So today we managed to be even lazier than yesterday. Yesterday we at least walked into the main 'street' for lunch and then back again, along the dirty tracks across the centre of the island, by moonlight and following in reverse the signs to our hotel (generally successfully), to try to have dinner at this place that sells something like chocolate salami as a dessert - but it was booked up for at least the next two days, by which time we'll be gone. So at least we did those things yesterday (and back again, by moonlight, this time walking the coastal way and hoping the tide hadn't come in too much).
Today we have not ventured out of our resort. And it's not that big. We got up for breakfast, Zoe then went back to bed and I, who'd slept well and snorily, with a nice dream in the morning about the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, who'd heard about this man with an amazing, lavish, rich rich apartment, and really wanted to see it - I went to the cafe, sat looking out at the sea and wrote. By 'wrote' I mean thought about Robin and I's film idea, and checked my emails and Facebook. Other than that it's been a day of reading, eating, drinking a really nice chocolate milkshake (another nice one - I had my first one from the resort yesterday), wandering on the beach/coral stuff (in my sandals - pointy!) finding shells, and bits of coral (obviously), and checking Facebook a bit more. And it is NOT a waste of my holiday. :)
And speaking of Facebook - Zoe is onto me. And this has helped, because I was not until now onto me, or not completely. This afternoon, as Zoe and I were playing Uno on the sun lounger things (but under an umbrella) - occasionally having to catch the cards to stop them from blowing away - well, I had lost another game, although I have won a few, mainly by luck, and I said something, I can't remember what, but it was another incidence of me realising I am dopey, and Zoe said, "You know, I always say to everyone you're really clever, and I used to think that, but now...now....well you're not!"
"I know," I said, DJ at work calls me the cleverest person there, and I keep telling him I'm not." (although obviously I enjoy the praise). I continued, "I mean, I have no body of knowledge, I'm not very good at working things out...." And I could have continued.
Zoe said, "But everyone thinks you are."
I said maybe it was because I had a masters, and people assume that means something, although it doesn't really - or not in my case.
Zoe said, "Yeah, well I'm going to have a masters soon [in social work]." (She said it in a joking/scoffing way.) We thought for a little while. Zoe suggested it might well be me sitting around in cafes with my laptop looking like I'm doing something very important - when really I'm just on Facebook.
We decided, however, that what I do, and the best way to get people to think you are clever is to go around saying everything is 'interesting'. Any time you want to describe something as 'nice' or 'pretty' or 'cool', just replace that with 'interesting' - try it out!
As a final thought for today, before we have some dinner and watch a movie or two - yesterday afternoon, I heard this little girl having this brilliant conversation with her dad. It went something like this:
Girl - "Daddy, Daddy, I've worked it out!"
Dad - "What dear?"
Girl - "I'm becoming a mermaid, with long green hair."
Dad - "Ah, I see."
Girl - "Maybe that's why they keep giving me juice."
Today we have not ventured out of our resort. And it's not that big. We got up for breakfast, Zoe then went back to bed and I, who'd slept well and snorily, with a nice dream in the morning about the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, who'd heard about this man with an amazing, lavish, rich rich apartment, and really wanted to see it - I went to the cafe, sat looking out at the sea and wrote. By 'wrote' I mean thought about Robin and I's film idea, and checked my emails and Facebook. Other than that it's been a day of reading, eating, drinking a really nice chocolate milkshake (another nice one - I had my first one from the resort yesterday), wandering on the beach/coral stuff (in my sandals - pointy!) finding shells, and bits of coral (obviously), and checking Facebook a bit more. And it is NOT a waste of my holiday. :)
And speaking of Facebook - Zoe is onto me. And this has helped, because I was not until now onto me, or not completely. This afternoon, as Zoe and I were playing Uno on the sun lounger things (but under an umbrella) - occasionally having to catch the cards to stop them from blowing away - well, I had lost another game, although I have won a few, mainly by luck, and I said something, I can't remember what, but it was another incidence of me realising I am dopey, and Zoe said, "You know, I always say to everyone you're really clever, and I used to think that, but now...now....well you're not!"
"I know," I said, DJ at work calls me the cleverest person there, and I keep telling him I'm not." (although obviously I enjoy the praise). I continued, "I mean, I have no body of knowledge, I'm not very good at working things out...." And I could have continued.
Zoe said, "But everyone thinks you are."
I said maybe it was because I had a masters, and people assume that means something, although it doesn't really - or not in my case.
Zoe said, "Yeah, well I'm going to have a masters soon [in social work]." (She said it in a joking/scoffing way.) We thought for a little while. Zoe suggested it might well be me sitting around in cafes with my laptop looking like I'm doing something very important - when really I'm just on Facebook.
We decided, however, that what I do, and the best way to get people to think you are clever is to go around saying everything is 'interesting'. Any time you want to describe something as 'nice' or 'pretty' or 'cool', just replace that with 'interesting' - try it out!
As a final thought for today, before we have some dinner and watch a movie or two - yesterday afternoon, I heard this little girl having this brilliant conversation with her dad. It went something like this:
Girl - "Daddy, Daddy, I've worked it out!"
Dad - "What dear?"
Girl - "I'm becoming a mermaid, with long green hair."
Dad - "Ah, I see."
Girl - "Maybe that's why they keep giving me juice."
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