Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • If we know anything about Tara, we know that she likes her routines. It’s taking a bit of time to adjust back into one, BUT, it seems that we are getting there. 😀 Some changes were needed to be made, though… *Deleted Candy Crush from all mobile devices *Setting boundaries on checking FB and emails At the moment, the routine that is working for me is: *Get up and ready for the day…

  • Ok, so I know I promised posts on my summer travels, but I am trying to juggle focusing on my PhD and enjoying summer still. At the moment, it is going well, but the posts may not come for a while yet. In any case, after three days (one day longer than hoped), I managed to greatly revise my introduction chapter and have just sent it off – thus I can reward myself…

  • Wow, it’s been a while! Oops – been busy enjoying my summer holidays and now settling back in to a routine of sorts. It has taken me a few days to get over jet lag and to reset my apartment after having someone stay while I was gone. 🙂 Anyway, will try to start updating on the summer whirlwind travels as I go each day, but for now, this is just a start.…

  • The academic year is just about complete. There are just a few odds and ends left, but overall everything has gone pretty smoothly. I am soon ready for it to be finished. I did not quite meet my dissertation goals, though which is a bit disappointing, but my own fault. However, I will not despair as I am still determined and motivated to get it all done by the end of August deadline.…

  • Still alive here. Just focusing on a few things before the summer holidays hit. Will be back on here soon! 😀 -T

  • It’s been a bit crazy around here these days and yesterday I received an amazing gift of a full day off. Although I could have used it to do some dissertation work or catch up on my blogs, I didn’t. Instead, I went to the beach with P. Then, we got half-priced massages, had a relaxing lunch and did a little bit of shopping. Not bad at all! It was a much-needed break…

  • I’m tired…. 😐

  •   It’s hard to believe that 20 years ago today an amazing man left the world behind whilst doing a good deed for the community and environment. I can remember the day like it was yesterday…. My childhood best friend’s father died while volunteering to cut the top of a tree to make space for osprey’s to nest. The tree top came down the wrong direction, hitting the cherry picker he was in…

  • Since arriving in Abu Dhabi, my awareness of jet skis has increased due to their prevalence in the late afternoons just about the time that I used to enjoy laying on the beach after a swim in the sea. In general, it was just an annoying activity that people did here with very little interest to me. However, in Bali, we tried jet skiing with a guide and I found that I enjoyed…

  • A few months ago, our ZATC (Zayed And The City) group were talking about this group coming to Abu Dhabi. At the time, I didn’t recognize the name, but after seeing a few YouTube videos, I become a bigger and bigger fan. Shortly thereafter, I bought the album and started to get into the lyrics for their social justice and awareness messages. So, I started to get into the idea of attending their…

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