September 19th
So today has been fairly uneventful. I stayed out of the sun for all of it and I seem to be getting better. I’ve also noticed bits I thought were pink from the sun now aren’t and I mean dramatically aren’t so definitely a lot better.
Mum entertained me when she told me Dad reckons he’s spotted someone from Russian organised crime. Evidently he fits the criteria, he’s Russian [well duh!], has what appears to be a bullet wound and several other wounds that appear to be stab type. You see… this is what happens when retired people have things taken away from them. He’s lost golf for two weeks and he’s coming up with epic back stories for people… he’ll be seeing Elvis tomorrow.
Finished book two today, but only just, it took me long enough to get into the swing. So that’s Skin and Bones added to the done pile. I’ve picked a light read next Confessions of a Lap Dancer. I don’t expect it’ll take that long, particularly as I’m having another sun free day tomorrow. Technically I’m slacking on the book front as I was reading one a day last year. Some days I was just enjoying the sun though so it was 9 books over 9 days in all so I can still keep it going.
The flirty bellboy told me there was a minibar and as D & J gave me a Baileys Mini for my birthday [which was really sweet of them] I though I’d put it in the minibar and have it tonight. What it should have been introduced as was a mini fridge as it has two bottles of water in it.
I’ve just got ready to go to the bar and I’m looking less red than yesterday but I did bring an awful lot of tops that bring out red well!
Flirted with a waiter at dinner, I know, so cliché but it has to be done. I actually went to the show that was put on tonight. Hmm, I laughed, I cried, I laughed some more. The only really impressive one was Alex who is the resident show off during the day. He does handstands and break dancing. As it turns out he’s a regular daredevil. The theme tonight was Fire of Egypt or some such nonsense. The first thing he did was touch himself with a lit baton. The fire eating. Then laid on glass and had one of the others stand on him. Then lay as stiff as a board with his head and feet on a chair while someone stood on his stomach. Then they put a bit of stone on there and smashed it with a mallet. Then he did some tricks with a sword. And all of this while he was oiled up in a pair of tight trousers. I wasn’t really paying attention to the act but he looked damn good!! The others were only partly into it [well one wasn’t into it at all and wasn’t keeping in time or putting any effort in] they had been working for near on 12 hours [6 of which were spent talking to some Belgium girls]. You could tell one of the women had obviously done the routine because she was really going for it but the others didn’t get any better from the rehersal earlier. The only thing that was really Egyptian were the outfits and bits where they did the Egyptian hands. But Alex was brilliant and all of the blokes were half naked and oiled, can’t go wrong there!
