Musings of a Global Nomad

Having been in a bad mood all week, I have perhaps been more attuned to all the people around me who are also in a bad mood and this made me realize that indeed we are a grumbling society. This is nothing new and I am sure we all realize it at some point. And... in all fairness I am sure we all do our best to keep sight of the things to be thankful for, but nevertheless we grumble. We grumble if its too hot, then we grumble if the air con is on too high; we grumble if we have a busy week and then we grumble when its too quiet; we grumble when we have one too many engagements on a weekend and then we grumble when we have to stay home all weekend too. We are grumblers. So for all of you having a bad week, this ones for you. It's the weekend and hopefully it will be fun and relaxed and you can find a reason to smile and let the sun into your soul. I for one, am sure gonna try... Life Life is strange Beautiful Hard And fun Some love. Some laugh Some strugg...

Turning 40! Well let me tell you, it is a big deal. You think you are ready, but you aren't. You know it's just a number but yet, it weighs you down. You have been expecting it, planning for it even, but when it happens, you have to take a deep breath and fight hard to silence the one hundred thousand impulses that surge through you, drumming one hell of a scary beat.     It helped that I turned 40 under a beautiful Parisian sky. I wanted to mark this day in a special way and had planned this trip even though it  wasn't  really the best time (midweek, winter and a sick child). But the rest of my gang hardly needed any convincing. And since it involved missing a few days of school, it was, as you can imagine, met with even more excitement).  So yes we celebrated my birthday walking the streets of Paris, eating fantastic but much too expensive French cuisine, taking endless photographs, throwing a key into the river Seine, climbing the Eiffel tower...