I’ve been very busy lately which is why my posts have been so infrequent.
Fear not! I promise to get my mo-jo back soon.*
We have survived the first week of school and I can’t say I’m happy to have my 6 year old back in school. I miss him terribly 
On the plus side (and I really need to dwell on the positive otherwise I’d be a wallowing mess) I am a little bit more organised – house isn’t too messy and meals are on time! 3 year old and I are getting back to our old routine of, “Can I watch ABC kids?” and “No, not today let’s do some painting,collage, reading.” followed by “Ok.” *finish activity* “Can I watch ABC kids now?”
Set in stone, I tell you people. SET IN STONE!
Work is keeping me busy, too. I’m doing more hours here and there which is good. Still only on weekends. The atmosphere on weekends is different to the weekdays. The staff are more laid back but the clients are more ON EDGE. I guess it’s that we see a few more emergency cases and owners are worried about their pets. Understandable. We won’t say much about my study (What is this “study” you speak of?)
*(is that a rude expression? I apologise in advance if I inadvertently offend anyone – at least bask in the glory of being so hip and cool that you know exactly what “mo-jo” means.)
Tasmiya, Mo-jo is a naughty word in my vocabulary unless you are openly having an affir with your blog
OK, tell me why does my cat bite evreyone but me? When he is scared, he’ll bite my kids and he hates Aly but as soon as I come into the room he really becomes a pussy. Why?
ok, the tv thing… I am the other extreme, my strategy is not to regulate, they can watch tv whenever they want, in fact its a non-issue. What does that mean? They don’t care about it! If there is something they like (they have about 5 show they really like) they will watch it and other than that they couldn’t be bothered! seems to be working for now.
Mojo originally meant voodoo or black magic. a mojo women was a practitioner of such arts, so it is not a dirty word, though it has become naughty in modern contexts of getting your mojo working,which originally meant having the magic spell work, and now means having your sexual charms working.
Of course, if you are going to the Mojo woman for a love potion, it all equals out
Ya Haqq!
Salamaat,
Who is mojo?
I kid! I kid!
Get back to studying now!
Suroor – how did I know YOU would know what it meant?
Now to your cat: It’s just his personality and he is one of those who only takes to one person. I don’t think there is any problem with behaviour as such (although I have to admit I am a cat person and tend to let my cats get away with a LOT). He just loves you more than the others in the family and is happy to demonstrate this. I could give you advice about spraying him with water anytime his acts of aggression are inappropriate (and you deem what is appropriate in your house of course
) It’s a very effective deterrent though they can figure out when they will get away with any bad behaviour so it loses its efficacy after a while.
Shaz: I really need to write a blog post about the family’s relationship with TV (it’s a love/hate thing). Alhamdulillah leaving the TV there without any rules is working for you and your boys. I really don’t think I can do that with mine. They tend to get grumpy when they watch too much TV and then need to be constantly entertained by someone else – they find it hard to go and use their imagination or just play nicely after a long day watching TV.
Brother Irving: Jazakallah khair for that. I had no idea! I won’t be going to any Mojo woman anytime in the near or even distant future.
Maliha: Heh. I’m doing my study right now, didn’t you know?
thank you for your du’a! inshAllah, Allah SWT will accept it. i neeeeed Him to.
and oh yeah, mo-jo’s a naughty, naughty word. though there’s a greaaaaaaat seafood restaurant by that name in Sharjah. mmmmm.
i don’t know how far regulating tv works for kids. i have cousins who are not allowed to watch tv at home and everytime they come over (to my parents’ – i don’t have a tv yet either), all they ever want to do is watch cartoons :/ straight after salaams, it’s ‘can we watch cartoons?’
you’re right, i’m loooving the third trimester too! it’s a lot of fun to have people tell me i look tired even on days i’m feeling great. grr.
Tasmiya, he LOVES water! And he LOVES the spray! He wants to bathe everyday. I have scruffed him many times which really scares him for a while but like last night he was jumping on Mariam’s books so she gently picked him up and when she went back to study he lunged at her and bit her cheek! She is terrified of the big boy now. Everyone is scared of him which means I get to look after him all on my own and I’m a dog person through and through. OK, he’s licking my toes now
Aww Mona – you remind me so much of my younger sister (she’s pregnant, too though not as far along as you)
Suroor – ok. I have to say it. There is no hope for your cat. He’s nuts !
I thought mojo was a viscous purple liquid syringed out from Austin Powers’ bellybutton. EWW!
Nooo, seriously. It can’t be. Mojo is behaving like the chimpanzee villain ‘Mojo Jojo’ in the powerpuff girls cartoon.
Um Mahtab: YES! That’s where I had heard the term. Oh yeah, that’s gross.
Umm-Fi-Ard: My son watched that once. He loved it!