15 continued This body makeover is messing with my head more than giving up cigarettes Also I'm constantly in a cloud of smoke Did I mention mama died of a lung condition and it was her dying wish for me to quit? COULD YOU TELL MY FATHER THAT Have to be nice to the old man before he goes At this rate I'm going first Our guests are our neighbors from Cairo who I never visit because I'm an anti social potato They summer a few villages down We visited them so now it's their turn The neighbour baba was my dad's best friend, he died a couple of years before my mama He was a bit like K, religious but in a cute twinkly way not like my babas quran thumping way His wife Tante O makes us a konafa pie every Ramadan Uncle A had a boy and a girl The boy, M, is married to a narcissist and doesn't speak to anybody anymore. He asked me out once when we were really young and I pretended not to understand and ran away. No. I don't take responsibility for the narcissist lady. Stop it. The girl, N, married a naive zealot who was 'disappeared' by the police Will not get into it because I don't want to be disappeared by the police She has two kids, a 9 year old girl with special needs-- super funny kid, very sweet personality And a 5 year old boy who's a teeny bit of a psychopath-- He shows me bugs he tortured and I hug him and sway and sing please don't be a murdereeeer and I kiss his psycho baby cheeks so that maybe he remembers people loved him when he grows up and thinks twice before he goes on a killing spree He says he loves me but he occasionally threatens to stab me, more hugging and swaying We're having tea and showing them around so I had to cancel the POWER walk on the beach with K I don't have cramps so far, I hope the exercise is helping with my endometriosis I don't like the way I'm looking at myself in the mirror No more pinching and weighing Body is friend Sarah, FRIEND |