Life flashing before eyes moment

5 years ago, I used to shout. "Use your bloody indicator, you twat"! Now I yell the same words and realise I have not used mine. That's what Dubai does to you, you become a bad driver and don't even realise it.

Yesterday my husband and I were on the way to a brunch in the back of a cab and I had a latte in my hand. As we drove down a relatively quiet residential street, another cab driver came careening from a slip road almost smashing into us. Phil was on the side of possible impact, I was on the island side of the road with lamp post that could split my skull in two. In a split second, Phil braced for impact and tried to brake with his foot suddenly thinking he was driving, while I calmly assessed all possible crash angles and tried to hold my latte upright so it did not spill.

What we do in the moment when we could possibly lose our lives. We pump a fake brake and try and rescue our coffee. Priorities

Ballet flats and getting my exercise mojo back

I have recently been instructed by my doc to ensure I do 1 hour of low impact exercise every day of the week. "5 days a weeeeeeek?" I screech in my head. I am committed to using my cross trainer when I feel like it AKA once every two months. How am I ever going to commit to FIVE days a week!!!!

Luckily I found an awesome personal trainer two houses from me and she does deep stretching and toning sessions for next to nothing per hour. I was dubious at first, having done a lot of yoga and pilates with good instructors back when I was more committed to exercise because her rate was so low. However I have been pleasantly surprised - she is an ex ballerina and totally focussed on posture and quality of movement for every single exercise.

I feel my blood circulating, my core getting stronger and I can already do a few more reps each time I see her. Now I am considering putting the ballet flats that I bought to use and adding an extra ballet session to the mix. She just spent two years training a 38 year old who had never done ballet before right up to doing pointe.

Natalie Portman here I come. (But sorry I can't do 8 hours of training a day) I might take me two years to get to use pointe shoes. But I'll be patient.  Doc 3 days a week is going to have to do for now. I know you will understand.