Eid mubarak everyone!

Well, I just had my first Eid! The first day we had to wake up really early, cook some rice, burn some frankincense, clean the house and put on our new clothes. We set out coffee, sweets and were ready to receive guests by 8 am. No one showed up until 2 pm when the entire family seemed to come all at once. We laid out the dinner rug in the living room and ate tons of lamb. That night, my family stayed at home which is not customary, so they called up their relatives and Scott and I were able to tag along with them. The next day for second Eid we visited the grandparents and I was given 7 Omani Rial (all the adults hand out money for Eid) and that night we went to a barbecue wht the family which meant a lot of "meshcock" and more lamb. It was really good. We all had way to much to eat. The final day of Eid, one of my auts took Ahlam and me out to a park where we ran into some girls that I'm apparently related to and we all had a picnic of meshcock and 'chips' (aka: frenchfries). The park was beautiful. The next day I moved into my new home - a two bedroom apartment. It had not been lived in for a month so Ahlam Ifat and I spent the next few hours cleaning it up. After we washed up ourselves, Nehad (one of my many Aunts) took Ahlam, Iman (another Aunt) and me to her place where we spent the night and wathed her adorable baby while her husband took her out for dinner. The next day all of us had a picnic on the beach and that night was our turn to go out. Nehad droped us off at the mall where we went bowling. I was told to dress up, so I ended up beating Iman and Ahlam's butts in bowling in a nice dress and bowling shoes. Apparently our perceptions of 'dressing up' are different. The rest of our time at the mall was filled with running away from boys that Iman and Ahlam know. I have never experienced so much drama with so little conversation.
Now, we are all back at school after our week off and getting ready for an Arabic practice test. Wish me luck!