Thursday 29 April 2010

Today I am happy about...

Today I am happy:

- That my lovely best J survived her open heart surgery and is already back home with her family - her husband, her little daughter and her baby boy - and that she seems to be doing well. I so wish I could be there to visit, but am so relieved that everything went well, I now have 20 kilos of less weight on my shoulders. Real happiness!!

- That I spend the whole weekend dancing at Fete de la danse in Geneva :) 5h of dancing including a great Flamenco class, a super fun, sweet dripping, smile breaking, crazy Bollywood class, a knee-breaking Capoeira class, and some Cuban Salsa so that I finally have learned some basic steps to avoid getting frustrated dancing with my lovely N who already had taken Salsa lessons a few years ago. Great fun weekend! And a great concept - for 10 chf, about 7 EUR, you get to go to as many dance classes that you want for 2 days. Lovely :) I had originally planned to do a Hip hop class as well but was too tired by then.

- That the hurt in every little muscle in my body due to all that dancing has finally passed and I can sit down anew without crying out ;)

- That I have the best boyfriend in the world who came dancing with me and tried all the classes, and had fun!! I'm extremely lucky to have a boyfriend who is not just a great guy in oh so many ways, but who also enjoys dancing and who likes to do fun stuff with me! Thank you!

- That this last week has sported real summer weather: 20 degrees last weekend, 27! today and sun sun sun! Lovely and exactly what the doctor ordered after the long exceptionally cold and snowy winter.

- That I am soon leaving to travel the world - only 4 months left now :)

- That before I leave, some friends will travel here to spend some time with me :D

- That darling M's hippo has turned out to be a big baby - only 6 more weeks or so and the big baby should actually see the world! Wish I could be there though!

- That all my friends and family are healthy and well!!

Monday 12 April 2010

strange dreams....

Seems people around me are having bizarre dreams lately...

It started with my boyfriend having some kind of a post-PhD finalization stress dreams, wakening us up several nights in a row during the Easter break. One night at around 4 am he suddenly turned on the bedside lamp. The next morning I asked him what he was thinking, and supposedly in his dream something was convincing him that he had to turn on the light, and although he realised that it didn't make sense, the urge was too big. I am just lucky that the dream urged him to turn on the light and not to do something worse.....

Another night, well have you ever been awoken by an applause followed by BRAVO being yelled into the night. First I got scared, thinking there was someone in our hotel room, but then I realised it was my insane boyfriend ;)

Luckily it seems that his dreams has calmed down by now, so we actually get to sleep the whole night without bizarre interruptions.

But the bizarre dreams have not ended with him calming down. Did you for example know that I am getting married on 28 May of this year, a Friday?!?!?!?! Hmmmm well at least according to the dream of a friend of mine, although it's strange that I am not yet aware of this ;) She dreamed that we were a bunch of girls having a chat and suddenly I showed my hand with a beautiful ring with several diamonds and informed them all that I was getting married on 28 May this year. Well, sometimes life is full of surprises, but this would really be a surprise for me, and I would guess quite a big surprise for my boyfriend as well!

Well getting married in a rush still sounds better than my last dream where I was being fired for not doing my job correctly... The dream was really quite uncomfortable with my boss having hired several people to go through my work and check what I did on internet, going through my personal mails etc. Could the fact that we watched 'Up in the air' yesterday evening have something to do with this dream? And perhaps the fact that I am stressed at work at the moment and feeling like I'm lagging behind, plus the fact that I am stressed about soon having to talk to my boss about quitting...

Oh well, perhaps the month of April is a month of dreams...