MY BUSY DAY

Today was a busy day. Early morning, my husband took me to visit a friend of mine. We chatted for hours that we did not realize time flying so fast. We had a long talk about our daily work and life. It's good to know each other story :-)

We left her house by noon after Ashar prayer. I still had some items to buy at the nearby supermarket...and it's so crowded. Maybe because tomorrow is Eid celebration so people were so busy shopping, lol.

We got home after Isya prayer. We still had to buy a scapegoat...lol, I mean, a goat for tomorrow's sacrifice. It's late and buying goat or cow at approaching Eid Adha like this would be much more expensive. Luckily, there were still many sudden cattle shops near our home. We made the bargain from one cattleshop to another in search of the best price and goat. We had to ask three or four shops before we settled our eyes at one big black lovely javanese goat...he was standing so proud and tall, lol. He's the last one that had not been sold...looking at him like he was saying "please buy me, I dont want to be alone in this barn..." lol. So, after a few minutes of negotiation, we got a pretty fair price for the black handsome goat...:-)

The seller delivered him to the appointed mosque where there were already many goats and two cows. We had to meet the chief in charge of the sacrificied cattles...writting down our name on a sheet of paper...then it was hung on his neck... The man in charge said that we had to attend the slaughter tomorrow after Eid prayer.

And we arrived home late at night...taking a bath...and eat for my fasting...This year I thank Allah for His so many blessings...especially on this Eid Adha, I was given a chance to fast after tow previous years, I did not fast on this ocassion.

It's a tiring day but I really enjoyed the day...I pray tomorrow everything runs well...perhaps I will take the picture of that black lovely goat before he goes to another world for the better :-(

Happy Eid to all...May the blessings of Allah pour upon us all...