Ugh, so, it's 10:15pm and 30 degrees in my apartment right now, and it's supposed to be 40 degrees tomorrow. Yes, yes, I know, it's a "dry heat", but it's still frickin' hot!! I am really not made for this weather. I'm trying to stay cool by pumping the A/C and trying to distract myself by watching the OC on one of the 5 english satelite channels I get.
Apart from always being too hot, what else has been happening lately? Well, on Sunday we had a team of government inspectors come to decide whether we got our operating permit, so starting at 7:30am, we split up into teams to get the rooms ready, I ended up making beds with a guy from sales ... since neither of us had ever worked in HK before, I think we were the least successful bedmakers there- plus it was about 35C since the A/C wasn't working in the rooms, thankfully the inspectors weren't checking for technique!! We don't know yet if we got the permit, but it seemed pretty positive so we're crossing our fingers.
It seems like most of the ex-pats suddenly and simultaneously hit some sort of invisible wall and the majority of our time lately is spent scheming about how we can escape from Cairo for a few days here and there, I think we're off to Soukhna again this weekend, although London was definitely thrown around too. These pictures are the ones I said I'd post from last weekend in Soukhna, I finally got them to load properly...
What else...oh, last night I had the best sushi I've ever had here, which was a refreshing change-- and to top it off, nobody was sick afterwards, which is always the sign of a successful dining experience here.
Besides that, I have been trying to make it to the gym every morning, which has been making me feel a little better- but as I've said before, it's really hard to be active here, in Victoria, I went from walking everywhere, to Cairo where you have to drive every single place you go (actually not even drive, but be driven)- and I am really noticing a difference. The physical change (which is about 10lbs-- seriously, I'm like monica in the fat suit in friends!) is obviously upsetting, but even worse is the way I feel mentally, it is a real struggle to force myself to leave the house in the evenings....I think part of it is the heat, but I can't remember ever feeling this unhealthy.
On a more positive note, it sounds like I will be helping with recruitment for our new hotel in Mecca for the next few weeks so it'll be nice to get out of cairo for a little while and see some places I've never been. I don't know exactly when and where yet, but it could be as early as next week.
One last thing- this weekend, Vancouver is hosting the BG triathlon World Championships- if you are in Vancouver on Sunday you should definitely try to check it out- the best triathletes from all over the world will be competing, including Victoria's own Simon Whitfield (aka, "my boyfriend"....although I think it might be over between us as I heard he doesn't like fat girls...) and teen sensation, Kirsten Sweetland. Simon already has a an Olympic spot, but if Kirsten places in the top 8, she'll be going to Beijing too! So if you can make it, get out there and cheer for our canadians, and if not then at least send some good vibes on sunday. I will be!!
Okay off to bed, hope you're all doing well.
xoxo C
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