Tag: health

  • Eat That Frog

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Nine] But I don’t wanna! Here I am, trying to ‘Eat That Frog‘, and totally doing anything and everything other than eating THAT frog. I don’t even want to talk about it. All it boils down to is that I’m worried I’m going to get in trouble. And…

  • Moving Back to the States: Packing The Things

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty One] I’ll probably be putting that “Moving Back to the States” in a lot more titles over the coming months. Because … we’re moving back to the States. Right now it’s all about sorting the hell out of stuff No pressure. But first the news: Coronavirus vaccines available…

  • I Crashed

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Thirty Eight] This morning I full on crashed. Lashed out at my partner. Screamed. Howled. And then slept for hours. In the midst of it, though, I reached out to the doctor’s office and told them I was Not Good ™. Then, because I was asleep and didn’t answer…

  • Posts

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Thirty Five] A friend reached out the other day, “Hey, you still managing? Haven’t seen a blog post in a bit. Not that I cyber stalk you or anything.” And they’re right. I’m not okay. This whole OMG WE’RE MOVING TO AMERICA IN AUGUST thing is really running me…

  • Still Feeling Rough

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred One] But on the mend. I’m reading a Sci Fi series, The Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E. Butler, and there’s an alien species that basically goes to sleep during puberty. Except it’s called metamorphosis. And today my brain said, after yet another nap, maybe I’m going through a metamorphosis.…

  • So Long, Equinix Metal

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Eight] And thanks for all the fish. This morning Equinix Metal sent a courier to pick up all their hardware and maybe that’s why I woke up at 0100 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep AT ALL? I haven’t really processed All That Stuff. Just shot…

  • Sure, This Is The Bike Capital Of The World, But

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Three] What if I just don’t wanna? Also, my titles have gotten rather sloppy lately, hrm? I personally own two or three bikes – a ‘grandma’ bike, a foldable bike for work train trips, and a ‘bakfiets’ for hauling two or more minions around town. I say two…

  • Psst. Hey, You.

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety] I love you. That’s it. That’s the whole post.

  • Happy Trans Day of Visibility!! !

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Seven] Tell your favourite trans people you see them. We love that. In the interest of full disclosure, yes, I identify as a bi-sexual non-binary trans feminine queer person; my pronouns are they / them. I’m trans. See me. But first the news: Five Utrecht bars will open…

  • Get Thee To Bed, Leander

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy] One of the habits that I well and truly miss that has gone the way of all flesh is getting up around five in the morning. It fell away at some point when one of the kids was sick or I was stressed or some other perfectly valid…

  • Twice Is Coincidence

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Seven] Last Saturday night I had incredible pain. Today I woke up with a cold. I’m thinking the weekends are when my body freaks out due to stress. What blows my mind is that I had seventeen interviews last week. And nine scheduled for the upcoming week. But…

  • Dear Past Self

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Five] Damnit. And also thank you. xoxo,~r. But first the news: New coronavirus cases soar to over 7,400, hospitalisations also rise Minister “optimistic” about partly opening higher education next month The Netherlands drank and smoked less throughout coronavirus Dear Future Self: Do not schedule more than four interviews…