Mission Marriage: Day 20 (retrospect)

Sorry, I was too busy during the day to say anything and by night I was too tired. Yesterday was exhausting, both physically and psychologically. Woke up 9 am, worked on packing all day long till 7 pm, went out once to bring boxes and buy a few things, went out for dinner with my lovely friend Marwa then took the bus to her home where we would spend the rest of the evening till her husband Sherif, Ali's friend, and Ali come. So far, besides being very tired, the panic was already controlling me all day, panic over not finishing things on time, panic over forgetting something, and of course the overall panic of the new life ahead of me, but that wasn't enough.. Just as we took off the bus at the stop near Marwa's house I discovered that I don't have my mobile! I knew I lost it on the bus! I stood there for a few minutes stunned not knowing what to do and all I could think of was "God, this could not happen now", while Marwa was trying to call the numbers on the bus stop stand for help. A few minutes later, Ali told me over Marwa's phone to try ringing my phone and see. I called once, no answer. Marwa called again, someone answered. To make a long story short, it was the bus driver who found the phone and he told us to wait for him at the same stop as he was on his route back. So there we were, two girls waiting at 11:30 pm at the bus stop for a lost phone, with one of them very very tired, cold and stressed out. But I got my mobile back. Phew....

Mai (the bride)