Category: Dancing Engineer
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Caught Up On August!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Twenty Nine] It’s been an incredibly intense week with a really rough cold or a light flu – so harsh, I went and got a COVID test [totally negative] that took literally two hours standing in line even though I had an appointment to get it. *headdesk* The buggy…
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What Is This Magic?!?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Eighteen] Apparently complaining about JetPack and / or WordPress means that things will magically be fix in the night? Maybe? But, yegads, I’ve got days and days and days of posts to catch up on, eh? #PleaseHold
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Expect A “Real” Update Soon
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Ninety Six] Whatever that means. Or not. Let’s see what happens, eh?
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Expectations Vs Reality
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Ninety Five] OMG this blog is a PERFECT DEMO of expectations versus reality. I expected to write a lovely little blog post. I am literally writing a few lines. That’s it. That’s the whole post.
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#OhGodsWhatHaveWeDone
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty Two] I want to throw up. A lot. It’s just … A lot.
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FYI – GroningenRain.nl is Going Away Too
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty] That’s another thing. This site, GroningenRain.nl, is going away – cause the owner will no longer live in the Netherlands. #HelaasPindakaas But first the news: Ministers ‘ignored warnings not to relax corona rules too fast’ Workers fear Delta variant at the office, labor unions say R-number rises above…
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This Is Fine
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Three] Something’s wrong with our flight. And the twins are coughing. And I’m throwing up. And there’s no update on our house.
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Getting Started: Embrace Your Inner Child
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Four] On the road to becoming a unicorn, you need to go backwards to make progress. I know what you’re thinking right now, “do I want to be a unicorn?” Of course you do. And now you’re thinking, “but my inner child is pretty messed up…” Fair. Mine,…
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But Then Who Am I?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Seven] I had this same feeling right as I was retiring from dance – if I’m not a dancer, who am I? Except now it’s about being an American living in the Netherlands. If I’m not an expat, who am I? But first the news: Dutch scrap most…
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Baby, Come Back!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty Nine] I have NOT been blogging consistently and I have the perfect excuse – that whole moving to the States thing – but it’s time to get back on track, hrm? I was wrong and I just can’t live without you. Expect the next few posts to be…
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We Are Moving to Michigan [*]
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty Six] [*] Most likely There are still some floating caveats going on in the ether, but for the most part we are acting AS IF we are definitely one hundred percent destined to live in or near Detroit Michigan. Probably. But first the news: People with low immunity…
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A Case Of The Mondays
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty Five] Actually today was incredibly productive, both at work and #ForTheMove – it deserves its own hashtag, amirite. I requested a new social security card, P managed to wrangle a sooner appointment with the US Embassy to renew passports, and I drank a LOT of water. I know…