), then tell her to forget it. If everyone wants to be showered with gifts etc and they're not contributing to the cost of the wedding, then too bad for them. Just do what you can afford and what is manageable for you. You don't want to start your married life together in debt, you know? Best of luck.

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by PhDGirl

You should try to cut things when you can and keep it simple. You don't need a stage or fancy chairs - just have an area in the front and decorate some hotel chairs yourself with tulle or something. If your friend wants you to pay for your own shower (which is weird), then tell her to forget it. If everyone wants to be showered with gifts etc and they're not contributing to the cost of the wedding, then too bad for them. Just do what you can afford and what is manageable for you. You don't want to start your married life together in debt, you know? Best of luck.

seriously great adivice .....I wish I could say that im totally escaping the economic crisis by not getting married...but Alas applying to grad school is a serious financial downer.

[moonlightrose]

Originally Posted by sally

I look cute todayyy masha'Allahhh

TEEHEE for complimenting myself. Hi sumiyia and heba

Originally Posted by heba

omggggggggggg me To000ooooooooo mA mA mA

me threeeee!

[sally]

I'm hangin out in the prayer/meditation room on campus.. cause it's like a quiet study room. Pin drop silence..I was actually watching Heroes in here FAIL lol.

Anywaysssss, a bunch of guys just walked in and are doing a jamaat for Dhuhr and as soon as they took off their shoes the socks stank up this place

NASTY

[xoxo]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

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yeah i was just wondering how the economy is going to affect wedding season this year...

Just remember that the marriage is more important than the wedding....if you have to cut people from the list do it., dont feel bad.

I sympathize with desi girls ....casue your weddings are like 3 days and thats ALOT of money....espeically now with people losing money left and right.

yeah but there's a minimum amount of people that the hall requires you to have.
225 ppl...

i don't know what you mean about a 3 day wedding...my mehndi party is @ home, my family is paying for the wedding reception and his family is financing the walimah party. so it's just that one day that's costing a ton unfortunately...

Originally Posted by PhDGirl

You should try to cut things when you can and keep it simple. You don't need a stage or fancy chairs - just have an area in the front and decorate some hotel chairs yourself with tulle or something. If your friend wants you to pay for your own shower (which is weird), then tell her to forget it. If everyone wants to be showered with gifts etc and they're not contributing to the cost of the wedding, then too bad for them. Just do what you can afford and what is manageable for you. You don't want to start your married life together in debt, you know? Best of luck.

Yeah, I do need a backdrop, however. That's what costs so much. And I need to find some way to get chairs that aren't hella expensive. Don't know how to decorate it myself and have it look appropriate.