News!

As may be some of you remember, one of my plans for this New Year was to try to have baby. I was not really sure even until few months a go that I should have a second child or not, but eventually when I thought about it I figured it is good for my son to have a brother or sister and if I want to have a sibling for him I better not to stretch it too long and finally I decided to start working on it from last month. I thought it will take a while to have baby and to my surprise I took the drugstore test last Friday and it was positive! I still cannot believe it!
I called my doctor and she said, those tests are pretty accurate, I have to go for sonogram in two weeks. Besides I and my husband just my Mom knows about it and I want to wait until I make sure every thing is fine and it becomes at least 2 months then announce it to my friends and family, I even wanted not to write about it here but I thought, what the heck? This is my blog, why should I hide it from my virtual friends??
Any way I had a mixed feeling when I found out that I am pregnant, I was working on it but did not expect it to happen this fast! On the other side for first couple of hours I and my husband felt like we are betraying our son by bringing a new competition for him, although it will be a blessing for him in future but he will struggle emotionally until he accepts the new comer as a part of family!! This summer will be a crazy summer for us, we are going to Iran, and we don’t want to change that plan, because if I have baby, then I won’t be able to go on any long vacation for a while. I think I will announce it to work after I come back from vacation and by that time it will show any way!

Please wish me luck and I hope I can handle every thing well. I already know that having second child will be very hard for me; I hope I can cut down on my hours at work after baby comes. It is not easy to work part time at my position but I will give it a shut!!

I have to say that I am happy and I love the new one from now! It is amazing that how we fall in love with our kids before we even meet them!!

Enjoy life better

-Since I have turned 34, I have made a deal with myself to enjoy life more and more and stress myself less and less, some how in last two weeks I have been doing well in enjoying my life. I have not done a very extra ordinary thing but I try to sink in every little joy and feel it stronger than before. If I am watching my favorite show I try to focus and enjoy it a lot. If I am reading a good book, I try to relate to it more and enjoy it better. I think enjoying the fullest of life needs a little bit of practice. Of course that we all enjoy things here and there but the amount of enjoyment is a big factor and also enjoy little things that we usually don't pay attention to them much. Any way it seems getting older is making me think that I should really value my moments more!!

-May be most of you heard about Paris Hilton (the famous heiress of Hilton family, who own the Hilton hotels all over the world), violated law and drove with suspended driving license and now she should go to jail! Isn’t that amazing with all the money and fame she has, she cannot get away from law! I know some people has been able to play with law (by having very popular lawyers) and get a way here and there from going to jail (of course if there is not enough evidence) but at some points, you cannot basically buy the law here! The thing that is easy in corrupted country like Iran, Mexico,... if it was in Iran she could pay some money to the police officer and just pass through it or if the police would not give in, she could pay some one else and just get a way with it! I like it when I see law is on top of lots of things!! One of the main reasons that law acts strong in this country is that media is very open and observant about every thing so if some one violates law and be able to get a way from it especially if he/she is a famous person, media won’t be quite about it and let everyone know what has been going on.
I think if a country wants to make progress socially and have a good democracy,Should have a powerful media!

Travel to Iran!

I bought tickets to Iran for the few days before last week of Aug through mid September (about 4 weeks). It is amazing how ticket prices go up day to day! The tickets are non-refundable, so we better go!! I hope every thing goes well and no war happens!! I and my husband are very excited. My Mom is coming with us but comes back to US later. We plan to visit my relatives in Shiraz and Isfahan and hopefully we make a short trip to north of Iran as well. I really miss my brother and his family, my relatives and Iran itself! I miss the food so much too, although we have good Persian restaurants in Southern California but it is not comparable with the ones in Iran at all!
My only concern is that my husband has not been to Iran for about 27 years; although he has got his passport and Iran embassy made us sure that he is fine to travel to Iran but I am a little bit worry that if they pick on him at Iran’s airport! Every one says it is ok and people travel to Iran all the time with his situation but I am still concerned! Wish us luck!!
We have decided not to take any long vacation after this trip for at least 2 to 3 years! We have been spending so much money on vacations and we should be more careful with budget!!

Getting older!!

-I have been lazy in updating my blog recently. May be it is because that I am too busy! But I see that most of bloggers (the ones that I usually read their blogs) update less often than before as well.
I remember that when email and Internet got very popular few years ago, every one was sending emails all the time. I used to get whole bunch of emails from my friends every day! But eventually number of emails reduced and recently I don’t even have much of forwarding emails any more. May be it is because every one is busier these days or when we have a new tool we are enthusiastic about it at first but later on when it is not that interesting and exciting any more we don’t follow through it as before!!

-I become 34 years old on Sunday! God, I don’t like it! I am getting older fast now. I remember when I was 16 or 17 I just wanted to be older and sometimes I would add one year to my age! After 21 I did not want to add to my age any more, and now after 30 I really don’t like the numbers! I know that majority of people want to go back and become younger but have the same experiences and knowledge as they have now. I am in that group too!!!!!!!!
The good thing about getting older is that we get more experience and knowledge (of course if we work hard for it) although it does not mean that we make less mistakes. But I myself feel that I am a lot more mature than when I was 10 years younger. I have learned lots of lessons but I know that I should learn a lot more!!
My husband asked me what do I want for my Birthday and I asked for a bigger Diamond, I know that is a weak point of mine! May be by getting older I care less about jewelry or fancy stuff!! He was telling me that I am getting more expensive each year!!!!!!!!!!!

- I watched a good movie at Movie Theater over the weekend. “Fracture”, Anthony Hopkins plays in it. I really like his play. A young actor, Ryan Gosling plays in the movie too. He is very cute!!!!!!!!!