Category Archives: health & happiness

back to the gym

28 Friday Aug 2009

Posted by in cancer, change, fitness, health & happiness, hope, life stuff

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gym

So I finally got back to the gym yesterday, in part motivated by the fact that I’d paid the monthly fee for August and had so far only gone once. That was just after I got back from my week in Málaga and that same day I ended up putting my back out at the hospital. Grrr. And shortly after that I went to Zahara for ten days. If I’d known about the Zahara trip at the beginning of the month I probably would have asked the gym if I could skip a payment as I wasn’t going to be here. But after yesterday I’m glad I kept up the payments even if I only end up going a few times this month…

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a good day

27 Thursday Aug 2009

Posted by in health & happiness, home, hope

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Tuesday was a kind of “transition” day after getting back from holidays, which also included dealing with the plumber till about 4pm. So yesterday it was time to get started organising my life again. As I had a rather long to-do list I decided to skip the gym and get out first thing in order to get as much done before it got too HOT (my gym membership is for mornings only 8.30-2.00). I also had to get back in time for three appointments to show the two available rooms next door, which were starting around 1 o’clock. It seemed like a typical busyish day and I certainly wasn’t expecting everything to turn out as well as it did…

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holiday az

23 Sunday Aug 2009

Posted by in cancer, change, health & happiness, holidays, hope, travel, trips

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holiday az

This is my last full day of my holidays and I realised I haven’t posted even one holiday photo of me (other than my feet). So this is one that Nog took yesterday evening as we were sitting on the rooftop bar having cocktails and waiting to watch the sunset.

Nog got here yesterday morning and is going back to Seville later on today, and Agustín will be coming to pick me up tomorrow afternoon to take me home. It’s sure been an interesting ten days and I’ve had a really nice break, but I am quite looking forward to snibbling my boys tomorrow and also getting into my new routine. After all this time being sick I feel I’m more than ready to take my life back from cancer and start working on all the projects that have been on hold for so long.

Sure did love my holidays though. It’s the best August I’ve ever had!

Thanks again to everyone who made this summer of healing possible.

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paloma

21 Friday Aug 2009

Posted by in food & drink, friends, health & happiness, holidays, spain, summer, travel, trips

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paloma de picasso

A couple of days ago I got a call from my friend Paloma telling me she’d just arrived in Zahara and was going to be here for awhile so we should get together. I met Paloma through Agustín and she was also my student for awhile. She’s a bit older than me and is the mother of my favourite chatterbox, Bosco, who is going to be coming to Zahara today. But I am getting ahead of myself…

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on solitude…

18 Tuesday Aug 2009

Posted by in books & writing, change, chemo, fitness, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, holidays, hope, internet, life stuff, travel, trips, yoga

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cat at the beach

Yesterday I read this article called Can You Handle 24 Hours of Solitude? … and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to do this. In fact, it’s taken some time to get used to being alone on holiday here in Zahara. I know some of you think this is like a dream come true, but I came here not just to spend some time at the beach and take care of Mini – it was also a personal challenge. I really wasn’t sure how I’d feel being on my own for a whole ten days. And now it’s day four …

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