Saturday, July 14, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
These are the days - Jamie Cullum
My parents will be here on Saturday (wooohoooo!)
This week is for us like Sweepstakes week on American television. Cliffhangers follows after mayor plot-changes and we are doing some rewriting of the lines as we go along. Sadly enough an important character for my father has been written out of this life, my uncle Gilberto has passed away quite unexpectedly last week. I hope it brings a little bit of comfort that my daddy will be here later this week, to see his only other brother for a while.
But before that happens, we are making our house guest-worthy. I must say, it is going a lot better than expected! Without us realizing it, we have achieved quite a lot in the last few months. While cleaning out the stacks of to do lists I had lying around, I found a big piece of paper, on which at the end of winter we had tried to list all we still wanted to accomplish before summer’s end. I remember that while we were going room to room in our minds and listing all that was missing, we suddenly just stopped. And opened a bottle of wine to drink away the tears we felt coming up. It seemed so out of reach and hopeless. Yesterday we could check 9 out of 10 items on the list. It felt fabulous! And we opened another bottle of wine! With bubbles. :D
We can really feel the stress levels come down in our little house. And that is good. And long overdue. We hope to offer my parents a relaxed break here in Holland and enjoy it with them. We also have our own vacation booked, so that is surely another thing to look forward to. Save the date: 7 Oct 2012 Happy Hour at Wet ‘n’ Wild, first drink on me!
Another BIG deal for me: I saw my first wild (living) hedgehog! For almost two years I only saw them as road kill sadly enough, but this time in our own garden! I touched it!
Also a good thing, I feel ready for the new academic year. I got all my grades in order, and my brain is ‘den bullpen kalentando’, and I’m excited about being back in school. According to my fellow students, this coming year will be a lot more relaxed and focused than the first, with more depth in the subjects, can’t wait!
This week is for us like Sweepstakes week on American television. Cliffhangers follows after mayor plot-changes and we are doing some rewriting of the lines as we go along. Sadly enough an important character for my father has been written out of this life, my uncle Gilberto has passed away quite unexpectedly last week. I hope it brings a little bit of comfort that my daddy will be here later this week, to see his only other brother for a while.
But before that happens, we are making our house guest-worthy. I must say, it is going a lot better than expected! Without us realizing it, we have achieved quite a lot in the last few months. While cleaning out the stacks of to do lists I had lying around, I found a big piece of paper, on which at the end of winter we had tried to list all we still wanted to accomplish before summer’s end. I remember that while we were going room to room in our minds and listing all that was missing, we suddenly just stopped. And opened a bottle of wine to drink away the tears we felt coming up. It seemed so out of reach and hopeless. Yesterday we could check 9 out of 10 items on the list. It felt fabulous! And we opened another bottle of wine! With bubbles. :D
We can really feel the stress levels come down in our little house. And that is good. And long overdue. We hope to offer my parents a relaxed break here in Holland and enjoy it with them. We also have our own vacation booked, so that is surely another thing to look forward to. Save the date: 7 Oct 2012 Happy Hour at Wet ‘n’ Wild, first drink on me!
Another BIG deal for me: I saw my first wild (living) hedgehog! For almost two years I only saw them as road kill sadly enough, but this time in our own garden! I touched it!
Also a good thing, I feel ready for the new academic year. I got all my grades in order, and my brain is ‘den bullpen kalentando’, and I’m excited about being back in school. According to my fellow students, this coming year will be a lot more relaxed and focused than the first, with more depth in the subjects, can’t wait!
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