We are so extremely lucky to be staying with friends on the Spanish Island of Ibiza for the next few months. It's quiet, relaxing and beautiful. We are so, so lucky and grateful for this. We could be cooped up in our apartment in New York, Wee Man methodically destroying the house out of utter boredom while the vitamin D leeches slowly from our bodies, OR we could be here. I am so happy we're here.
The most amazing part about it all is being surrounded by water. My mother always said that water had healing properties, that by just being close to it, you were able to achieve a sense of calm, and that it helped you think. This is really true for me, whatever mundane or stressful thoughts I have racing through my head, stepping outside and seeing the water glinting in the sunlight immediately stops me in my tracks to think: "Wow, that's really beautiful." The things I was worrying about just don't matter that much when you line them up next to the vastness of nature.
We are up on a point with a port to one side, and cliffs and beaches on the other. It's really spectacular. It's beautiful in the sunshine, but the rainstorms bring big dramatic black clouds and an unusual purple and blue light. I like it both ways.
I've been giving a lot of thought to what I'd like to achieve during the coming months here, and what I'd like to experience in Spain.
I have it narrowed down to three things:
1. Develop enough knowledge of Spanish to at least try not to open every interaction with: 'hablar Inglés?'
2. Enough exercise to finally stop looking three months pregnant, since this state of being was now a year ago.
3. Something fun and new for Wee Man, every day.
Achievable and fun goals, wish me luck.
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