The Good Stuff

So I told you in my last blog post, that in amongst all the trials and difficult stuff at the moment, there have also been some fun and exciting things going on too. So thought I should be true to my word and fill you in on these things 😜

Number 1- my wedding dress arrived! And it fitted, hurrah! I’ve never had a dress made to measure (here it’s fairly common), so was a bit nervous having had to send my own measurements in! That was all a bit of a drama in of itself. Had to go and ask the kind lady who I chat to who works at a lil food kiosk near me to take my measurements 😂 but anyways, a few adjustments needed but the dress is here in Salta! 🥳

Number 2- building has started for our house! We’re about three weeks in roughly. Looking forward to when it starts going up properly as we’re still on the foundation kinda stuff atm. Nolz and I had to go and buy a whole load of plug and electric kinda things the other day. Turns out there are lots of important details involved in building a house from scratch. Who knew!

Number 3- wedding plans are underway! Obviously all depends on covid and we are very aware that we might need to postpone etc but we’re doing what we can and we’ve got a lot of the big things done 😊

Number 4- I officially have a copy of my book (Greater Than a Tourist, Salta) ! Marta, Nolys granny, v kindly brought me a copy back with her from Spain for me 😊

Number 5- arguably not as big as some of the other ones, but my hair is reaching near to my dream length! I’ve never been able to grow my hair very long and all the girls here have such long, luscious hair, but mine is getting there! And the hairdresser said its in v good condition too 😏💪🏻

Number 6- I feel like I’ve got braver recently with what I do in Spanish. Situations which are unknown to me make me feel anxious. If you then add the Spanish element in, it takes it up another notch even still! But recently, went to the dermatologist (admittedly, with Nolz but I did most of the talking), arranged to order something via Instagram and did all the associated conversing with that 💪🏻 and I went to a fancy shop on my own and talked to the shopkeeper people about something I wanted to buy!

Number 7- my throat has finally improved! I’m still trying to take it fairly easy with not singing in band at church and stuff like that but it’s better. So I’ve been able to resume my daily walks and have started pilates too.

Number 8- we found a way for me to watch the England football matches! Nolz and I watched the semi finals together and then for the finals it was me, Nolz, his parents and his granny all watching. They said normally they’d be supporting Italy (they have some Italian roots I believe) but since I was there they’d support England haha. It will be interesting next year to see what happens with the world cup. Imagine if England play Argentina….

So there we are! In amongst the hard things there are also nice things happening 😊