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| First Place for Aregu in overall and age category!!! |
I have been busy with many things, but none of it is much worth
blogging about. (“Now that has never kept you from blogging in the past,” I
hear you say). Usually something significant comes up, or interesting, and
there’s your blog entry. But no such thing.
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| Aregu & Team mates |
It was all very mundane stuff. I went to a Dutch Quiz Night right
here in Hamra, and won first place with my team, organized the hula costumes
for my daughter’s Hawaiian Hula Dance group (she’s got a dance teacher from Hawaii) , had
a cousin over from France, and am currently hosting the son of another cousin
of mine from Holland, got the sailboats out
and went sailing, went on a dive, was shuttling my
housekeeper to training as it seems she is more than just talented, shuttled my daughter around to her
various social activities, helped a colleague for a raffle/BBQ at our work and on
and on it goes. And in between, I worked. It seems that now and then you just get
overtaken by ‘living’. A million little
things, all insignificant on their own, but when strung together, they make up
your life. And so I had nothing to blog about.
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| Getting the sail boats ready |
And then came by blogging break. Just one hour ago! My
housekeeper, as you may remember, runs for pleasure. And so her trainer sent me
a message me yesterday to make sure she got to this 10 kilometer cross-country
race in Arsoun this morning. I had no idea she was signed up, but he’s signing
her up for all kinds of races, and she’s loving it!
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| Getting ready for the dive on the AUB Reef |
Well, he just sent her
picture through on What’sApp; First place in her age category, and what’s even
more cool, First Place in the overall category. So she seriously kicks ass! Her
next race is on May 26, for the 10K women’s Challenge Race, and her trainer (I
should name him, he’s really awesome in taking her under his wings, Roger
Bejani. And her team mates, who run with her as well!) says she’s got ‘podium possibility’. Watch out for her, and come and
cheer her on!!!
The deeper message is of course that most of you have a housekeeper
in the house, yet how well do you know her? Do you know what her interests
are? Her talents? Do you know the names of her brothers and sisters? I admit,
mea culpa, that I only found out by accident. There must be people out there
that are hidden gems in something. And just because economical circumstances
forced them to enter the profession of housemaid, doesn’t mean they lose those
interests and talents. It is something to think about.
I hope mine can go professional. That she can make in one race what
she makes with me in a year!!
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| First Jump into the Mediterranean Sea this summer |
1 comment:
I've been reading your blog for a few months, and have enjoyed reading about your housekeeper's running exploits. I was delighted to read about her success over the weekend, and wish her the best of luck for the 10K at the end of the month!!
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