Brighton Reiki - Rifa Bhunnoo

I’m reading Russell Brand’s biography at the moment and have to keep putting it down as the seediness is even more acute because his ‘history’ is so recent. He’s talking about things that happened to him in the last 2 or 3 years, and somehow that makes it all a bit too real - even for me. It’s a bit weird that he reminds me of a bloke I went out with when I was 16, who lived in New Cross. He was 23, and really should have known better. The boyf also had the long leggy indie look, glamourous druggie lifestyle, and I thought I was so clever to hang around him and his friends with my bright red lippy and black leather biker jacket. What a twit.we had a fun time over the summer holidays, but as soon as I started 6th form college, the boyf came to his senses when he met some of my friends, and realised that the age gap was too great. It wasn’t really a relationship but I tell you he broke my heart. i had a whole series of slightly camp bad boys who played records or guitar or both and then ended up marrying one. Thankfully we have substituted drugs and alcohol for chocolate and reiki so things are a lot less manic in our house.

so it’s only 3 days into the new year, I am back at work trying to sort out a load of mess that isn’t my fault, again. and quite frankly if the client can’t be bothered to check their own site why should I care? Apathy is catching. It dawned on me that if i go on a winter holiday before christmas, I missed out on the whole run-up to christmas but felt jet-lagged and fed up over the new year and then still got SAD by mid Jan- beginning of Feb. So this time, I stayed in the UK in Dec with the idea that I would go to Cuba for 14 nights in Jan with my hubby. having avoided the christmas run-up for the last 3 years, i quite enjoyed it this year - i felt quite christmasy and cosy and had such a fun and relaxing time with my in-laws that I thought I might not need another break afterall in jan. But oh no, the first week back to work has just made me more determined i need a proper holiday. I haven’t had even a short break for over a year, becuase as a freelancer, I am almost always too busy to take a holiday. And because my hubby mainly works weekends or is away for long periods of time at awkward times of the year, I really have to make sure I book flights well in advance so that he can’t get out of it. He really is a workoholic but don’t tell him i said that. So I thought we were both going to be happy going to Cuba. A nice luxury resort for me, the chance to swim with dolphins, and he would love Havana - the romance of revolution, the rum, the coffee etc. anyway, i had my doubts about going there for some reason, and I always go with my gut instinct now, when it comes to travelling - it’s much easier in the long run (I’ve managed to avoid the London Bombs and the Glastonbury floods for example) and I’ve just booked flights to Los Angeles instead as the hubby had such a great time last year when he went out there “for business” and it does feel as if California could be our next spiritual home - maybe we’ll get a chance to go to San Francisco too. And even though we’re flying with Virgin, i just know we’re going to be alright.