On my 32nd birthday...

I was on the roads of Beirut at 5:00am... a lot of rain, a lot of wind... I was dropping mom off at the airport... Rawsheh was wet & empty... The sea looked agitated...
I had a very long quiet drive back home... turned on the radio for a while, and i'm glad i did... There's something about the radio in the morning... News tid bits... oldies... it's refreshing... it's been a while since i've woken up this early! I should do this more often...

I let the kids stay home from school... it was way to cold & rainy... plus it's my birthday, I wanted to watch them sleep... i can't think of a better gift to myself :)
I fell asleep next to them, and I wasn't sure if I was keeping them warm, or they were keeping me warm...... either way... i was loving it...

I woke up a few times answering phone calls from family, friends & loved ones :)

After having my coffee, I made Thai noodles with chicken for lunch... a very late lunch...

Couldn't really go anywhere... and I didn't really want to... the weather was getting meaner and meaner...

The weather is such a great distraction... even though there was so much tension after Sundays riots, now... from my balcony, i can see the mountains with all the small lights... I can read the minds of everyone in these homes... they are in awe of nature... nothing else seems to matter...

There was hail late at night... which is unusual... My garden was covered with little white spots that look like candy :) I guess that was another gift for me :)

Before going to bed... I made a few resolutions... i'm hoping to keep most of them :)