changes and adjustments

because my blogging has been sporadic at best lately, i present you with a list.

• i am signed up to run a 10km race this sunday. i haven’t run 10km in over a year and i fear that i will be collecting my lungs off the streets of nairobi if and when i drag my arse over the finish line
• i have already planned the greasy breakfast i will eat after i finish the 10km
• i am moving and i am very excited about it. in a few weeks i will be the proud resident of a 2 bedroom flat that is warm and cozy and everything i need right now.
• i went to tanzania last weekend as it was a long weekend here in kenya and the part of my life that i love right now is that i can take road trips to have camping adventures in tanzania on weekends
• arusha is a great town
• cadbury's chocolate tastes a lot better in tanzania
• the jacarandas are in bloom and although they may share responsibility with every other flowering plant for my allergies, their purple flowers make me smile on the inside whenever i see them
• it is 49 days until i come home for christmas and i am already so excited. a bit premature on the excitement, perhaps, as my trip will be only 22 days in comparison.
• my newest obsession is listening to Alison Krauss
• The Historian, although a book about vampires, is a great read, if not a little long
• the u of c is giving George Stromboloupolous an honorary degree, interesting
• my job is all about hurrying up to wait lately. it got old about a week ago
• when one of your good friends is working in darfur and then your hometown’s newspaper’s front page says ‘two canadians kidnapped in darfur,’ it is more than a little unsettling
• dating someone who was married before can be rather difficult at times. worth it entirely, but difficult.