Or, to be specific, blow kisses at my daughter, who grew fabulously adept at blowing them back and basking in her newfound glory as the only natural blonde on the island.
"The problem is that who you are in relation to the world changes," says Lee of this newfound stability.
Interestingly, as the numbers on the scales have fallen I have sensed a newfound respect and curiosity emerging from my peers.
The fact that Underwood has switched to mobile gaming speaks volumes about his newfound responsibilities.
With water levels worryingly low in at least two of São Paulo's largest reservoirs, insecurity around water has become a fact of life for most paulistanos – as has a newfound interest in self-reliance and thrift: in stored water, rainwater collection and reduced usage.
Izbicki's newfound faith was put to the test a few hours later when a Hitler Youth marching band came to Invalidenstrasse and began throwing bricks at the window of his parents' shop.
And of course, there were the banks: set free after the Big Bang to direct more money towards productive businesses, but instead using their newfound latitude to fuel ever bigger consumer bubbles.
Democrats, while somewhat hamstrung by their necessary embrace of the administration, are probably more bound by their newfound foreign policy muscularity; their success at being as bloodthirsty as any Republican when it comes to "enemies" seems to have intoxicated former critics of executive abuses – a form of philosophical roid rage – the most significant of these defectors being Obama himself.
The top-dollar pay cheque recognises the US actor's newfound status as an A-list action star following standout turns in Lucy and Marvel Studio's Avengers series of superhero films.
What's more, the promos for the new series – which take the form of an almost offensively expensive Game of Thrones pastiche – seem to back up this newfound sense of muscularity.
I was smitten, and this newfound passion saw me heading, freshly qualified, to Khao Lak for a liveaboard trip to the Similan islands with an underwater camera.
