A small group of us, including a student recovering from exams, a woman with a broken heart and a pair that had stayed at Zamzam before and vowed to return, gathered for some pre-departure pampering.
I am miserable because one of the two people I love most is not recovering from his illness.
With gold stabilising after its recent declines - which were based on worries about countries such as Cyprus selling some of their reserves along with signs of slowdown in China - and base metals such as copper recovering, mining shares regained some lost ground.
Blazer is now receiving treatment in a New York hospital, where he is recovering from extensive treatment for colon cancer.
And it is always hard to trim tax expenditures such as the mortgage interest deduction and state and local tax preferences – especially now, at a moment when the economy is still recovering from a housing-led downturn and state and local governments still face significant deficits that need to be closed.
Mourinho confirmed after the friendly that his striker Didier Drogba is recovering well from the injury he picked up last week.
A spokesperson for the Royal Victoria hospital confirmed Robinson had a medical procedure after he arrived there, saying: "Mr Robinson underwent a procedure this morning and is currently recovering.
Kaberuka concedes that some countries recovering from conflict will need international help, but says those steadily "graduating" thanks to remittances, foreign direct investment and access to capital markets – Ghana is a prime example – should become independent of aid in the not-too-distant future.
His big break came in 1976 when, in the middle of the crucial debate with the Wilson government over wage restraint, he deputised for Murray, who was recovering from a heart attack.
A group of victims of the Hatton Garden jewellery raid have been told that the chances of recovering their losses are "very limited".
And because the coalition was so savage in its programme of fiscal austerity – knocking on the head an economy that was, in fact, recovering until it took over – output is only just back to its pre-crisis peak, and real incomes and living standards are way below.
