Time flies!

Time flies! 

The day are flying by so fast recently, I nearly have time to prepair myself for Monday's work. Two more days and then it's back to the mat's, ofcource they will all ask me how my trip was, lol. I don't mind, and I know what to tell. I had a awesome time in Athens, here and there a few speed bumps, but most of all a fun and exciting time. Last Tuesday I went to The Hague for a few days, 3 days and 2 nights to be precise.

It felt a bit awkward to go, that feeling that I think, "Should I really go? Is it not weird?" 
No! It isn't you silly! I'm glad I went, perhaps it was awkward cause of the fact I was on my own, and will be on my own while having this mini holiday. Since I started traveling I was mostly not on my own, I had many excursion trips, and in Athens I was with Jan and her Family, so yeah. Although alone, I had a great time.

I packed my smallest travel bag, (just a few clothing and bathroom items) and took of early that Tuesday. I love traveling, although the train trip took only a little two hours, I enjoyed it. Arrived in The Hague I was stunned whit all I saw, they have been re-building and re-storing this city majorly. And the're still building. I haven't been here since the 90's, Checking in went easy, the Hampshire Babylon hotel stood right next to the train station. 

I had to pay 50 Euro on fore hand with the checking in, I would get it back later. That was unexpected, but okay, I would get it back. The room was good, big beds small room but perfect. And again a double bed, lol, again I could choose. I haven't slept that good though, I had to get used to the airco and my neighbors were doing the 'bunga, bunga' it seemed during the entire night. Sigh, sleepless nights but awesomeness during the days.  

The Hague is a big city, comparing The Hague with Amsterdam, The hague seems even bigger. Lots of new architecture, skyscrapers and nostalgic buildings and churches. I went to the beach aswell, the beach is called Scheveningen, I had to take the tram to go there. Aswell there I haven't been for so many years. Here too they have been re-newing stuff. A longer boulevard and lot's of new shops and sight seeings aswell. Great time. 

On my way back the airco was broke in the train, sigh, always something. Now it's back to work on Monday, for the rest of the weekend I will be resting and relaxing. Back to the same ol, same ol.' It's good, I will be saving up money for the next trip in December. What I actually didn't expect to do to be honest, I thought after my trip to the US I would be broke and I already made a decision to stay home  the rest of the year, but no. 

One last week!

One last week! 

One more week vacation, next week Monday I will be working again. Gosh, these three weeks flew by. Ofcource starting of with my trip to Atlanta/Athens, then resting and getting rid of the jet lag. And now I'm here with my last week. And guess what? I'm going to have a short mini holiday in The Hague, Netherlands, yes, that's right, a holiday in my own country. 

I think it was my friend who pushed me positive to go somewhere, and I thank her for that! First I was like, "Hmm, I don't know, money, being tired." Now I'm just excited to go, I feel better aswell. It was quit a happening in Atlanta/Athens, I guess I needed my rest and come to myself. Yes, I still miss that 'someone,' but it hasn't got that 'bad or sad' feeling anymore. 

I'm blessed with a good friend, and that feels good. The weather forecast for this week isn't that good, they for spelled rain on Wednesday. And me don't like that, but oh well, my mini-travel bag is packed, and I'm ready to go. The Hague is a big city, and the beach is near. It's been a pretty long time since I have been there, it's sure gonna be a nice little mini holiday.

Venting?

Venting? 

I feel different since I got back from my trip from Atlanta/Athens, it's like I'm missing someone, or something in my life, I don't know. But I do know it hurts. What's going on with me? I realize now that being alone sucks, but wasn't I alone for a very long time? Yes! And didn't I say several times? 'I'm happy single, though when someone would crosses my path I will stand open for it.'Yes!  What has happen? Am I in love? Or is it just the fact that I realize finally that being alone really sucks. I witnessed lots of love and attention again, from a great family and a 'awesome woman.' (There I said it) I guess I always was and am a sensitive guy, and now recently even more since I got back from Canada. In Canada I was spoiled with attention and love aswell, but that suddenly stopped. 

I miss someone, miss being with her, but why? What happened? I had a visit, I visited a friend for the first time, and it turned out to be a great time. Really... while being on my way back from Atlanta I felt somewhat okay. Then I got home and "Beng!" I hated being back! I was surrounded by people who loved me, we did several things day in, and day out. Always together and never on my own. Now I'm back home, back to reality where I ones was okay with, just on my own. I perhaps realize now that maybe it's time for someone in my life, (can I choose now?) The hate full feeling being back in Holland will eventually disappear I guess, and perhaps the 'missing someone' too. Life continues, as they say. What has God planned for me? Time will tell. 

What was it what God tried to tell me while I was in the USA and now being back? It still hurts, specially in the mornings, (awkward!) perhaps it's that feeling when I wake up in the morning and realize that 'alone' feeling again what I had when I came back. As the day slowly continues I feel a bit better, and realize I have a good friend and that's ALL that matters. We all need good friends, but why do my friends live so far away? Damn ocean! I know there's no need to worry or to be sad about it, focus on life and what ever happens, will happen, right? It all will be good, I just need to continue with what I'm doing or what I did, pick up the daily things what I did before my trip. I maybe too need to learn to take control over my feelings, and not let them take control over me. I'm not worried, I'm blesses, it's all good like it always was and will be.

Living adventurous!

Living adventurous!

And he's back from his trip! I have been on trips before, but why is it so weird to be back home and why do I feel sad to be back home after this trip? Anyway, let me say it was a adventurous trip. With unexpected and unusual happenings, but I really wouldn't wanna have trade it for anything else. Meeting Jan and her Family and Friends was great, I felt comfy right away. The comfy atmosphere trough out the seven following days could not ruin anything! I witnessed that! I have seen alot, laughed alot, good food, friendly people, etc, etc. I'm home now but I miss them already.

Yeah okay, a few things happened, just a few, lol. But like I said, 'nothing could ruin the comfy atmosphere.' What happened? Well, at first I couldn't stay at Jan's place cause of her dogs. We tried the hardest, but no success. I felt so sorry for Jan, the situation dragged us both. It was a sad situation and we both had to find solutions for my staying elsewhere. Perhaps staying at Jan's friends houses? Or maybe a motel? It took us almost a whole day to figure out what to do, on top of that my bankcard didn't work, sigh! I couldn't get money in the US, although my card was recently activated for worldwide. 

And we were already at a motel to check in, but no success with a not working bankcard. I called ING a few times, but they told me everything is okay, 'there was nothing wrong with my card.' In the end ING told me there was a virus in their system, later on ING helped me out and I could get money with my card, only that took a while. End good all good? Yeah, second good news was that I could stay over at Jan's son's house. Jan and I would rather have that I stayed at her house, but that was not an option anymore. We both had a long day after solving my bankcard and finding a place to stay. 

Wow, and the many bugs and several other kinds of insects what I witnessed, I thought that was only in Africa or the rain forest. It was warm in Georgia, Georgia houses in the forest witness lots of bugs and insects, aswell other creatures, like snakes and scorpions, yikes! On Thursday I had again bad news, I couldn't stay anymore at Jan's Son's house, they were going on a holiday. Letting me stay alone in their house wasn't a option, it was back to the motel where Jan and I tried to check me in the first time. This time with success, I stayed for my last three nights in the motel. 

The motel wasn't that far from Jan's house, only you need a car to get there. The motel was nice, friendly people and a great room, though this motel was in the middle of know here. I had good sleeps there, though it wasn't always a pleasure staying in that motel. Jan picked me up in the early afternoon for go out's and other fun stuff. I choosed for the afternoons so Jan could have time for herself aswell, it was all good. What a adventure so far right? Going from here to there and then the not working bankcard. And last but not least I lost my wallet on our last day together. Sigh! 

We laughed about it in the end, cause we struggled already trough so many happenings together, we even joked about it. "What's going on with us?" I called ING once again to block my bankcard, a friendly ING guy told me that they will block the card and I will get a new card in a few days. I lost my old bankcard and a few other important (but replaceable) carts, aswell money, plus a second house key, and ofcource my wallet. I actually thought I lost it and already said goodbye to it, but! 

On the very last day, when we were on our way to the airport for my journey back, a police officer called and told that they found my wallet. Woot! A miracle! Thanks to Jan who took care of the fact that a police officer would call if they find my wallet. Though the police office was closed, and we were almost already on the airport. My wallet will be send to my address in Holland, end good all good? Yes! Sigh, all these happenings didn't effect my staying with Jan. We had great and good times aswell, I met several friends of Jan, I met her Family. We all had several fun out's. 

We visit the MLK Musea, Georgia Aquarium, Centennial Olympic park, and visited many, many more sight seeings. My visit was way to short, that's for sure. Though I seen so many things what I wouldn't have miss for any kind of gold. Been trough alot aswell, but, it was all good in the end. I miss the people I have met, specially Jan, it wasn't easy coming back to a empty, lonely house. I thought it was easy, but no. Now it's time to adjust again, hopefully I will meet Jan again, she's just the best!! 

"Ready for take off."

"Ready for take off."

I wanted to write this post yesterday, but forgot it. Not that I was busy yesterday, but just forgot. Gosh, yesterday was dragging, yesterday's day was long, it felt like having two Sundays in one, lol. Though everything went so well the last three days, Friday I was calm and excited, Saturday I was a bit nervous, (Hence the getting closer to my trip) and Sunday was okay. Yesterday I packed my suitcase and did a few other things I planned. Just like I had a tiny schedule in my head, all good. Saturday I did my last groceries and bought a few other items, with succes. 

Bought a cap for myself and a few little gifts for Atlanta/Georgia, the gifts were already planned, though I couldn't kinda make a decision yet. I'm glad I bought them. Finally it's there, the time that I will be taking off soon, heading to Atlanta/Georgia/Athens. How do I feel? I must say, I'm calm, unexpected calm. I was expecting I would have felt like a nervous wreck and thought about buying calming pills, lol. Why? I don't know, these last 5 months were tough.Tthe 'if this,' and the 'if that's' were dragging the first two months, on top of that came the passing away from my Dad. 

Then the times changed, positive thoughts came along, probably a gift from my Dad above. I know he will be watching me from above while on my journey, and ofcource my Mom, so yeah, what on earth can possibly go wrong? right? I even slept quit good last night, that's new, lol. Usually I don't sleep that much before a trip, I had it with London, Berlin, Paris. But last night was good, I killed a mosquito too, it woke me up and got up right away. It took a while to spot the mosquito, but then I saw it, beng! Yeah, I go my methods and skills to catch such creatures. 

Now, I'm ready for my take off. First I will head off to a store, I need some singlets. There quit handy under my T-shirts 'if' it's getting cooler, better then cut of half T-shirts, lol. I came with the idea with singlets yesterday, though on Sunday's the store's are closed. I still have plenty of time, I will be heading to the train station at 10:00 am or 10:30, I don't know yet. Both times are good, I will be at Schiphol at 00:30 pm or 1:00 pm. My flight will be around 5:00 pm, I like being on time. The train can have a delay aswell, so, on time is not a crime, lol. 

I won't be writing during my vacation, I will do that afterwards. For now I will say, have a great day ya'll, and wish me luck! Excitmennnnnnnnnnnnnnnt! 

Here it is then... Numbero thousand!!

Here it is then... Numbero thousand!! 

Literally...

Should I put the flag out? Light some fireworks? Eat a cake? The last one sounds good, eat a cake. I might just do that tomorrow. Today at work there was a good but aswell a busy atmosphere, fellow workers were friendly. Though we had to rush in the last few hours, and what for? Yeah, good question. In the morning 'they' told us that it would be good and nice if we finish some kinda mats where we were working on, we needed 100. Though it wasn't bad if we didn't finish it. In the last few hours it suddenly was a must, oh well, it's well known there, lol. 

We managed to finish 100 mats, though it was busy and rough. Other fellow workers from other sections helped us out, cause they were finished on their section with cleaning and other stuff. Madness and hectic, lol. I felt good though, actually the whole day. I think I can blame the good night sleep, I slept straight for 6 hours. It was a warm day actually, again a 28 C degree day. Sweating and hot at work. A bit after 4 pm, we went to the back of the factory hall. There was a buffet for all workers, just like last year. There we sat, lol. sweating and smelling. 

The food and drinks were good, though I wasn't sure yet in the beginning what to do. Go to the free dinner which began at 5 pm, or just stay with my fellow workers. I decided to stay. I grabbed a plate of food and had a few beers. Pity about the free dinner, it would have been fun aswell there. I know alot of people there, even the staff who sit with us. It would have been the last free dinner before the Summer holiday starts, a special buffet aswell. On my way home (around 5:15) 

I still could have gone to the free dinner, but naah, it's usually dead after 5:30. I took a shower, and enjoyed my rest. I called my Uncle once again to see if he was available tomorrow afternoon, I would like ( and in my head it's a must) to visit my Aunt who's sick. But my Uncle had other ideas, he was busy with other things tomorrow, oh well. My Aunt is doing a bit better actually, yesterday she felt bad, today a bit better. Of and on as my Uncle said. I think that's a good sign. I will visit my Aunt right after my trip, and that was okay with my Uncle. 

Tomorrow I will be out though anyway, buying the last things I need, almost nothing, lol. Groceries aswell, and to Mom and Dad's grave. And yeah I will have that cake, or perhaps a ice cream cake, with a coffee, ofcource! But first a nice sleep in, hey! It's my holiday, 3 weeks off work. So that was my 100oth post. From now on I will write only in the weekends, I think it will be a nice update then from my adventures during the week plus weekends, lol. 

999th! LOL!

999th! LOL! 

I know, lol. Just getting a bit excited about the 999th post. It means aswell that I'm 999 days since my break up with Saf, do I still think of her? Yeah, but I'm not heart broken, I think sometimes of her and her kids, just like I think of other people I know. A break up is tough, specially when your not in your own country and the dumper tells you to go home without having not even have money to return. Anyway, that was then, a break up can heart, but it heals aswell, the pain fades away. Sometimes slowly, sometimes fast. I'm okay now. Though the break up has his scarves, though just little ones. 

On with this day, not much to report actually. But I'll do my best. I was tired and sleepy in the morning, rest is all I did. Took 2 naps, ,lol. After lunch I went out, bought some sunflowers and visited a friend. The flowers were for that friend, cause she recently celebrated her birthday. I was planning to buy flowers, then  I saw the sun flowers, lol. 3 Euro for 5 sunflowers. A very nice price for such flowers. She loved them. Today I called my Uncle aswell, I was kinda nerves to call, why? I don't know. My Aunt is sick and I think she won't recover. 

She has cancer in her head, my Uncle told me last Sunday. I told my Uncle that I will visit her upcoming Friday, I hope I can bare it, on Friday I will visit my Mom and Dad's grave too. I just want to finish that day, I can also decide not to go Friday and just say home, but I can't. I have it in my head and I want (read: must) to go. During the upcoming weekend I will prepair myself for the trip to Atlanta/Georgia/Athens, fun and excitement! 4 more days to go! A few busy days ahead and then relax and chill in the weekend. Probably a sleepless night on Sunday, )as usual before a trip' lol! And then Monday, off I go! Yeehaw! 

998th post!

998th post! 

2 more posts to go! Yeah, I'm still stand by my decision to write less after the 1000th post. No more writing daily, just whenever I feel to. For sure once a week or so, or once in the weekend. Writing down what I went trough during the week, and what I'm up to in the weekend. Sounds good to me. 

Actually not much to write today, again it was busy at work, some had to work over aswell. I guess were all looking forward to the 3 weeks off, I can tell, really. Our foreman has been working in another section near our section, Me and another fellow worker took over our section, and that goes well. 

The other fellow worker is a nice guy, calm but a hard worker aswell. This morning he told me he was tired, I think it was the first time he told me that. That coming from him is a surprise, cause he usually doesn't complain. In the afternoon he told me again he was tired, yeah, let the summer holiday begin. 

I'm somewhat tired aswell, thankfully the usual day of is tomorrow. It's gonna be a hot, warm day. 28 C. and a bit cloudy, I love it though, nothing better then a warm Summer day. Hey 6 days to go, I got still a few things to do, but I'm not worried about that. I'm ready, ready to fly. No fear of flying? Hmm, now when it's getting closer, hmm, Naah and a tiny bit yes, lol. Excitement more! 

Summer and sleep.

Summer and sleep.

I guess I have to try to get some sleep more during the night, five or six hours ain't enough. Last night I slept only for a little four hours, usually I sleep during the colder days, (Autumn and Winter) a bit longer. Although the lack of sleep I'm pretty good during the days, a bit sleepy but further then that good. When I have to work the next day I will be in bed between 10 and 10:30 pm, recently I go a bit earlier, between 9:30 and 10 pm. But it doesn't much matter, I'm always up early, lol. Always around 4 am in the morning I wake up, sometimes even earlier, last night I woke up at 3 am.

Once when it's 4 or 5:15 am I will get up when I wake up early, funny is I always wake up an hour before my alarm, lol. I set my alarm at 5:30 am, just in case. Maybe I perform better during the day when I sleep longer, but the longer sleep ain't happening. Later to bed and later up? I still have that short sleep then. Oh well, it's fine, I'm used to it. Perhaps I'm a morning person, during my days off I sleep in until 7 or 7:30 am, sometimes 6:30 am. Nice Sunny day today, although I had a sleepy start in the morning, later today I was fine.

Here and there a bit tired and dizzy, (blame the cold and then warm weather) but okay. We're still busy, some fellow workers will be working during our Summer holiday. They asked for it, so, no harm in that. I'm looking forward for the 3 weeks off, it's needed. After work I went home and stayed home, I didn't want to go to the 'free dinner.' I felt tired and sleepy, hehe! (Lack of sleep? Lol) It's sometimes a rush to go the 'free dinner' on Monday after work. I rest 5 minutes, then it's wash up, other clothes on and off I go again. Not this evening.

"As I get closer to....."

"As I get closer to....." 

As I get closer to the 22th of July, the exciter I get. I'm ready! If the flight was tomorrow, I would be ready too, well, I still would have to pack though then. Packing is easy, forgetting things isn't, lol. That's why I will take my time with packing, packing is fun and quit easy. Mostly I open my clothing closet and decide then what to take with me. I won't need a big suitcase for a Summer trip, it's all T-shirts and shorts. They don't take up that much space. I will pack my suitcase a day before I take off, that'll be Sunday then. I will make a list what to take with me, like I always do before a trip.

That way I will NOT forget a thing, like my passport, wallet, medication and plane tickets. Last night's phone call from my Uncle about my Aunt being sick was sad, and perhaps a little bump on my way to Atlanta. Either way I will go, I have been looking out for this trip from January till now. Last year I told myself, "In 2013 my goal will be to travel to the USA.!" I'm glad I managed my goal, I will be looking out for the 22th of July. Once I'm on my way my holiday begins, and I will enjoy every second of it. The moment I close my front door on the 22th the enjoying starts. 

One more week of work, I'm excited about the 3 weeks of. Last month has been busy, way to busy if you ask me. The 3 weeks of will be good, hopefully the weather will be good. The last week will be kinda busy aswell, I still want a few things before my flight, that is: Visit my Mom and Dad's grave, visiting my Aunt and Uncle, a few groceries and I still need some nice sandals. Wednesday or Friday are my days off, let's see what I can do then. During the upcoming weekend I will rest and enjoy my beginning of the 3 weeks of holiday. It's all good! 

"Aunt."

"Aunt."

After I wrote my last post I received a phone call from my Uncle, when I heared him I knew already half that there's something not right. Usually it's my Aunt who calls and not my Uncle. After my Uncle asked me how I was doing, he told me that my Aunt is not well, I have thinking about this already though. Cause my Aunt was already sick a little month ago, she couldn't get trough her flue. My Uncle told me that my Aunt  has been hospitalized a few weeks ago with intracranial bleeding, later on the doctor found out the she has cancer in her head.

My Aunt lays now for recovery in a elderly house near her own house, she has to heal first for another three weeks before the hospital can 'radiation  therapy' her. I wasn't prepared for that news, though  I'm quit okay about it. I hope my Aunt gets trough this and recovers, though, cancer? Hmm, it will be though for her, and for her Family. Upcoming Friday I will visit my Uncle and my Aunt in the elderly house, I will tell my Uncle then aswell that I will be soon on a holiday.

My Aunt and Uncle don't know yet that I'm going on a trip, and certainly not to the US. Why not? I didn't want to worry them, they might worry cause they might think that I will have the same adventure as in Canada, but that ain't happening. I will inform my Uncle about my trip and say that I'm not available between the 22th of July until the 29th of July, hopefully they are alright with that.

Saturday's!

Saturday's!

Weekends are shorter when I work Friday's a extra half day, lol. While I'm writing this post it's already Saturday eve' 9:21 pm. Tomorrow it's Sunday, and then it's Monday already. Monday starts the last working week before our Summer holiday. Time flies sometimes! Today flew by aswell, it was a nice and warm day, I didn't expect it would be this warm. The last few day's it was kinda chilly, a Summer jacket was needed. It should be just as chilly as yesterday and the day before, according to our weather forecast. But no, I went out with a jacket this afternoon, but damn, it was way to warm to have a jacket on.

I did my last groceries, looked for sandals too but without success. I ain't gonna pay 40 or 50 bucks for a pair of sandals, though I want quality aswell. I know a few cheaper shoe stores, but they don't sell quality. I will look again later this week in other shoe stores, or just buy the sandals I saw for 40 bucks. Just my luck that I could re-tray my swim short today, I went back to the store where I bought the short. Though they didn't had the same short in a larger size, Lucky I knew a same store as 'this' one further up in the city.

It was a bit of a ride, but okay, and whatta ya know? The swim short I wanted was there! And only one! Just my luck. I bought a sundae ice cream, (ow, full belly!) and bought my last groceries. I was done for today, this morning I had already a nap, the second nap was even better. I felt exhausted today, the busy work during the last weeks is dragging me. Specially the 'extra' half day, funny enough, during the week my tiredness is quit okay, and work goes well too. When the weekend then starts I can feel it. Tired, sleepy and a light heavy chest, naps and rest will solve that. Roll on Summer holiday, lol!

Not every disease is visable...

Not every disease is visable...

Sometimes I ignore it, sometimes it bucks me, but I guess I never get used to it. Jokes at work, or sentences what bucks me when my day of is the next day. Aswell today, I worked a 'extra' half day, it was fun and did quit alot. Though the last few hours I could tell I had enough, my energy was slowly fading away. At 12:30 we all washed our hands for lunch, the people who had the rest of the day off left, just like me. Perhaps it's all 'man talk' or 'though boy jokes,' but I don't like it. Sentences like, 'Your leaving already, wow, I wish I could switch with you, you have such a good life.' or, 'Hey, see you tomorrow at 6:00 am,' (while your heading out the door to wish them a nice weekend), Not all of them are like this, but just some. Some a bit more then others. 'Take it as a joke, (cause it is) or just simply ignore it.' though guys, tough work, oh well, you get me, lol.

I was thinking one day to comment back to one of them, by saying, 'Hey, sure you can switch with me, I bet you couldn't hold it out for a day.' But, I think it's best to ignore it, 'when' they are like that. Ofcource they aren't always like that, they can be nice and funny with you aswell, and ofcource I should just laugh about it, with them. I think everyone at work gets sometimes their portion, I saw it and heared it, and I laughed too. It's just like that, that's our team. Sounds maybe silly, I know. But we always work together as a team in the end, no matter what. Gossip aswell, I think there's always gossip on the work floor, and not only there. I'm part our team, that's for sure, I noticed already soon that I'm 100% accepted, the workers like me and everyone chats or make jokes with me. 

End of rant! 

Some of our workers will work tomorrow aswell, there's still much to do. Though I almost sure we will get it all done before our Summer holiday. I saw it, and I'm positive about it. They didn't ask me to worl 'another' half day tomorrow, ofcource not. If they would have asked me I would have say no either way, I need my rest. If I was a healty person with no disease what so ever, I probably would say yes, hmm, yeah. I really like the work I do, it's a nice atmosphere, well most of the time, lol. (Hence the 'though boy' jokes towards me) Plans for the weekend? Well, I wanted to go out but, I still have plenty of time to go out and buy the things I need. My idea is to visit my parents grave a few days before I leave for my trip, next week Friday will be good. Buying the needed sandals tomorrow. 

Ten more days.

Ten more days.

Busy, busy, busy, I am planning my rests, lol. It's all alright though, I will get things done, with work and my preparing for my trip. It's busy, but it's fun aswell. Today after work, I couldn't really decide what to do, lol. To the free dinner or straight to home, I was exhausted and tired after work and needed rest. Though I went to the free dinner, and I'm glad I went. It was fun there and comfy, a few laughs, a few talks, and good food. I figured if I would have decide to go home, I should had prepair dinner and that would have been busy aswell. Plus I needed to go into town aswell either way after work, I wanted to re-tray a swim short, the swim short I bought yesterday. It was just a tiny bit to big, it fitted, but, hmm. After the free dinner I re-trayedhort for one size smaller.

Tomorrow I will be working too, today at work was good. The mistake I made last Tuesday wasn't a big one, thankfully, lol. It kept me a few hours awake last night, I dislike making mistakes. This morning no one mentioned my mistake, only our foreman, but he was nice about it. Lol, he made a mistake himself too, that relieved me a bit, lol. It's all good. Tomorrow after work I will do most of my groceries for the upcoming week. The rest of the groceries I will do the next day. On that next day I will be heading out to Nijverdal. Just a short afternoon, getting things done, and visit my Mom and Dad's grave, I'm sure the grave needs a few new flowers, I will buy them on forehand.

Two posts in one, yeah, yeah, I know...

Two posts in one, yeah, yeah, I know... 

I didn't forget to write a post yesterday, I felt tired and sleepy, and just before going to bed I realized I still had to write a post. Oh well, tomorrow a double post I thought. So, here it is two posts, let's start of with...

Tuesday! 

It hasn't been that chaotic and hectic at work these last two days at work, though I felt tired and sleepy afterwards. It's still busy at work, the question now is, 'Are we're gonna manage it all before our Summer holiday starts," next week on Thursday 4:00 pm it's officially our Summer holiday. I will give my 105% as usual, perhaps a bit more. Upcoming Friday another extra half day, busy days ahead! 

Wednesday! 

After a nice and long sleep I woke up around seven, nice time for a sleep in. I'm really not a long sleeper, I easily wake up during the night. It really would be a miracle if I would wake up around 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning. I sure could use some more hours of sleep, but that ain't happening. Anyway, this morning I went to my last appointment for my breathing therapy, it was a short appointment. Just the regular exercises and the usual talks, it's nice though. My therapist is a nice lady and she knows her job well, I made progress she told me, although I don't feel that. Yes, I learned alot and most important, I know what I have, I know why my throat sometimes hurt, and where (let's say) 50 % of my sometimes tiredness comes from. It's all good.

Knowing what I have gives a rest, it's surely not life's threatening, it's simple and just annoying, and that's all. I'm really okay with it, it doesn't annoy or bug me for a long time anymore, and that's a good sign. Further this day I tried to buy a few gifts and a few items I still need for my trip, some I bought with succes and with some I didn't  succeed. I shouldn't have waited with buying that nice swim short I saw in a store, it was gone when I want to buy it today. No success either with buying something for Jan's dogs, lol. I just needed something small, though nice and cheap, I went to look in the nearest garden centre. Yeah, they sell such stuff there aswell. 

I saw dog chewing (bone) sticks, dog treats, play toys, and even a few dog outfits, lol! But no success with buying some of the stuff, I just didn't know 'what' to buy, lol. Perhaps I saw to much, I nearly bought the dog treats or the chewing sticks. But I thought there maybe will be difficulties at the airport, lol. "No, they're aren't drugs, there just sticks and treats for dogs, honest!" I looked for wooden shoes aswell, I even saw the right size. (damn!) Though no buying them, this garden centre is quit at the price. I knew a different store where they sell wooden shoes aswell, and they even have dog stuff too. After the 'free dinner' I went to that store and.... 

Did I buy a pair? Well, who knows? Lol! it was quit a struggle with the size and all, size 10 was the size I needed. Size 10 is size 42 in Holland, but they were enormous and huge. What to do, what to do... Now I know that wooden shoes are way bigger then normal shoes, but the size 10 I had in my hand, wow! I decided... no, I'm not telling, lol. Let's see how long I can keep my mouth closed, lol. I made a little list of what I still need to buy and what I still need to do today too, it's quit hectic with work being busy aswell, Upcoming Saturday I will get most things done. I will go to Nijverdal, that way I can visit my Mom and Dad aswell, before I take off to the US. It's what I wanted. 

990th post!

990th post!

10 more posts to go, then I will have 1000 posts written. I will see what I do after the 1000th written post, I will go on, though, I won't write everyday I think. Just when I feel like it, for sure I will write once a week. It's sometimes  a hell of a job to write a post, now I'm overreacting, lol! Yeah, but sometimes... Just like today, there's not much to write. Our foreman has returned, and it was fun having him around again, missed him a bit aswell. He's a hard worker, I think no one can beat him with working, No one has too, lol!

Two more weeks and then starts our Summer holiday, actually earlier. Our Summer holiday starts on the 18th of July, that's on a Thursday. We all will stop and lay our work down around 4:00 pm, and then we gather around for a small barbecue, just like last year. Should be fun, wow, I'm already working there for more then a year, maybe even longer. But first we will have it very busy, there's still a quit a few orders to be done. Hopefully we will get it done before the 18th, it's actually that's a must.

Summer's here!

Summer's here!

This weekend was warm, not extremely hot, but nice and warm. Lots of Sunshine, T-shirt and shorts weather, my kinda weather. And this kinda weather will continue for the following weeks, as the weather man for spelled. Crossing my fingers, cause I like this kinda weather. The weekend was alright, best thing was ofcource picking up the flight tickets, withing 14 days I will have my suitcase packed, and I will be ready to go. I'm more then ready, everything goes as I planned, lol. I'm prepared, the 14 days waiting is fine, it gives me the time to check things out, see if I have everything ready, and ofcource some gifts I still want to buy. Just some little items.

Working tomorrow, tomorrow our foreman will return on our section, lol. I think he will be mesmerized about our section, lol. It's been busy, and tools and other stuff has been flying around. We always clean up everyday, but still. I like it clean and organized aswell, but it wasn't to do these four weeks, we were busy, very busy. The upcoming last 2 weeks of work will be busy aswell, hopefully I won't have to work Friday a extra day, I want to rest, so I can go out upcoming Saturday, it's been to long. But alright, let's see what this coming week brings.

And the tickets are in!

And the tickets are in!

Finally some Summer weather, I really hope it lasts. After a good rest in the morning I took of for my duties, shorts and t-shirt on. First I was heading to a few stores I wanted to visit, I need a few items for my balcony, first I need a summer 'relaxing' chair. I think they call it a stretcher, not sure though. But anyway, I couldn't fine one. I saw several though but way to pricey. I'm only using the stretcher in the Summer season, and Dutch summer days are rare at the moment. Many ideas I have for my balcony, but never actually bought things. A few chairs, a few flower pots with flowers, perhaps a outside carpet. I will see if I still have money left after my USA trip, LOL! After the shops I went to pick up the travel tickets, that went pretty easy. Together with another lady we went trough the tickets...

The departure time is still the same. Long flight though, 9 and a half hours to Atlanta, I will be flying with KLM. And back with Delta airlines, the flight back is only 8 and a half hours. I had no further questions, only I asked where to check in at Schiphol. It's easy, and when I don't know something, I can always ask. What I do regret is the fact that I only booked for 7 days, I would love to stay for another week. I will be spending time in Atlanta/Georgia/Athens for only 5 days. Anyway, it will be a great time! I'm sure of that. Would love to start packing now already, ,lol. But I'll have to wait for another 2 weeks, damn, it feels like 2 months. I still need to buy a few things, all the important stuff is done, it was easy.

Tomorrow... 'Insert smile.'

Tomorrow... 'Insert smile.

Tomorrow I will pick up my traveling tickets, I will pick them up after lunch. First I need a rest full and calm, relaxing morning, lol. Geesh, it sounds like I'm old, lol. I have a few things more to do tomorrow, so, I might aswell do all the things at once. So I don't have to go back and forth towards home, planning it wisely, lol. A few grocery and probably a few items I still need for my trip, I saw a nice swim short and a nice cap aswell, but do I need it in Georgia/Atlanta? The short and cap has a nice price, so, it won't harm. I will see tomorrow. We're going to have highly Summer this weekend, above 24 C. I would like to start with my balcony decorating aswell, I have many ideas for it, but I never started it. Let's see tomorrow.

I feel good after I worked a half day today, can't actually not imagine I worked today, though I did. We finished what we had to finish today, that was my goal. Sometimes I don't even notice how hard the time flies while working, until it's time for a coffee break, lol. I will try to keep upcoming Friday free, so I can go out upcoming Saturday, just being out in a city I never been, explore and enjoy the environment. It's been a while since I done that, plus, before I go to Atlanta I would like to visit my Mom and Dad's grave. Live sometimes flashed by so fast, that we sometimes don't even realize what has happened, when I think of my Dad, I think back to Frebruary 1.It's  a special day for me now...

New post, lol!

New post, lol!

I couldn't think of a title, so I just came up with that one. Again a hard, but nice working day, productive much and still busy. Next week our foreman comes back from his Holiday, he spended four week in Kansas USA, by his parents. The four weeks without our foreman was quit okay, I learned a few things and everything went quit well. We (our section) can take a deep bow to ourselves, lol. We managed alot, I think it never has been that busy as the last week. Our section could use a good tidy up though, before our foreman comes back, only if we had the time for it, lol.

Tomorrow for the third time I will work another extra half day in the morning, though I don't think I have the energy for these extra days permanent. It's exhausting, and I have to think of myself aswell sometimes. after a extra half day working I will be taking it easy for a few days, just to let my body and mind rest. Not really having plans for upcoming weekend, though the weather will be perfect for a day out or just to be outside, they forspelled highly summer with 25 C. I will see what the weekend brings. First picking up my travel tickets ofcource on Saturday!

Unexpected: My travel tickets are ready! I'm picking them up upcoming Saturday!

Unexpected: My travel tickets are ready! I'm picking them up upcoming Saturday!

After a lazy morning and a bit what feeling disorientated, lol, I got a call from the travel agency. (eek!) I dislike such calls, lol. Flight being cancelled? Trip being cancelled? Nope, nothing of that, they asked if I could come around to fill in personally my Esta requirement, this requirement  is needed when I'm traveling overseas. It was my day off, so it was easy to come around and fill in this requirement. I had a few other things to do aswell, so it was quit a struggle to start off, lol.

I washed my hair and cutted it, did a quick wash up too. Changed clothing, made lunch for tomorrow's work. Then off to buy a few needed groceries, left the needed groceries behind in my house and went straight to the pharmacy. I always get a mail when my 'new' portion of medication is ready, so I picked that up. Then off to the travel agency, they asked on forehand (trough the phone) if I could bring the address of my  staying in Atlanta/Georgia aswell.

Luckily I still had Jan's address on a safe place somewhere, I brought it with me. I informed Jan aswell,  The Esta requirement was filled in quit easy, the lady who helped me told me that she could do it trough the phone, but this was more personal, I agreed. After the filling in the lady told me that I could take the plane tickets with me right away, woot! They were ready!?? Wow, that was unexpected, on my calendar it said a week before my trip.

I told the lady if I could pick the tickets Saturday, cause I still had a few things to do and there was the free dinner. I didn't had a bag with me where I could put the tickets in safely. I was kinda unprepared as you can say, lol. That was okay, I can pick them up upcoming Saturday, if I still had any questions I can ask it when I pick up the tickets. That was my idea aswell! I don't have much questions though, I know alot already, but still.

A few things I know now already, I will be flying with KLM on my way to Atlanta, and on my return to Holland with Delta. Nice! With the Vesta requirement papers I don't have much to worry about customs, (like in Canada, lol!) Sure they mostly pick one person out of 25 people, to just check up on him or her, but still then, there's nothing to worry. Still 18 days to go, eeek, it's going pretty fast now. Do I need swimshorts?  I saw a nice one today!

984th post!

984th post!

Sixteen posts to go, then I wrote 1000 posts. Wow! I started writing in December 2011, now it's July 2013. I wrote everyday a post, just like I wanted. Okay, okay I forgot a few times a post, but I Always made it up the second day. I was thinking already to stop writing after my 1000th post, but, I won't. Though I will write less. Not everyday a post, just like when I feel like writing a post, I will. I will write about anything, anything what comes to my mind.

Work was good today, still busy, but without the chaotic from yesterday. We worked like how it suppose to be, lol. There was a line in our working, no one walked in each other way. Everyone had their  so called 'duty,' and all was good. We worked 'again' on several huge mats, these huge mats go to one particular store. This store needed 6 huge mats, one huge mat comes in 3 parts. This whole 'mat' project has to be done before upcoming Thursday. I say, 'We will manage.'

Tomorrow a day off, like usual. No appointments, and not much to do, perfect! Just a few groceries and that'll be it. And hey! I got a email back from the 'heater' company, they wanted to come again for a check up. They apologized for last week for the misunderstandings. I will receive a a letter with the date and the time when they will show up. I just don't know... I have my doubts about this 'heater company.' I never heared from them, the company's name I never heared off aswell.

In total I got two emails back from them, the first one was hidden in my spam box, and the second one not. That's why I have more doubts about this, probably it's nothing to worry about, though I will check with my house corporation, I will tell them what's been happening last week with the heater check up, Probably 'they' know they heater comapny, or maybe not. Just checking it out, just to be sure. It's all good.

Sleepy!

Sleepy!

Today at work we managed to finish all our orders, the orders we left behind from last week and the orders what really had to be done today. We had a few extra workers with us in our section, otherwise we wouldn't have manage. Still I'm missing something in our section, okay, it's chaotic and very busy, but there's actually no "line" in the work we do. Everyone keeps running kriss kross trough each other, doing this and doing that. I don't like it when I'm starting something and I have to leave that something to do something else, I rather finish what I started. And I like it when workers clean up there mess or even better 'tools.' Everyday I hear, "Where's the knife?" or " Where's the tape?'"  Well, if you would have put it away...

But then again, it's busy so I don't blame for the chaos or mess. We had to work hard to manage these orders, we even had to work on in our last break, lol. And I so needed that 2:45 pm coffee, lol! They have good coffee at work, it's from a can but it's good. I drink two cups a day at work, one at 9:30 am and one at 2:45 pm. It gives a bit of a boost. This coming week at work will be the same, busy! Though I hope without the chaotic, I will do my best, as I Always do. I didn't went to the free dinner tonight, I was exhausted, I'm sure it would have made me even worse exhausted. He he, taking care of myself. Early to bed tonight, oh yeah. After finishing this post I will hit the hay. Night!

Excited for tomorrow, am I nuts?

Excited for tomorrow, am I nuts?

Maybe I'm the only one who loves a Monday on this planet, it would have been different when I wouldn't had a job. It seems everyday at work I feel challenged, determined, I like the work I do. The last few weeks has been extremely busy, and I don't even mind. Some fellow workers has been calling it 'chaos, chaos!' But I was like, 'bring it on. Lol, I look up at the sound when the iron cart shows up with material for the mats that must be made, and smile. Tomorrow we will have to finish several orders what we couldn't have finish last week, it all have to be done before 3:00 pm. Our working day always start at 7:30 am, I say, 'bring it on!

Ofcource I will be watching my energy and my health, I'm used to it, I know what I'm able of and I know how far I can go. I'm almost like a programed robot, lol.  Today, as you will probably all know I rested, Sunday = a rest day! Perhaps some ironing, and laundry, but that's it. I had two naps today, first one was a power nap, I slept more then a hour. I usually sleep for 10 or 15 minutes, not long I know, but it does it for me. The second one was a short nap, only 10 minutes. Not much to do this week when it comes to mail or house holdings, only this 'heater check up' thing, ugh, I sent the heating company a mail, I will be waiting for their answer.

Double post!

Double post!

I forgot to write a post yesterday, so here's a double. I realized I forgot it, though it was already late and I was tired and felt sleepy.

Friday!

Work went well, ofcource I was tired afterwards. I have been working hard the last few days at work, the extra half day was though but I managed it. Some of the fellow workers wanted me to stay until 4:30, lol. But no, I have to think of myself aswell, listening to my body, and it says 'Stop!' It's been enough, I cycled towards home and had a few minutes rest. I knew a visitor would show up soon, my lunch for this Friday was already made yesterday. The visitor was Ina, she wanted to have a 'chat up' with me, and that was alright. It was a nice visit, though I felt a nap coming aswell. After Ina's visit, I still had to wait until the 'heater man' would show up. He was gonna check my heater between 1p m and 5 pm. Ina left around 2:30 pm, but no heater man showed up.

I waited until 5 pm and started dinner, yup, 'he' didn't show up! I was done with this 'heater checking,' I called a few times this week already , and twice 'he' didn't show up. And now? Well,  This 'check up' what they do has to be done, just to see how much I used the heater and the boiler in 2013, they check it once in two years.  After the 'check up' they can make a 'nota' by the end of the year and I will have to pay. Without the 'check up' they will make a nota aswell, but they will have to evaluate what I have been used. Then the debt will probably higher, tomorrow I will send this company a mail, and I will call them on Monday. It's not my fault they didn't show up, I'm not gonna pay a penny more.

Saturday!

To go out or not, that was the question today. I still needed some items for my big trip, and I thought, it's now or never, lol. I went! After a good rest in the early morning, I took of around 11 am.with the train to Enschede. Enschede is my favourite city by far when it comes to cities near. it's only a little 20 minutes with the train. It's been a long while but I took my bicycle with me to the train station, Always afraid that my bicycle will be stolen, I always leave my cycle at home. I recently found a good spot to hide my bicycle, it's a spot behind a building near to the train station. Though when I got there I couldn't get behind the building, the gate was closed, sigh! I had to find another spot, luckily  I found one.

Once in Enschede I took my time and decided not to stay that long, I still felt tired, rest was needed soon . The time I spent in Enschede was good, I had a jolly, but busy time. I scored a few summer clothing's and some gifts for Jan and her Family, can you say 'wooden shoes,?  I didn't want to overload them with gifts, though coming with empty hands is not my thing, so, I bought a few simple though fun, cute items. Jan has a large Family, so I think I still need a few little gifts and then I'm done. Last but not least I did my last groceries and bought with succes US Dollars, oh my, that went fast. Not even five minutes and I had them in a nice envelope.

All settled and quit a full day, when I got home I tried to take a second nap but that didn't work, I guess I wasn't that tired then. I spend quit some money today, but it was all worth it and needed actually. I checked my bank account today and found out that the inheritance had arrived. Second thing to do was paying the notary, a small 430 bucks. Log in to my bank account was quit a struggle but I managed. I think it was Internet Explorer was being a pain, I had to log in quit a few times. When I went over to Firefox it was easier. The notary has been payed, over and done. I'm happy with the inheritance, and happy aswell that the notary has been payed. Win!!

Same as last weekend?

Same as last weekend?

Oh, my 980th post! 20 to go, then I will be on my 1000th post, blimey! I'm not sure if I will go on after my 1000th post, maybe I will or maybe I won't or maybe there will be a change in this blog. I will see. Thursday, working day! Oh yes, chaos and craziness at work, there's still no line in our work. Everyone works as hard as they can, walking and sometimes running from left to right. Mostly we have a certain line or order in our work, at our section. Step 1, step 2, step 3, and last but not least step 4.When step 4 is done, the mat is done, packed and ready to be send. Now it seems we are floating trough these steps, starting at step 1, then step 3 or maybe 4, but then we forgot step 2, then we go back to that step. Confused working, flying from left to right, up and down. But we will manage, hard work always pays out.

I thought I was a bit of a foreman, but everyone is a bit a foreman on our section, we all do it together. If person A doesn't know something, he will ask person B, if B doesn't know it either he will ask person C, etc, etc. Everyone in our section has their quality. I'm quit fast, and enthusiastic, sometimes too enthusiastic. I regret it mostly afterwards. I'm tired and I will take a good rest tonight, yup, early to bed. I will be working a extra half day tomorrow, just like last Friday. I was expecting it, so, all good. After work I will rest, and wait for the 'heater' man, lol. Out this weekend? Uhm, probably not, the weather ain't that good, and yeah, been working hard the last 3 days... relax and rest is on my schedule this weekend, though schedules can Always change.

Oh summer 2013, where art thou?

Oh summer 2013, where art thou?

It has frozen in the east of Holland this morning! Minus 8, crazy. I already asked myself why it was so called this morning in my living room, doubting aswell tp put the heater on or not. I turned it on for a little hour, it felt much better. Talking about my heater, I shall be short about it. The heater guy was suppose to show up today after 10:30 am, but he didn't. I called the heater company an they told me the wrote down the wrong adress by mistake, sigh. A new appointment has been made after some strugglings, Friday afternoon between 1 pm and 5 pm, yeah, wi'll see. I will probably working a extra half day Friday morning, so I will be home the rest of the Friday.

I had my rest today, though I feel sleepy, it's gonna be a early night for sure. I think around 9:30 I will hit the hay. A good sleep will do me good. I plan my days a bit, so I can have my rest and do the things I need to do. Such as groceries and house holdings. It ain't much, but still. I'm an expert in planning, lol, though there's mostly always coming something to mess up my planning. But that's okay, I can re-plan within a second of 5, lol. I would like to go out this Saturday, but the weather forecast is pretty bad, cold and rainy they said. Hopefully the forecast changes, as it mostly does.

Love the upcoming resting day.

Love the upcoming resting day.

Monday and Tuesday were tough at work, specially the Tuesday. Knowing I had a day of the next day, I gave a bit more today, I came home, rested, had dinner, then I took a nap. It was needed, dinner was good, a full belly makes me sleepy, lol. It's even busier then last week at work, it's easy to get disorientated then. I always (try) to do my best, but ofcource making mistakes is human, I surely learn from them. My 'sometimes' mistakes are becoming less, lol. I learned. Our foreman is still on vacation, we still have to do without him for another two weeks and a couple of days.

It's going okay without him, though our foreman was good with our orders, our work for the coming week. He knew what comes first and what comes last, he sure had a kind of a 'program' in his head, (or how you call it) at the beginning of the week. I miss that. Tomorrow I will rest mostly, there's first the breathing therapy in the morning, and afterwards a 'guy' comes to check my heaters. For the first time since three or four weeks I don't have a inheritance appointment, lol. That's done  and behind me, later this week I will check my bank to see if the inheritance has arrived. When it does, I will pay the notary right away. Just to get it all done.

A cold?

A  cold?

Feeling a bit of a sore troath coming up, my Mom would say, "Don't think about, otherwise it gets worse." Lol, I know, probably a cold, I'm not surprised with this colder weather. I'm wearing a sweater, cause I couldn't get warm after work. Let's see how my troath is going to be in a couple day, no worries here. Today's work you can compare with last week, loads of work and it seems the orders or only become more and more. I'm not complaining, I like the work, it's better then no work, right?

Last Saturday I got a letter from the heating company, 'they' work together with the housing corporation where I rent the house from. This heating company will send a 'guy' who will check my heating, just a yearly routine check. Though... this company made a appointment without even asking when it's possible to come to check my heater. Tomorrow between 8am and 11pm a guy shows up to check the heating, well, I can't be home then, I'm at work.

I
n the letter stood that when I couldn't be at home on those hours. I should give my house key to Family or neighbors. Well, I have no Family living close by, and giving my house key to my neighbors, no, thank you, ,lol. I don't know my neighbors that well, they don't come that often, and I don't come there. If I see them, it's probably once in two or three weeks. So, today at work I called the heating company to make a new appointment, it wasn't that a peace of cake, but AI managed.

First I called and told them that I was able on upcoming Wednesday between 8am and 11am. Though, later I realized that I have therapy on those hours, lol. So I called 'them' back, now the 'heating guy' shows up between 10:30am and 11:30am, just after my therapy. Pfeeww, and it's already so hard to call at work, it's busy and you can't hear a thing, lol. I called from out the bathroom, but still.

Getting un patient!

Getting un patient!

28 days before my trip to Atlanta/Georgia USA, those 28 days feel like 28 weeks or even months. I know, I waited so long all these other months, but still. Get on with it I say, roll on with those 28 days. I had to get used to the idea of that I will be flying again in July, the last time I flown was on the 15th of January 2010, I came back from Canada then. That's more then 3 years ago, gosh, how time flies. I never been to the US, oh, hold on! Once me and Saf had a stop between Amsterdam and Toronto, the between stop was in Philadelphia, though we weren't long in Philadelphia, the plane to Toronto waited for us.

I'm more then ready for the flight, though I still need the flying tickets ofcource, I have to wait for them for a little two weeks, then I can pick them up. Then a week later I will take off, the plane that is. This Sunday was a rainy Sunday, and lots cooler. Today I ironed, vacuumed, cooked dinner and showered, oh, and one load of laundry, oh! And I cleaned the toilet, lol. Pretty much it seemed, but it went okay, I had my rest aswell. This coming week will be busy again at work, can you guess I'm looking forward to it? Hopefully I won't have to work a extra half day on Friday, I would love to go out aswell the day after Friday.

Easy and some what calm Saturday...

Easy, and some what calm  Saturday...

Should I go out or not? Was my though today for a few minutes, but naah, I needed the rest. It's been a rough week at work, upcoming week will be the same. Though I felt like going out after I did my groceries, I slept well last night and had a nice rest in the morning. After my groceries I felt good, I thought, "I probably, could have gone out this afternoon, to another city close by." Oh well, it was a good sign and it was good to know that I will be able to go out next weekend while I work a 'extra' half day on Friday. I still have a few things to and to buy before I go on a holiday overseas, I want to figure out if I can use my cellphone  in the US is one of them.

Further I would like to bring a few (Dutch) gifts with me, I want to take with me a few US Dollars, always handy. I need some more Summer clothing aswell, a few T-shirts and I'm thinking of a swim short, I saw a few nice ones already this afternoon. I think next upcoming weekend will be a good time to handle all these 'things to do' of.  will have to bring enough of my medication aswell, but that's a piece of cake, I'm excited, and getting a bit out of patience. Get on with it already, today it's the 22th of June, the 22th of July is the date of my flight. Within three weeks I can pick up my flight papers, I waited long enough, lol. Get on with it!

"Survived."

"Survived."

I survived this morning's shift at work, lol. Though I don't think I will do it again, I felt dizzy and a bit out of breath in the last few hours of the morning. Signs that I have to take it easy, and so I did. I felt okay further, I did what I had to do and with success. Another fellow worker complimented me and thanked me, it's a nice feeling. Next week we will be busy again, what a difference with a few weeks ago when we had to take it easy, cause otherwise we wouldn't have a thing to do. And probably again working a extra half day on Friday, hmm, well okay, but not in the morning. I need my rest aswell, I rather work a half day in the afternoon, so I can rest in the morning. It sounds a bit awkward maybe, but I worked extra half days before and Always in the afternoon, it just makes me feel better, so I can complete my shift.

I went home at 12:30 pm, did a few groceries, just the things I needed for today. Such as food for dinner and some treats for the evening. I recently discovered a cheaper way to prepair dinner, I buy stir fry veggies, they come in a bag. With that bag I can easily do two days, today's bag was filled with mushrooms, red onion, leek and parsley. I added potatoes and a meat called slavink. That's a meat dish consisting usually of ground meat, wrapped in bacon. Was yummy, tomorrow the same dish. I won't be doing that much this weekend, although I planned going ot, I won't go. The weather is terrible and I need my rest after such a full week. It's all okay. Probably going out for a coffee in jy own city, plus I need to do the second half of my groceries.

Slowly waking up...

Slowly waking up...

I was prepaired today that one of my fellow workers would come up to me and ask me if I could work tomorrow a half day, though I wasn't prepaired to work a half day starting in the morning. I worked extra hours before, always a half day on Friday's, always starting at noon. So, tomorrow I will work a half day starting in the morning, let's see how that goes. It's busy at work, the orders what had to be done this week are almost done, tomorrow it's cleaning the big mats, pack them and sent them. They wanted me in the morning cause when I would show up at noon, the orders wouldn't be finished on time, oblivious. 

The train tunnel this afternoon in Hengelo!  In the East of Holland (my area) was the worst with the rain and thunder.

Aswell Hengelo, the roads were pretty watery, lol.

While writing about this I get slightly excited again, determined. I didn't feel like that when I got back from work, I got soken wet from the rain when I cycled towards home. The weather forecast forspelled thunder and rain in the afternoon today, there was a 'weather warning' aswell.Huge rain showers could fell, and they fell. The rain started around 2:30 pm, and went on none stop until 5:30 pm. It's been a while since I got so wet from the rain, lol. I didn't put on my rain suite, I though, "I'm going straight towards home, once home I will put dry clothes on."Dry clothes, took a nap, made killer sandwiches and had a was up. 

Bad weather or not, we're Dutch people cycle.

Determined!!

You didn't went to the free dinner, as you always do on Thursday's after work? Naah, I didn't feel showing up there soken wet, plus I was tired and needed a good rest before I go to work again the next day. The free dinner on Thursday is a nice sorta 'closing the week' dinner. Nice people, socializing, good food, and then towards home with a full belly and a satisfied feeling.Plans for the weekend? If I didn't hat to work tomorrow I would have gone out upcoming Saturday, though I need my resting days aswell. Oh well, maybe I will go any way, I will see. I still need some 'items' for my trip to Atlanta.

31 days to go!! Woot, woot!!!