Up & At It

November 8

Hey people!

I’m sure at this time of day, most of you are still asleep. If you are up at 5am (for my New Englanders) on a Saturday morning, GO BACK TO SLEEP!

For me, it is just after 10am and I have already completed all that I intend to for the day. After going to bed late, or at least late for me, I woke up at 8:30am. I knew that I had two choices: go back to sleep and achieve absolutely nothing the entire day or get up while I still had any motivation.

I’m a firm believer that your attitude first thing in the morning determines your productivity for the entire day.

I chose the latter, threw on some sweats and headed right out the door. I pretty much had nothing except random bits to eat, so I went straight to the vegetable market. I was able to get everything I needed in pretty much one straight shot.

I tell you, there is NOTHING comparable to the amount of food you can get here in Morocco versus what you spend. After about an hour, I left with the following:

Green beans
2 huge carrots
1 cucumber
1 artichoke
3 potatoes
4 apples
2 avocados
1 KILO of dates
8 eggs
Small bag of rice
1 jar of strawberry jam
3 freshly made donuts (breakfast for the roomies and I)

I paid 79 MDH. That is, according to today’s exchange rate, $8.90! With any luck, in the United States, I could have gotten maybe half of that stuff with that same amount.

I now have a full fridge and the feeling of knowing that I can take good care of myself physically, without killing myself financially!

That’s it for me! Back to sleep for a couple of hours. I think I’ve earned it!

More later or tomorrow (who knows what today will bring).

Peace
Rae