Sunny Día de los Muertos

It's holiday this tuesday, and lucky me I woke up before 5 am. Yeah. How fun, I'm starving, my delivery is not coming, I have a headache, I feel tired, but did some laundry. I'm gonna sleep in clean fresh smelling sheets...I love that!

Aparently spring is starting to show. We have sunny days, not everyday but that's a start.

The figue tree is green again.

Flowers blossom.

And I am keeping finding four leave clovers! 

I hope they bring me luck!

That's all folks, just wanted to share this.

See you around!

Vivi.

Winter is coming

It is winter in Perú. It is cold. Sometimes we are lucky and the sun comes out to say hello. Lima's sky is grey, very depressing. We don't have "proper" rain here in Lima; I can't tell if it is a blessing or a course because there is a lot of dirt coming from the mountains and hills.

You clean one day and two days after it's full of dust. And forget about the laundry! You must wait days for it to get dry! Sadly, our drying machine is old, still working but for only 15mn or it will cause a shortcut.

But there are positive sides. Like staying in your bed with your café con leche watching tv because it's freezing and the feather duvet makes you warm.

When it's sunny, my dad and I seat at the terrace and have some drinks and snacks before lunch. We always pour water for the birds who are the habitués (?) and left them some food. There are the wild yellow canaries, the're a couple. The blue ones, another couple, the "chivillos" or black birds who sing beautifully, the "cuculíes" or palomas, dove I think it's the name in english. The little birds who love to take a bath in the water. It's so funny to see them bathe! There's also the hummingbirds and the "petirrojo", a red bird.

As I am not a bird expert, I will show you pictures of the little beauties we see while relaxing in the terrace.

 This is the one we call "petirrojo"

This one is similar to the blue birds we see, although this one I find it smaller.

The yellow one. 

I'm going to make me a cup of tea because I'm freezing.

Thank you for taking the time to read this :-)

Vivi.

No more!

No more therapy for my arm!

Last week I went to a check up with the traumatologist and she said I'm fine! I was so happy because I was getting tired going three times per week to the physiotherapy.

My elbow is not a 100% recovered but it's fully functionnal and I can't ask for more. 

I feel great, I just need to do make my  muscles more strong. 

Changing the subject, I must go to France in june because I have an anniversary paty of my oncles and then I have a wedding in Paris. God, how much I miss France! And my relatives! We are gonna have loads of fun! My sister wants me to make her wedding rings. It has been a long long time since I sat on my bench and made jewelry! I just hope she´s happy with my work.

That is all for now.

See ya!

Vivi.

It's been a long time

I know I know I know!! I can't remember when was the last time I posted something!

To begin with, last year, in december, I had a little accident while my trip to Chile. With my family we went to see the "Lagos del Sur", in the south. Going out of the hotel looking for a restaurant to have lunch, I got distracted and tripped and fell. My left hand landed first, then I don't know what happened, I just remember seeing my lower arm in a position you could never imagine. And then there was blood. My dad was screaming "Oh my god Vivi what happened!!!!" and my younger sister started giving orders and sat by my left side. "You: call an ambulance!" and etc.

The firefighters came and had to cut my favourite "Chompa" (jacket I think), they put a bandage in the wound and then as the ambulance didn't come at all (it was sunday) my sister and her friend took me to closest clinic.

I was in shock, I had no clue what happened to me, I was kind of numb, no idea what was happening.

Well, they took me some X rays and the elbow was out of his place. As I fell down the bone opened the flesh and that was why I was bleeding. My dad thought an artery was compromised. 

The traumatologist came, he said he was going to operate the arm to fix the elbow. The thing was not that easy. The bone had tear down my muscle and tendons (?) and the doctor had to put me a titanium thing to hold back together. 

The first month with cast was terrible. I felt aweful, depressed because I couldn't do much. I had to wash my teeth with my right hand. By the way, I'm a lefty.

Little by little I regain more movement on the left arm. I had to go to physical therapy, and I'm still going. Thank god I'm sooooooo much better now, the therapies worked, but I'm not a 100% well.

Maybe I need more therapy....who knows.

And that's what I've been doing and why I was away from the computer. 

So long!

Vivi.

Just saying Hi!

I can't remember the last time I posted something here.

Today we (here in Perú) the "Día de la Primavera" or Spring day. Yeah. the sky is grey, temperature is ok: 20º C; not cold, not hot.

Thanks to El Niño we had a warm winter. No need to wear big coats or very winter clothing. Sigh.....what can we expect for summer????? Very high temperatures, rain....it's uncertain.

There have been flowers all year long in my garden, birds coming to drink water from the figue tree. We put three bowls with water so the birds can come and drink it or, which is more fun, seeing how they take a bath.

This grey weather makes me feel grey. You just want to stay in bed. I have to turn on the heater to take a shower. Otherwise, you will be shaking from cold.

No pictures today, something happened with picasa that doesn't allow me to download all the pictures. Don't know what it is. Agghhh I must resolve that problem but don't know how!

Thank you for your time reading this brief post.

Feel free to comment ;-)

Viv.

Yoga

This last Thursday I went to a yoga class, a hatha yoga class. It was good. As I am a beginner and don't excercise much (or not at all) I took it slowly. The teacher was/is very nice. I almost could made all the moves, some require more practice. I felt great at the end of the class. Relaxed. At peace with myself and my body. I'm starting next week and lets see how it goes. I think it will be great. I do need to move. I must confess I am a sedentary person.

Even at school I hate it gym. I got migraines the days we had gym....and I only was seven (or eight years old). What I do like is swimming. I love not feeling the ground on my feet, I love the ways you can move, I love floating and letting myself go.

That's all, just happy to start something new and good for my health.

Namaste.

Paradise

Happy New Year readers!

Yes yes I know it's February, but I have been procrastinating a lot of things since I came back from some family holidays we had in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

It's summer here in Perú and the heat is aweful. Thank god we have fans. No A/C but fans. That helps a lot.

From  the 8th to the 19th of january I was off line. No phone (the bill would have been enourmous), no internet, meaning no facebook, no mails to reply no whatsapp no NOTHING. And guess what. It was GREAT! I didn't miss it at all.

For the first time in years all the family was together. We had a great time, the hotel was great (all inclusive....yeah!) The beach was lovely. We had a chance to do some snorkelling, we swam with the dolphins, for the bolder ones, there was a pool with a dark shark and stingrays. I went there too, come one, it's a once in a life opportunity! I must admit I was a bit scary. They are in a pool but they are still animals!

I got a nice tan with a 50 SPF sunblock for children and a 70 SPF on the face. And a hat of course. 

Oh god, how I miss the Piña Coladas! And my white wine! And the mojitos and the beer....nope, not the beer. Sorry to say this but beer was aweful! And so was the red wine.

The personel from the hotel was very very attentive, always there to satisfy your needs. Of course, saying hello to them and thank them helps too!

The bathrooms were/are the most clean toilets I've ever seen. Even the one that was on the beach.

Something I did dislike is that it was for smokers, I can handle cigarrettes but Puros?? Don't remember the english for puros, oh cigars I think it is!  That was too much. Ew!!!!

It was such a bliss not to be connected to the internet. More important was to spend time with the family.

We had a lot of fun. I love them. Simple as that.

On the way back of swiming with the dolphins.

On the way to our room.

Enjoying a Cuba Libre

Sleepless in Punta Cana, sunrise.

Our last night, celebrating one of my sisters birthday.

The beach yeah!!

And that's all folks. 

And you do not miss being online...at all!! 

Just enjoying being with the people you love and the Piña Coladas ;-) hehe...

Vivi, signing out.