This morning, side by side, Axel and I completed the 45 minute beginners’ yoga routine that we have on DVD. During weekdays I alternate this with half an hour on the elliptical and hope that between these two routines I will maintain some flexibility and stamina.
Axel picked me up after my usual Friday massage for lunch in the Bistro restaurant – a place around the corner from Chicken Street that used to serve wine but no longer does. It was a lovely sunny and warm spring day, just the kind of weather that demands a cool glass of white wine to accompany one’s lunch. We fondly remembered our vacation, exactly one year ago, in Lebanon where we had such fantasy lunches every day.
Instead we sipped our fresh fruit juices while watching Liz from the BBC at a table nearby looking at a map of Afghanistan and doing take after take of some background story that was, for once, not about angry Arab youth. We had gotten used to see her nightly on TV, then in Tunisia, then in Cairo and then in Libya, against the backdrop of Arab foment– seeing her in this lovely garden setting made Afghanistan look very peaceful and quiet.
Back home I spent another three hours on the photo memories of 40 years of MSH in Afghanistan, a job that will never be finished. I will ask Axel to print one copy to show to my colleagues. It may be a nice present for our founder who has Afghanistan close to his heart.
We had dinner in front of the TV, watching an old movie, The Thin Man. Since tomorrow is a work day for me I had to do my homework for language class which made me not pay as much attention to the movie as I should have in order to understand the unraveling of the mystery.
The mildewed plastic has been taken off the windows. As a result we have a clear view of our garden again. The outdoor table and chair set has been brought out, and cleaned. It is nice to have a guard who does this for us. We are ready for lunches and dinners outside.
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