Tomorrow is Eid al-Adha.  Click on that link for more info on the holday. 

Briefly, the holiday is in remembrance of God telling Abraham to sacrafice his own son to show his faith, then when God sees that Abraham will actually do it, last minute steps in and says "nevermind, slaughter this prize lamb instead".  Today, for this holiday, animals are sacrificed.  Lots of animals. And meat is divided in three (1/3 to keep, 1/3 to share with family and friends and 1/3 to give to the poor).  Originally this holiday seemed pretty cool to me, the idea of sharing meat and such. 

That is, until I started noticing the sheep in my neighborhood. Tied to the lamp post outside the dry cleaners.  Being led by two men in business suits to keep in the car port under the apartment building until tomorrow.  Yeah, when they said ritual sacrafice I sort of assumed it was out in the country.  Didn't realize it'd be happening on my streets!

So I'm a little apprehensive.  Trying to be chill about it but everytime I hear one of the sheep bleating down my street outside my window I cringe!  I'm about to go out and go grocery shopping (my house husband has left me for a few nights to head out and play Ultimate Frisbee with friends in the desert outside Siwa Oasis, so I have to do my own grocery shopping.  *gasp*) and I'm going to try and subtley take a picture of one of the sheep in random urban spaces.  May or may not work. (the picture with this post I stole from Reuters pictures)