Despite the hot weather and sunshine I began to feel the January blues - all of my visitors were gone and I have nothing particularly planned for the next 9 months until my contract ends. Its a weird feeling to describe, felt lonely despite having company all the time, and wished I could pop home for one of my mum's amazing roast dinners and a cuddle with Jack! But no part of me wanted to leave Niigeria for any length of time. So given I don't want to leave and there has not yet been a way to teleport me home for a few hours on a Sunday afternoon, really there was nothing I could do and I just needed to get over it!
So I decided to take the approach I've used in England and I signed up for some spa treatments with my lovely friend Nicki! I had THE weirdest massage EVER!!!! (I miss you Sally Ward and your lovely massages!). It started fairly normally, though with quite a lot of pressure, but that was good as my thighs still ached from the hiking in Obudu! Then when I was thoroughly covered in oil, combine that with my sweat as it was 30 degrees, I almost slipped off the massage table! But I saved myself from embarassment, only to be covered in even more oil, and then I heard a strange vibrating noise...... I apparently had the laziest masseuse who had whipped out a massaging machine and proceded to rub it pretty much everywhere over my body!! Then at the end I rolled over, he bent my legs up and told me to drop open my knees and to relax - at this point I got very nervous as my mind began to go into overdrive about what was going to happen - only for him to grab my hands and make me do 10 sit-ups!! I mean, who ends a nice relaxing, well a massage with sit-ups!!!! Bizarre. Thankfully the pedicure was much more normal and relaxing and my feet were made to look lovely again after all the hiking!
I think I may follow Nicki's example and have my fingers and toes done next time:
And if that wasn't enough girly time, Nicki, Leanne and I went to Tinapa to shop! First impressions were the huge buildings and I got excited, then I realised that over half of the shops were empty and those that were there carried so little stock. How this place ever makes any money is beyond me. But we were girls on a mission and we shopped, first trying the things we liked, then dropping our expectations and tried a second batch of things on! We ended up purchasing the same skirt in different colours (which we since accidentally all wore on the same evening!) and Leanne and I brought the same sandales. But morale was restored and a few new items added to our wardrobes!
So I decided to take the approach I've used in England and I signed up for some spa treatments with my lovely friend Nicki! I had THE weirdest massage EVER!!!! (I miss you Sally Ward and your lovely massages!). It started fairly normally, though with quite a lot of pressure, but that was good as my thighs still ached from the hiking in Obudu! Then when I was thoroughly covered in oil, combine that with my sweat as it was 30 degrees, I almost slipped off the massage table! But I saved myself from embarassment, only to be covered in even more oil, and then I heard a strange vibrating noise...... I apparently had the laziest masseuse who had whipped out a massaging machine and proceded to rub it pretty much everywhere over my body!! Then at the end I rolled over, he bent my legs up and told me to drop open my knees and to relax - at this point I got very nervous as my mind began to go into overdrive about what was going to happen - only for him to grab my hands and make me do 10 sit-ups!! I mean, who ends a nice relaxing, well a massage with sit-ups!!!! Bizarre. Thankfully the pedicure was much more normal and relaxing and my feet were made to look lovely again after all the hiking!
I think I may follow Nicki's example and have my fingers and toes done next time:
And if that wasn't enough girly time, Nicki, Leanne and I went to Tinapa to shop! First impressions were the huge buildings and I got excited, then I realised that over half of the shops were empty and those that were there carried so little stock. How this place ever makes any money is beyond me. But we were girls on a mission and we shopped, first trying the things we liked, then dropping our expectations and tried a second batch of things on! We ended up purchasing the same skirt in different colours (which we since accidentally all wore on the same evening!) and Leanne and I brought the same sandales. But morale was restored and a few new items added to our wardrobes!
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