In spite of what I am outlining below, I am still feeling happy, which is good! The fact I am still happy, has actually made me happier, in spite of not feeling at all well.
I worked out that in my month in The Philippines, I’ve only had 6 days surfing and about the same in the sunshine.
I have been in Manila for 4 days, as there was no point staying in Siargao if my cracked ribs meant I couldn’t surf. I started chatting to a lady on Tinder a few weeks ago and decided to come and see her in Manila. I’m in an apartment I found on Airbnb, which has a very hard bed. When I lie on the bed, it puts a lot of pressure on my ribcage which hurts and my ribs have not been healing. Last night I had about 2 hours sleep and spent a lot of the night sitting up to protect my ribs.
When I got up, I immediately had stomach pains and have had bad diarrhoea all day. I am due to go to meet Louise in Thailand tomorrow evening and I logged on to my itinerary, only to realise that I have booked a hotel for the night in Bangkok , that is next to a different airport from the one I am flying into and out of to Koh Samui the next day. I contacted the hotel and they won’t change the date of my booking to the New Year, when i return to Bangkok and actually do fly from the airport I won’t be near tomorrow evening, so I have lost my money.
The icing on the cake is that I was due to go out this evening with the lady I met on Tinder. She was actually going to stay at my apartment for the night (for the 1st time) and go to work from here in the morning. However, due to my current condition, I’ve had to cancel!
It’s one thing after another at present, but as I said at the beginning of this post, I actually feel pretty happy about everything. The only thing I can put this down to is my change in mindset as a result of the meditation I have been doing. I recommend www.headspace.com to everyone.
I am looking forward to seeing Louise in Thailand for Christmas and hopefully I’ll feel better very soon and can start relaxing and get some sun and do some exercise again.
You poor thing sounds like you are in a pickle! Keep positive I could do with a bit of meditation must hive it a go! Have a great Christmas with your family and enjoy the sunshine! ! Hope you feel better soon S xx
Hi Sally .. I’m still enjoying myself in spite of the lack of sunshine and bad ribs …. definitely give meditation a go … as a new years resolution, download the Headspace App. It’s only 10 minutes a day and really easy. You can have a 10 day intro for free .. give it a go … I am sure you’ll love it … Merry Xmas and happy New Year to you and the family. Cheers .. James xxx
Thanks for your message merry Christmas to you also and and all the best for 2015 hope all your dreams come true xxx