Haha I look back at that horrible time period and say “awe” too!!! At that time I was just so miserable tho. I wasn’t even comprehending how amazing he was. lol. Just hoping to get to the next day!!
MashAllah your nephew sounds like such a cutie pie! 
I think the thing I miss the most about being away from home is actually being away from my youngest brother. I miss that little kids company so much!!! And omg piyaari… the ps3 comment made me laugh. I remember I came home from college once… my bro was 3 years old at the time and he challenged me to a game of HALO on the xbox!!! I agreed just to humor him…and he beat me!! 
I mean.. first of all its crazy that he even played games like that (bad influence from his elder brothers)… but its crazier that he was so good at it at that age!!! Since then tho I have been buying him more kid friendly games so that he isn’t constantly playing my brothers way too mature games.lol.
My duas for your future and safety are always with you. InshAllah you will be fine - i know it. My entire khandaan lives in Lahore as I told you before. They are always giving me tasaali that things are not as bad over there as some people make it out to be. They live their lives and go about doing things like they normally do. You will not only be fine but you will have the time of your life when you go back!!! I luv luv luv luv visiting Lahore!! I go back every two years!!! Last time I went - I spent 3 months there … the ENTIRE summer. lol. so u can imagine how much i luv my family and enjoy spending time in pakistan that I am willing to go for that long and in that garmi. Its so hard to coordinate times with my family so since I was in 6th grade, I have been giong to Pakistan by myself… every 2 years like clockwork My time is actually coming up to go back again soon… so dekhtain hain… i wanted to go this summer but my nani and dear cousin sister came here to visit us in America!! So there was no point on going to pakistan. haha. So perhaps this fall I was thinking??? If I don’t have a job still by then.. then I was thinking about going for 2-3 months and reallyyyyyy get ahead on my shaadi shopping and spend quality time with my family. Because who knows if I will get that kidn of chance again in the future u know?
LOL about the sanitary napkins. Even when I went back 2 years ago my khalaas daughters still used the cotton wool thing This is because they had difficulty going to market/stores which sold the proper things due to a number of reasons. I was like OMG… i dunno how u girls do that. lol. But yea… ur family living in defense and model town and such… u r going to be JUST FINE buying whatever your heart desires. My cousins in Faisal town have no issues at all (their mom is my mamani that moved from the UK to Pakistan!).
I am the same as you… I am taking more of an interest in clothing now just because of my own engagement and now my SILs wedding is coming up and then inshallah my own shaadi. Plus two of my cousins are engaged to each other and we are all anxiously waiting for them to choose a shaadi date and attend that shaadi. So there is always that to look forward to. So finally reasons to take an interest in all this stuff!
YES - cant wait to see pics from your and duffy’s events!!! Yay for both of us wearing saari’s for the first time!!! 
I can’t wait either! The color of yours sounds sooooooo luvely!
Btw: What is a shagun? 
Thank you for the advice about my MIL - its great!
p.s I am watching desperate housewives right now. I watch the re-runs every day. LOL … obsessed with this show. Gabby is my favorite!!!
xoxo