I have been forced to fend for myself for the past couple of days while the husband has been off frolicking around Spain with an old school friend. On this island, 99% of the time the husband and I are within spitting distant of each other. Our apartment is one bedroom with one living room […]
Olympic Fever
I am not at all what one could describe as a “sports fanatic.” It’s true, I do spend a good amount of my life at the gym, enjoying a cardio workout or exercising my tiny girl-muscles. Yet, as a child my voluntary participation in sport was close to non-existent. The kind of people who competed […]
Sundays
Sundays on compound are generally pretty uneventful. For yours truly, they usually consist of fried eggs on toast, hassling the husband to do some trip planning and trying not to watch too much bad TV. Maybe a visit to the gym or a short walk in the sun if energy levels so encourage. Roasting veggies […]
The Food Obsession
Food on the island can get a bit much sometimes. The constant obsessing over what one can get from which store and the way everyday conversations somehow seem to flow back to cooking – cooking styles, cooking methods, cooking preferences. I must admit that when I first arrived here I found the constant food obsession tiresome […]
Expat Life
This weekend, my good friend whom I have known for over ten years is getting married. The husband and I will not be there. It is the fourth wedding we have missed since moving to the island. In addition, in the not too distant future, my bestest bud is going to have her first baby. […]
Welcome 2016
The holiday countdown is on again; three and a half weeks in, four and a half weeks to go. It’s funny, I generally refer to our time off the island as “breaks” rather than “holidays” – mostly because that’s the way the majority of people here refer to them (that is, those that don’t refer to them […]