I didn’t sleep for two nights in a row. I know it would’ve been better if I had, especially after being seriously ill for a whole week. Monday -last week- I decided to work on my website and once I’ll start working I can’t seem to stop. So guess what; I ended up working all night long without taking breaks nor getting some sleep. So no wonder the cold I already had turned into a nasty flu, bad cough, nice wheeze and all. I’ve only got myself to blame. I also had to sort out the html marketing email that day which I promised to design and build for MvdM. his company.
Anyway last night I did the same stupid thing. I’m still not feeling well and I ended up sorting out my website. I really wanted it to be done, it has been too long already and I need something new and a clean design online. So I have again been working for two days ignoring nature’s call for rest and instead drinking lots of coffee in order to get the job done. I must say it is a true great feeling to finally have it live and online. There are only a few tiny little things that I still have to fix and add [another link] but it can wait. I had such a drive last night and the night before I used up that little energy what was left so I really need to get some sleep now!
Later today I will meet up with IvS, my best friend from Scotland who is coming to London with husband FvS to visit the Chelsea flower thingy tomorrow and so tonight we are going for dinner somewhere near Covent Garden. They’re staying at some fancy hotel for the night. Another reason for me to rest… Now go over and have a look at my brand new design and surprise me: let me know what you think and please be nice because I SO deserve it.
Take me there immediately… Tsk –> [I had to remove this link due to circumstances, if you’d like to check it out then leave me a comment please!]
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Hollandse Gezelligheid [Dutch Pleasantness]
I have been invited by KvD. to come over and spent Queensday at the usual spots, Vondelpark and Cafe The Soundgarden but it would’ve been a last minute [therefore an expensive] decision. I wasn’t really willing to pay a hundred pounds just to fly over to NL for one day… So to all the Dutch: Happy Queensday! Hope you had a good time and a nice day off and no headache tomorrow morning! 
I feel a bit drained today since yesterday was way too ‘gezellig’ [=Dutch for pleasant]. I don’t really have a hangover it’s just that I feel like having cotton balls for brains and I can’t seem to concentrate on work. I was invited for lunch by MvdM.; I would deliver the wine and he would prepare lunch. I bought a bottle of Rosé and AS. kindly offered a box of death which contains another 3 litres of either red or white wine, in this case it was a white Chardonnay. I was on MvdM. his door step at 13.15 sharp, with the wine and a gift: some Indonesian Boemboe pastes so he could prepare his partner a nice Indonesian dinner some time.
We sat in the garden all day, the weather was nice, not too hot, perfect! I introduced myself to their cat, letting it sniff my hand first and when I tried to stroke her, she started hissing and hit me with her paw [she didn’t use her nails, lucky me]. After that little introduction, MvdM. told me the cat freaks out at times, growls at people, attacks them, hissing, biting and clawing. I said to him that by the end of the day she would pick up my vibes and come to me.
I ignored her all day and only gave her attention when she asked for it [eye contact and talking to her] and by the end of the day she approached me several times and rubbed against my chair with the back of her head and the rest of her body. MvdM. was surprised to see this, he said it normally takes up to a year… I have done this before with cats of friends and it always works, they are drawn to me somehow and behave in a different unusual way; they would come and sit next to me instead of hiding, let me stroke them instead of clawing etc. As long as I respect their territory things are fine.
I had such a good time the day was over too soon, I stayed till after midnight and I had way too much to drink… The bottle was finished in two hours [just the two of us] and since we’ve been chatting so much we had ‘lunch’ in the afternoon, around 16.30 instead of 14.00. MvdM. had prepared a really nice paella, delicious. By the time we had our lunch the weight of the box of death was already starting to slightly decrease. Around 22.00 W. came home and introduced himself. The three of us were chatting in the kitchen and having a great time. Then just before 01.00 AS. called me to tell me that he couldn’t sleep when I wasn’t there (…)
He asked me if I wanted him to come and pick me up. None of us was really tired and we were in a deep conversation but since MvdM. had to work today it would be a clever idea to head home and let him catch some sleep, even though he didn’t want to. So I asked AS. to come and collect me. I had a great day and we will probably meet up again soon. It was good to be able to speak Dutch all day long; even though AS. and I tend to mix the languages, most of the time it’s English. [AS. is very good at speaking Dutch, just not when we argue]. I was also happy that I didn’t have to carry the heavy box of death again: I reckon it only contained about a liter when I left.
So today I’m experiencing a bit of a fried brain, I wanted to sleep in but my cell phone kept beeping every ten minutes, when I no longer could stand the annoying beep and finally got up, I found it was a message from MvdM., telling me how crappy he felt at work after saying, ‘thank you for bringing the lovely wine’ first… *lmao*