My X-Mas

Although I thought it was going to be a disaster this year, our christmas eve was mayor fun! Everyone was happy with the little presents I got them and I got some great in return. To bad I didn't got any fun stuff, but I'm glad I got something I really need, coupons from Ikea.

The night started cosy, my sis, whom was the lady of the house, was in the kitchen most of the time. She wasn't all that well prepared I guess, I asked to help her but she refused. But after an hour or so she was (almost) full time with us! During dinner there were fun chitchats with my brother and his girlfriend, I always thought of her as a little phony, but after that night, I don't know, she can be kind of fun, maybe I should bond some more with her, after all, she's my age.

There weren't any really fun or excited thing to tell, it was just a really cosy evening.
How was yours?

X-MAS SHOPPING

I love shopping, especially giftshopping. Now as you all know it's almost Christmas and I still have to buy all my presents. In our family it's sort of a tradition to pass along lists with thing we want most or need. I love it, you can never buy something useless, unless you want to be original and give them something they don't want... But therefore you need to be very stupid!

This years wishlists are a total bummer. They've never been so boring. A gift coupon from this store, one from there... There's NO INSPIRATION. How can we make something fun with that? Or something surprising... I can imagine the opening: "Oh a coupon, aww thanks we just needed that" it doesn't even matter which of the stores it's from, it's a COUPON, you might as well change money..

Any thoughts? How can I make this Christmas a little more fun, and especially the shopping?
Please help...

And I wish you all a nice shopping time!

Many many changes

A few weeks ago, I have thrown my life totally upside down. If you had tolde me 2 months ago that something like that would happen, I... I think I would've laughed it away, you know, don't be silly!
But I did it, I jumped.

I'm not one to talk about my relationships, maybe a short thing about it, but nothing to serious. So no one saw the split coming. The truth is that, tough we loved each other a lot, we didn't have the energy that was needed to put in our relationship. Which is really sad if you think of it. We've been together for almost three years now, but the last year we were only a couple for practical things. Getting groceries, payments, the world outside... But we really lived in our own world when we were together. And I couldn't bare it anymore so I threw all sanity overboard and had THE talk with him. He agreed and with pain in our hearts we separated.

Now I live alone in a house to big for one person with his furniture and lots of tasks that need to be done, and I don't really know where or how to begin. I'm lucky to have my family and friends. Even when some friends have proven they aren't that loyal but I'm glad with the ones I have. They have been the greatest support ever. And I hope they don't read this or it will get a little uncomfortable for me...

But now, almost a month has past and I feel better than ever. I feel alive! I hope it'll stay that way.
Thanks for listening, reading!

Where's my head?!

Summer break has been pretty busy for me. Working my day job at the hospital, working in my sisters company, and it's called summer break so there has been partying and short trips to France and off course I can't forget to mention the Gentse feesten, a 10day long festival in Ghent. So now I'm as tired as can be. Oh wait I forgot to say that the first 2 weeks I started to go to the gym, again, but with the super warm weather it's been 3 weeks since I went. so my plans for tomorrow are going to the gym and finding a nice abandoned place to pull out my camera again. I miss photographing so I'm going to start, in the few spare time I have.

Next week is going to be so crazy, I don't know how I will come out of it. I will be working all week, plus working two days at my sisters company, after my day job, I have to go to the dentist, I planned a visit with a friend of mine. And she hasn't seen the house yet so she wants a tour, so that means the whole house has got to be cleaned. An old friend of my asked me to go and have a drink next week and I have to discuss someones love troubles. That's too much for one week!
So I guess I will sleep the whole weekend, not this one but the next. And now I have to get ready for work.
Talk to you as soon as I can!

Drinks on me

So yesterday, as I said before, was a drink for me and another 100, or some, colleagues. The speech was about changes for next year but that's not that big a deal. And afterward half the people didn't stay. When I left there were only 15, boss inclusive. But everyone was so relaxed. You didn't even noticed the levels between us all. Everyone laughed and had a chit chat with everyone else. It was fun to observe.

When I left, to go to the grocery store I bought myself a blender. I couldn't resist it was such a nice color and it was cheap as in very cheap, I just hope not to break it. So now I can make smoothies and stuff, any suggestions? Just lemme know! Soon there will be lots of beautiful pics of my creations. You'll see.

Summer break

At my dancing school there's a bar where I've been working since march. It is voluntary and I love to do it, even when it means that I'm a total mess the next day on my day job. But yesterday was the last one of the season, they're closing in the summer. But I don't really know if I have to go back in september, they haven't said anything about there usual arrangements and as I never see anyone when I have to work, I couldn't ask either. I will miss it and some of the people there.

But next week I'm starting something new. My sister has her own little company, she works as a freelancer and in some of the weeks in summertime there can be so much work than she can handle so I'm going to help her out a few weeks. I don't know if I will be any good for it, but I sure will try! Now I'm at my day job and it's national cleaning day so it's out special day, we can stop an hour early to go to a lecture about future changes and afterwards there will be drinks and snacks, possibly hamburgers... We will also get a gift, cleaning product I guess. But first: survive the day! Another hot day in the hospital.

Need more discipline!

I've been running for almost 3 months now. But the last 2 week I got a very nasty cold so I cant run because I can't stop coughing. It's getting me real pissed off cause now I have to go back on my schedule. The app 5K runner has been a great help. I just ran 3k when I got sick. Normally I'm not a sports fan, I'm kind of lazy and I can't stick with anything, especially not a good habit. It's been years since I went to the gym, I had to cancel my membership because I had a new job and moved afterward so there wasn't any time to go to my gym and I hate trying a new one. But now there is one like 4 to 5K from where I live, I can't drive, don't got a bike either and the bus drive takes almost longer then going by feet. So I really need to run that 5K to go to the gym. So I hope that cough will leave me soon and I'll be fit and well again to run, 'cause now I'm getting really really frustrated from doing nothing. That energy needs to go!

The first time I visited awards

It was not that big a thing, the Cutting Edge Awards. It's the first time they held place in Ghent, next time I go to something like that, it will be while I'm vlogging! So much easier.
It all started with a message of my friend, asking me to go there, a friend of here had the honor to go on stage and call the nominees. She knows I'm always up for something new, and this wasn't something, I could stroll between Belgian movie stars. So of course I was in to it and my bf too. So I planned the whole thing, bought tickets, went to the store for new clothes etc. It was a buzzy day.
The awards were a few weeks ago, it was still cold and dark too early. No one of us, knew what to expect. I was the only one who knew where it was taking place, 'cause I've been there for musicals and theatre.

We were way to early, there wasn't anyone arriving yet, they were still preparing the cameras and set so we looked around and grabbed a drink, there were maybe 10 people at the bar, we didn't know anyone, we didn't expect them to be anyone special either. When nominees and other folks arrived, we picked our spot in the crowd, I picked our spot. I thought it would be a good one, first row with high seats so there couldn't be anyone big sitting in front of us, and we got a table. What I didn't knew was that there would be huge people, standing in front of our table. So our back ached for nothing.

As the evening went by, we saw that the organization was a total disaster. Many of the nominees weren't there, there was something with the speakers. The hosts didn't know what to say on stage so they just babbled along. And even I was the most appropriate and fashionable person that evening. I'm not saying this because I think big about myself, but whit leggings and sweatpants surrounding you, being fashionable isn't that hard.

But we saw Nicole & Hugo, not my kind of music but it was nice to see a live performance of them. They have really beautiful voices. And then there was the after party, "Dancing with the stars". That was the most fun part of the evening, except for the part that my bf never wants to dance!