Something's Missing

So the next few days will be the start of the busy period. We are all working to make sure that we are ready for everybody and I'm confident that it will go smoothly. I have been relishing the challenge so far of being here and trying to make Imani go but have not been able to fully enjoy the small acheivements we have made so far. Something, or someone is missing!
It's 10 weeks since I said goodbye to Kristen and I have missed her terribly. Even though I have made friends here and enjoyed telling guests about our (crazy!) story, and the staff are not just staff now, I have a real friendship with some of them, but I have been so lonely at times. There are some things that I can only talk to Kristen about and not being able to have that release has been very hard at times. Even now we are close to being together again - she will arrive on the 24th August - I am still finding it hard not having her around. I think the staff must be so bored of me telling them how many hours it will be before she is here! I think they are looking forward to her arrival as well, I know that she will add a whole new dimension to Imani and make everybody smile, I know the staff will absolutely adore her, she will get on so well with them all and then if somebody needs to be pulled up on their work she can leave it to me! We have done more work on the garden this week and I think it should be looking great by the time she arrives, hopefully she won't want to change it all!
On another note I have decided to get fit - after all one reason I wanted to do something like this was so that I could run on the beach every day! So I have started running with Abass the gardener every day when he finishes at 3. He absolutely hammers me when we do sprints at the moment but I think in a month or two I'll be surprising him! We have also cleared a space at the very back of the garden which we will turn into a weights area - using trees as weights obviously! Sule the chef has also been inspired and I found him jumping over a chair in the outside the kitchen yesterday! And Tito has said he will use the Mazuezi(excercise) area as well. We will be the fittest team on the island!!!