I just made myself a 500g container of Lavender & olive oil body scrub. It smells good. Am looking forward to a year of Sweet Smelling. Usually I try not to make resolutions at the New Year; I used to do that in Youth Group and at Navs. This New Year am not making resolutions just plain goals to achieve every day of my life. I want to embark on healthy eating, since becoming vegetarian my health has greatly improved, I want to focus on eating healthy grains, fruit and vegetables. I will also embark on studying my Bible more, reading for pleasure, Yoga and meditation a lot more than I have done this year. For the past ten days I have not gone to the gym or done Yoga and I feel the effects of it all over my body. I am fainéant and it does not feel good at all. I want to create, make something – this always lightens my mood and makes me smile. I have zucchinis in the fridge; they are going to be turned into Zucchini bread in a couple of hours….the end of the year begins…
Bianca took me to Maadi for a Facial – My Christmas present. I loved it, the pampering and the cleaning, apparently I have played around with my face a lot in the years gone by, facial lady was not too pleased and she has committed herself to helping me get it back in shape. Last night I went to bed really late, chatting with Mike till the wee hours of the morning, Catherine got back home at about 3am and we just kept going at it. Watching musical clips, Stephen Colbert…. and overslept my appointment with B, which culminated in taking a cab to Maadi, instead of the metro. I can’t even start telling the shock I was in when Bianca called me and I was in bed dreaming that I had met her and we were already on our way to Metro. Got back home, and slept off for a couple of hours with so much strife, woke up made dinner, and watched ‘Wedding Date’ with Catherine over dinner. She brought me lovely presents from Zanzibar, am glad she enjoyed her trip to Kenya. Oh East Africa you hold many memories. I miss you.
Tonight: Phillip Matogo sent me the sweetest message, it made me cry. Am thankful for such dear friends! Catherine is off to a party in Zamalek, Meghan, Mallory the Wankel Parents and I are going to spend New Year’s Night with Mike at his apartment playing cards, talking and reminiscing over the past year. Am talking to my folks tonight, just did actually, talked to some, some did not answer their phones but hey, I love them all. Ida-Marie called me to wish me a happy new year, her and mother often bring tears to my eyes. I need to stop.
…And of course, I made the Zucchini Bread, fed it to Catherine and Bianca, Mike is off sugar for a while. Am going to take some downstairs later. Made the body scrub too, being proud of myself at this point and finishing the semester well with good grades, am determined to smile and welcome the New Year and hope that life will smile back at me and that great opportunities and good fortune with enormous blessings from God will fill my path all year through!
And to all of my dearest friends and family, have a lovely New year and may each day of the year whether it brings joy or sadness be embraced, for like Rumi says, every experience comes with a lesson. Much love xoxxoxo
