My Journey With Health And Fitness – Friends Being Friends

I told my husband this morning that I was going to wait a bit before going out for a run because my stomach was bothering me. Turns out that was a really good decision because 20 minutes later the skies opened up and it started pouring rain. What will now happen is it will clear up and then it will be super humid. Since I already did a Zumba class this morning I think I’ll skip the run and try and do it tomorrow.

I’ve talked before about what awesome friends we have made in our neighbourhood. The last time we were away at the condo they made sure to take care of my sister. Since my brother was also with us on that trip and my sister doesn’t drive they made sure to check to see if she needed to go anywhere including taking driving her to a Celebration of Life. This trip they are helping with things like walking our dog which is greatly appreciated but really, that is what friends do for each other.

We are finding the same here with our neighbours at the condo. We rely on cabs to get around while we are here including for grocery shopping. However, our neighbours are now checking in with us if they are going anywhere to see if we want to come with them. One in particular told us he would take us to stores that are a bit of a drive away if we needed to pick up certain things. We gave him some push back on that offer and advised we don’t want him to go out of his way. Like our other friends here he said he would be glad to do that for us.

We are cognizant of never taking advantage of our friends especially here. We never assume they will offer to take us places or to drive us to and from the airport. However, they come through for us every time. This to them is just friends being friends and that sort of kindness makes me happy to return the favour whenever it is needed.