starting 2022

on new years eve we were celebrating at a hotel bar in Tenerife, and a few hours later waking up and having to scramble to breakfast and start our return back home to UK. starting the year by returning home is some kind of a reset i suppose. our holiday was okay-ish, not the best, not the worst. but not due to anything else but myself and where my mind is (or isnt) atm. La Gomera was nice and chill, we stayed there for a week. and then, instead of returning, we booked a hotel in Puerto de la Cruz and new flights and stayed 4 more days. Valle Gran Rey in La Gomera is a little village by the beach full of german hippies and van life people and hikers. so it's pretty chill and quiet. PDLC ive been to before, its more like a spanish beach town, proper city even. 

 new years at a hotel

views on La Gomera. we went hiking with Arttu and his wife altogether. the island is full of great hiking opportunities but for me one day was enough, i spent the rest of the time just chilling by the pool.

 

 

the pool. and sea in the background. it provided a nice soothing sound in the night too. although in the end i didnt sleep super well so maybe not.

 

 

beach in Valle Gran Rey. the hippies would gather there at sunset and play drums and stuff. nice vibe.

pool in PDLC, Tenerife.

random street

a "spanish brunch"

i’m trying to keep the number of browser tabs on my phone under 100. im doing ok today, at 70+. why do i set myself this limit? i don’t even know. i don’t worry about it on my desktop or laptop, that’s for sure. those poor things passed 100 tabs soon after i started using them and it’s not going down. i’m considering tab groups now though. 

good stuff:
-finally caved in and got airpods. they are good.
-we have 2 turkish owned shops nearby, they dont sell much turkish stuff but nice local organic, ecological etc.
-my sinusitis is under control
-ive got 3 vaccines
-my husband is pretty amazing
-i (still) got a job, its often  and got a bonus in december
-my social life is decent
-days are getting longer
-got my lashes and nails done recently

on the negatives:
-my stepfather died
-i got covid and have to self isolate and cancel stuff (but it was a 2-day cold - im gonna say thanks to my body and the vaccines)

pope says people choosing pets over kids are selfish, lol. calling childfree people selfish is the oldest joke in the book. as if people dont have kids for selfish reasons too.... but i guess its ok if they will be catholics? i genuinely think people can be selfish in some aspects and selfless in others, but if people were just labeled selfish OR selfless, it would be pretty even between the two groups. what about selfish people who had a kid by accident? lol. 

i was expecting to spend the whole weekend on the sofa while ill with covid but woke up today as if nothing had happened. so i had to get to my tax returns and laundry and other things....   

bout time i caught it (statistically speaking), ive been very social and was starting to question whether i was avoiding covid, or covid was avoiding me...  

the brunch i ordered today. energy drinks were only sold in 4 packs but thats nice, something for the coming week as well!

doctor is in turkey to see friends and family after a looong break. and im enjoyng my time alone. before i got ill i was pretty busy, doing fixes around the house like bleeding the radiators...  online shopping, meeting friends... not theres been a break but i still have time.