Gratitude Lately

For coffee to-go. I'm not yet tired of this first world solution to my slow mornings.

For constantly working air conditioning. Every part of me, from my eyeballs to my little toe is thankful for keeping me cool.

For love and true friendships; from running with me and pounding the streets, to messages and comforting phone calls and to hugs and kisses. I feel blessed.

For  the knowledge that every experience makes us grow.

For Mac's Vegas Volt lipstick that brightens my mood.

For reminders that every day can be an adventure.

Lately

For most of last weekend this table was surrounded by friends I love. We only left the table to dance like rocker chicks or to top up our glasses.We laughed out loud and cried as we said goodbye. Jane and Sven are leaving Bahrain and heading back to the land they love; Uganda.

Then this weekend I was back in Dubai. I spent the weekend with 20 fiercely independent, strong and loving ladies. We danced the day and night away and put the world to right round bar tables.

And in between my weekends...I've been trying to find the pretty and reminding myself to breathe.

I'm trying to look forward not back; mostly looking forward to a quiet weekend at home!

Healthy living resumes now now!

Lately

Last weekend I visited  Diamond Plaza, (known as‘Little India’) for the first time since I arrived in Nairobi. It reminded me of Fahaheel in Kuwait. More of a souq than a ‘mall’. Shiny plastic statues of Ganesha, ‘cheap-cheap’ DVDs and sparkly synthetic dresses that would stick to you as soon as you walked outside. Places to get your Kindle fixed and to buy an ‘almost real’ Blackberry. I liked it. 

I was there hunting for 'cheap cheap' make-up for my production. It made a change from writing reports and marking test papers. As that is all I seem to do lately, that, or rehearsing with Witchy Girls and Hunks or running, trying to rack up the last few kilometres, before the ‘Toughest Marathon (Half!) in the World’! (Not the best selling point of the run in my eyes!) Other people seem to have more time; time to send me e-mails. (12 days and they still want to spend the time writing emails!) 

12 days!

So friends. I am sorry if you have not heard from me in a while. I’ll see you on the other side!