Can you believe it?
This occurred to me as the "On this day" posts from this time last year beckoned on Facebook. Daily.
By this time last year I was in The Hague. Summer course. Private International Law. Hit with a head cold as soon as I landed. Inundated by the non-English speaking factor. And Walking. Everywhere. So I complained. I drank a lot of European beer. Ate some good food. Traveled quite a bit. Bought a lot of drugs to counteract the cold (that just did not want to go away). Was introduced to Google Translate (my new best friend for Euro travel). Still complained.
In between my complaints, a friend of mine told me to stop, and just enjoy the moment. So they don't speak English. Big Whopping Deal. My American self was just peeved by it all. Enjoy! But I did not enjoy the 'fleeting' moment.
This year. I am here. Working my job. Love working. But no international travel. No Euro beer. At all. No imports, actually. Nigeria is on a scarcity binge. We are being deprived of luxuries. Don't know if it's the new look. But it's not looking good on anybody. Misery is never a good look.
I remember once when my sister was pregnant and we couldn't travel that Summer. She was due any moment. So we picked one weekend in the Summer and turned that into our vacation weekend. We shopped. Dined. Went to the movies. Lounged. It was fun. The baby came. We reminisced of our summer vacay and that kept us going during the late nights with the baby.
The point of this is: make the best of what you've been given. Live in the moment, and make that moment, the present = your moment. It may be in Nigeria. It may be in The Hague with everyone speaking Dutch and riding around all healthy on their bikes while you suffer a head cold. Or it may be in PH. Just make that moment the best it can be. Live in it. Make it yours.
Here's hoping this scarcity Nigeria is suffering is only temporary.
Just saying...I miss my adventures...
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