Things that I have done this week:

1. Read a book about telepathic spiders

2. Tried to pay for a pair of tights in M&S using a red pepper: the same colour as my wallet, and also in my handbag. A lesson to us all to avoid sporadic grocery shopping.

3. Fallen in love with THIS bird:

4. Tried GIANT AFGHAN FOOD: a hunk o’ meat the size of my arm, on a naan bread the size of my face.

5. Sat next to a penny whistle player at a pub gathering of folk musicians. Tried to blend in by bobbing and weaving to hide the fact that I was the only one there without an instrument.

6. Danced in a Ceilidh, sometimes pretending to be a man, sometimes with a Spaniard.

7. Forgot where I lived.

8. Learned how to say ‘you’re crazy’ in Arabic.

9. Drank mint tea which reminded me of Morocco, and Cinnamon tea which will now remind me of Asem’s mum’s kitchen.

10. Ingested my yearly quota of pancakes. Prompted by Pancake Day, rediscovered the pancake food group. Got through 12 eggs in 1 week. Don’t want to look a pancake in the eye for at least another 12 months.

Fi