inaugural
all day sunday, i packed up the apartment - well, at least cleared the bigger items for the guys who were coming on monday to help me move. then, had friends gather at the house for a prayer session. it's a family tradition that we don't start living anywhere without one prayer meeting at the premises. and as luck would have it, it was the night of shab-e-barat. lis made halwa. i bought some veggie samosas, mishti and savories for the guests. we offered asr prayers and a doa. i was pleased with the event. i felt especially blessed to be able to have it on such an auspicious day.
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on monday afternoon, two students showed up in a small toyota truck and managed to transport everything to the house in abt two hours (four trips). then they picked up my range which was sitting in the middle of the living room ever since the floors were done and lifted it over the counters and into the kitchen. why did they need to carry out such a maneuver? well, because since the floors were done, the fridge had been delivered, blocking the way into the kitchen for anything larger than a human body. later, they also hooked up the water line for the fridge's ice maker and so when they were all done, i paid them a $100 dollars. that's money well-deserved.
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a pleasant moment of surprise on sunday was when t noticed that my front lawn had been freshly mowed. i was stumped for a while, but then realised the neighbor across the street had done me the favor. later she told me she'd figured - quite accurately i might add - that i didn't have a mower yet... the kindness of strangers... i was deeply touched by the gesture.
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on monday afternoon, two students showed up in a small toyota truck and managed to transport everything to the house in abt two hours (four trips). then they picked up my range which was sitting in the middle of the living room ever since the floors were done and lifted it over the counters and into the kitchen. why did they need to carry out such a maneuver? well, because since the floors were done, the fridge had been delivered, blocking the way into the kitchen for anything larger than a human body. later, they also hooked up the water line for the fridge's ice maker and so when they were all done, i paid them a $100 dollars. that's money well-deserved.
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a pleasant moment of surprise on sunday was when t noticed that my front lawn had been freshly mowed. i was stumped for a while, but then realised the neighbor across the street had done me the favor. later she told me she'd figured - quite accurately i might add - that i didn't have a mower yet... the kindness of strangers... i was deeply touched by the gesture.
