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JUST A CANADIAN GIRL LIVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Nothing exciting. Just a Canadian girl living and working in the Middle East. Trying to make sense of life while driving, working, living and breathing in the desert air. Trying to convince herself that sand and beige can replace the blue skies, gold/green/red leaves.

Victory in the ME

CMT January 8, 2013

Brilliant thoughts of the day:

"Okay" is the new "wonderful".
Don't let yourself be discouraged by defeat, if nothing else it shows you've finally succeeded at failure.

Victory in the ME .... a rarity indeed ...

Despite the title, this space is not entirely egocentric. If you're dropping in to visit 'me' in the ME (Middle East), please inject a little bit of you!

Oh, and just in case you were wondering ... the nonsense on this site is actually mine, all mine. On the off chance you might feel the need to reproduce any of my ramblings or pictures, kindly do me the honor of at least quoting me appropriately (e.g. link back to this site). Or give me a million dollars. That works too.

Past Me in the ME

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I am here, you are there ... thank you.

about 6 years ago

It will rock your world ... expat girls saying goodbye

about 7 years ago

For each and every one of us expat girls, there will be that Judy Blume summer that immortalises our childhood.

Giving in to pressure - how to prepare for the effects of altitude

about 7 years ago

Though not everyone will be hit as hard or at all by altitude sickness at 1,500-1,800 m, we've had enough visitors become ill at this level tend to support the theory that many will.

In the darkest moments, Laughter ...

about 7 years ago

You realise that in this moment, this darkest moment, she gave you laughter.

In the brightest moments, Pain

about 7 years ago

I think you always visit me in the bright moments, Papa; you and Pain. I think that's where I'll always find you: in these brightest moments. So when Pain invites me to dance. I never refuse. The thought of no dance at all, of the absence, is far more painful than the intensity of remembering.

21 Days Smoke Free, Angry and Mean ...

about 8 years ago

Dear Mr. Trump ... you give me hope for the future

about 8 years ago

Up until his swearing in, I held on to the hope that Donald Trump would renounce the farce, would man up and would accept the presidency with grace.

He didn't.

But I realised he could give me much to aspire to - as long as my aspiration was to carry on living in the exact opposite way he would.

I wouldn't start again my friend ...

about 8 years ago

Written on December 31, 2016 .... posted on January 12, 2017. I'd forgotten I'd written this. Apparently even in a drunken stupor I remembered not to drink and post ...

To go, or not to go ... Volunteering in Togo ...

about 8 years ago

Degenerative Disc Disease ... it's a pain in the neck ...

about 8 years ago

If like me, you refer to degenerative disc disease as ''DDD'', I'm guessing you're already in agony and Googling your pain is what led you to this post. If that's the case, let me say 2 things: