Ramadaan, day 7

The past few days have been oddly hardly on me. Waking up for suhour has been such a nightmare, and then going back to sleep (tsk tsk, I know) and waking up again feels like the same nightmare all over again. So, today I decided to do what I should have been doing all along: I stayed up after Fajr, did some stuff for a few hours, and went back to sleep around 9, for a couple hours. It felt so much better this way–but I hope the effect lasts. Mom says we are not eating enough, and that’s the fast taking it’s toll, so eat more! But, it’s impossible to eat more! I mean, how much can you eat realistically? And this from my mom who doesn’t eat, but nibbles! Well, I don’t like eating till I am stuffed, so this will have to do, inshaAllah.

Today, we hardly cooked. We have plenty of leftover samoosas and meat pies and dessert, so we just made this egg-fried bread for something fresh. Oh, and mommy’s blender gave up on the second day of Ramadaan, so we ordered her a replacement via Amazon, and she likes this new one so much, she can’t stop making smoothies and milkshakes . I mean, she makes them in 2 glass increments, rather than all 6 glasses in one go, just because it thrills her to see it crush the ice into snow, and blend the fruit till its all smooth. May Allah give her lots of pleasure with it, and may it be full of barakah for all it’s lifetime!