The Captain

Getting adjusted to this school year has been, shall we say.. difficult! Up before dawn, all kids out the door by 8 to take Noah all the way to Gahanna for school, then babysit, then on Tues. and Thurs. pick Abby up from school and find something to do until 3 when I go to pick Noah up. Then rush home by 4 to cook dinner then it is off to soccer practice, or community group, or whatever is planned for that evening. Needless to say, I am exhausted and overwhelmed and have not had time to look forward to or be excited for much. However, I am so excited now I can hardly contain myself! Amin is showing his movie at OSU!

For those of you who don't know who or what I am talking about let me give a brief synopsis. When Yousef was in school in Jordan he attended with this kid, Amin. When we were at OSU, he ran into a mutual friend who said Amin was there too. End up Yousef and Amin both moved to the US at practically the same time and were minutes away from each other in High School and had no idea. To say Yousef and Amin became inseparable is not an understatement....I used to get so mad at them, I referred to them as "Ace and Gary" from SNL! Anyhoo, they both graduated from OSU and worked in Telecom, but Amin had always been a film buff - he used to make all of us shoot movies at his house - there are quite a few of Yousef that I am sure he would LOVE to share if anyone would like! ;D Amin decided to apply to AFI, which is the most prestigious film institute and is very hard to get into, and he was accepted! Shortly after we had Noah, Amin packed up and moved to L.A. Now 5 years later he has made a feature film that won awards all over, including at the Sundance Film Festival. We haven't seen him since I was pregnant with Abby and were beginning to wonder when we would ever see him again. Well we found out he is coming to show his film at OSU next Friday and not only do we get to see him and his family, but the movie as well!

I know it may not be a huge thing to get so excited about, but as much as we fought like brother and sister, Amin was always such a great friend to me and especially to Yousef and I am so proud of him! So if anyone is interested Captian Abu Raed is showing at OSU September 19th @ 8pm!