Sick sucks. But sick also gives a weary brain some rest. Perhaps sick is actually a physical manifestation of a psychological need to not think. So, I was sick this week with a flu but in retrospect I think it was that my brain was sick of working overtime trying to understand, solve, and communicate. So, I called in sick for 2 days and voila! Distance from the problems and worries gave me new clarity and a renewed spirit to deal with them.
- Bananagrams. One of our fellow volunteers has helped to cultivate an absolute ADDICTION to this simple, scrabble-like game. We have taken to having rotating dinner parties at our houses and ending the evening with a “bunch” of bananagrams games (if you thought that pun was bad, just wait till you see the bananagrams game vocabulary…split, peel…smoothie!). If you have a love of word games I highly suggest picking this up. Great for groups of 2-8.
- The return of good friends. Many of the volunteers who arrived in Nepal with us have since disappeared to their often far-flung placement locations. Next week we have our annual 3-day volunteer conference. An opportunity for learning, sharing, and thinking. But also an opportunity to reconnect with those dear friends who we just don’t get to see enough of these days.
- Egg salad. You either love it or hate it. I love it. And after such a successful tuna discovery last week I realized that egg salad was completely within the realm of possibility! With power increases it is finally safe to have mayonnaise in the fridge and eggs are a regular staple of the diet here. Freshly made with a hint of Dijon, slathered on whole wheat toast, topped with lots of pepper and a couple generous slices of tomato made the perfect lunch! And if you are an egg salad hater (although I do remember that at most UBC meetings, when lunch was included, the egg salad was the first to disappear!) I implore you to give it another chance – zesty, filling, and wholesome.
- Deciding. No waffling. No hesitating. Just full, unbridled, unquestionable commitment. Better when said aloud to someone who can hold you fully accountable. Carpe diem in action!
We bought Pete’s mom Bananagrams for part of her stocking this year… we loved it. So much fun, kind of like the speed scrabble games I used to play in res (not sure if you Totem kids did the same :))!
Erin had a WIE event on Friday…and Egg Salad was served! I totally thought of you as I happily munched away.
Glad you are feeling better friend!
my sister and i play scrabbles all the time! i love discovering new games and bananagrams sounds awesome. will/must get it soon –
hope you’re feeling better. all this political excitement must’ve got into your system too! 😉 with the voter turnout lower than 50% in the election last week, sometimes i find myself craving for such fervent interest and participation in political processes in other parts of the world, despite the fact that a lot of them cause chaos and instability… nothing’s perfect i guess!
“WIE” did indeed run an event where egg salad was on the menu….(blech). I wish I could love it, but I just can’t do it.
Glad to hear the rest helped you out. I absolutely agree with you that sickness is the world’s way of reminding us that we need to slooowwww downnnnnn and just be.
I’m with Erin-would love to love egg salad for all the reasons you mention but just can’t do it. Sulphur sandwich in my humbel opinion.
I continue to love reading your blog posts. Would love to know what kind of decisions were being made. That is quite the teaser to end your post with! Be well.
I always find it so interesting that something like egg salad can provoke so many strong reactions 🙂