Hey. We are all fine, thank God. Thanks so much for your messages and email, i love you guys.
So you all know the about the unrest and craziness going on here in Egypt, man it is crazy. Where we live we are okay.
It was scary though on Friday, January 28th as they were making announcements from the mosque loud speakers that looters and thieves were coming to the city in New Cairo where we live. They advised everyone to carry a weapon and protect their homes. That kinda freaked me out...
We have security guards on every street anyway, even before this unrest, but since last week, at night time the youth set up roadblocks all around the city and check people on foot and in cars. So that was the only time I was scared. And not really scared, but alittle bit. They continue with the the roadblocks and everyone is very vigilant. People can be seen carrying sticks, poles anything that can be used as a weapon, even in daylight.
Then Saturday they deployed army tanks to surround our city. I heard them coming into the city at night and then we went for a walk the next day to see if we could take a picture of them, they were not here, not inside our city anyway.
Super S was in Alexandria on Thursday the 27th of January, before the "real" protests started. THANK GOD he came home that night as he was planning on styaing for three days. Now all roads and train services have been stopped in the country. He would have been stuck there and Superbaby and I would have been alone, I would have died!
Then all cellphones were shut down, and the internet, it was scary. The landlines, home phones always worked though so I was able to connect with my family and a few friends to let them know we were okay.
So I went to the market this morning, LONG lines at all bakeries (where you buy pita type bread), supermarket shelves are emptying out, but the vegetable vendors seem to be okay yet. I was able to buy the vegetables I needed without any problem. I wanted to buy bread but decided against waiting in the long line. We did some major shopping just the week before so I am pretty well stocked.
Its weird, I never thought I'd live in a time or place, where I would have to worry about food. Where I'd worry about going to sleep at night and my home being safe. But all seems to be stable where we live and no intrusions from so called thugs or looters.
Alot of restaraunts here have shut down, I bet due to lack of supplies rather than safety. There have been no deliveries for days now so how could they operate? The roads in Cairo were completely shut down yesterday, I am not sure about today but no doubt Cairo has come to a standstill.
Still unsure if we will leave for the US or not, leaning towards not, but we'll see.
Superbaby contnues to smile and laugh and has no idea what is going on. He is getting bigger everday and my love for him is so big, I can't even describe it.
Anyway I wish the best for this country and hope that it will revive itself, it will, but will take time for sure.
I'll continue to update, I sure hope the internet stays on...