Jet lag (still) messing with my head

November 15, 2010

I arrived back from Nigeria a week ago and thanks to some uncharacteristic foresight, I had left a change of weather-appropriate clothes for my first day back to work at my parents’ house, knowing that we’d be arriving late in the evening the day before I was scheduled to return to work. I had also [...]

Postcard from Nigeria

October 21, 2010

Nigeria is a lot of things: hot, sticky, humid, loud, dirty, impatient, frustrating…but it’ll always feel like home because it is where my parents and grandparents (and so on) were born and so it’ll always be a part of me. Sometimes I think I could live here and thrive because there are so many opportunities [...]

On trips, lists and disappointments

October 3, 2010

I’m not sure how many readers of this blog exist read my other blog but I thought it only fitting that I announce it here first that I’m leaving for Nigeria in a few short days! The last time I went, a friend let me know that I failed to announce it here so this [...]

Wedding nostalgia

August 24, 2010

I spent the weekend in the province’s capital, attending Cynthia and Adam’s wedding. In addition to the wedding, which took place on the Saturday, there was an unofficial tour of the newlyweds’ gorgeous new condo and a rehearsal dinner the night before, and a brunch the day after the wedding. Aside from my surprise at [...]