Saturday, 12 September 2009

11 September 2009

Nick was out at work drinks and karaoke until nearly 1am and blundered around the apartment for quite some time before flopping into bed, and Emily woke at 6am, so I was pretty zombie-like all morning.

Emily had another good day at nursery. In her daybook there was a cute photo of her and Isy and a couple of other children, being wheeled to the park for their morning outing in the 'chariot'. This photo of a photo may not show it particularly clearly...


Meanwhile I went to my second high-intensity aerobics session. Again, I really struggled to take in the succession of complicated moves, which were extremely dancey (eg. mambo, cha-cha-cha). The pamphlet says it aims to burn fat through 'variations of walking and running'. A bit of an understatement, I feel. Several times I thought I had better give it a miss in future and save myself much angst, but decided in the end that I should stick with it as there aren't many other options for me to exercise for so long, at a convenient time, in a structured way.

Afterwards I met Anna, Jill's friend, for lunch. She brought along a nice guy called Glen, who is also a Brit and has been here for about a year. We chatted about life as an expat here, and aired a few of our more critical observations! As neither of them have a child I didn't mention Emily much, which makes a refreshing change.

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