Happy Nowruz

Yesterday at exactly 13:32 spring arrived in Toronto. For the first time we got the hold of the Iranian radio and were hoping to hear the count down to the moment of "sal tahvil" which surprisingly it didn't! As I was lighting the candles on our haftsin, all of a sudden the radio played the music for sal tahvil and said congrats on the start of 1389!! Pishi and I looked at each other in shock and laughed. Usually we sit down and pray the last seconds but this time we missed it! Our Haftsin looks great. I bough Sonbol this year as our Sabzeh didn't end up growing well!
Afterwards we got connected with Pishi's parents through web cam and talked a bit. We talked to my parents and then I had to prepare to go to the hair dresser to make up my hair for the Nowruz celebration at IC Network. It was great seeing familiar faces and enjoying the first night of the new year among friends. The party was good but I think it could have been better! The DJ at the end of the night was fantastic. We enjoyed the music and danced the night off! By the time we got home and got to bed it was 3:00am. Today we continued calling relatives and did a bit of grocery. I have to get ready for the week to come by cooking 2 dishes and start working on my assignment that is due on Tuesday!
It is 1 month left before our trip to Iran and there are so many things need to be done before hand!