Witch

Feeling pretty blah now, and all because of my sweet little obnoxious one…
I had to go to school today, last day before two months of summer break, so I had asked Bart to feed Wolf. At 11 I could sneak away so I fed him myself, before going back. After the first reception, I sneaked away again to my old school, where I was invited to the reception too, since one of my old colleagues/friends was retiring. Felt so good to be back there, to see all those people, to feel loved and appreciated again by my colleagues. Anyway, the reception was followed by a barbecue, and they all invited me to stay (there was plenty of food anyway), and insisted when I declined at first. I phoned Bart, and he said it was ok, he would defrost some milk and bottlefeed the little one. Just as I was saying that I was having such a good time, enjoying myself and chatting away, my mobile rang: Bart practically begged me to come home cos Wolf refused his bottle. WTF ? He had a bottle twice before, and drank it without hesitating. So I drove home, reheated the bottle, but indeed, no go. I ended up breastfeeding him again, and feeling pretty blah, since it was no use going back. Hmmpfff. I really was having a good time…

Went to this weird event last night: a party in a highway tunnel 🙂

They upgraded a main road to a highway, and turned a crossroads into a decent intersection. This week was the grand opening of the intersection, so they turned the so far practically unused tunnel into this big party area. We had a big reception with a pleiad of small munchkies like scampi, goat cheese wrapped in bacon, etc etc. Then there was a walking dinner, and then this concert by a famous cover group. It was… unusual, but since tunnels are hardly designed to have great acoustics, we left at 23.00u cos of the noise.

All in all a special night, moreso since it was our first night out together without the baby. My brother and his gf came to babysit, and they enjoyed it, they said. Wolf did cry quite a bit though, but that is mostly due to his teething, I think.

My eldest brother just popped in too, with an orange T-shirt, flashy sunglasses and this big black curly wig: ready to go to the city parade 🙂 Last year there were 100.000 people, now they expect 350.000 cos Berlin doesn’t have a city parade anymore, and this is the last major one in Europe. I can hear the beats up here even 🙂

Went on a small shopping spree, “therapeutic retail shopping”, as glod calls it. Yesterday evening I kinda broke down, since Bart is very busy and doesn’t have time to take care of the baby at all. Wolf was crying again and I couldn’t take it anymore. This morning, even though he actually couldn’t spare much time, Bart came to me and said that I could spend the morning (ie. two hours) to do the shopping I needed to do. So I went grocery shopping, but also went to a clothes store. I didn’t really need clothes, yet I bought something new for Wolf’s baptism on Sunday. No, it wasn’t black – ick, surprise ! – but a red linen pair of 7/8 pants and an egg white top to go with it. Also bought two black tank tops, a black pair of 2/3 trousers for Bart and a matching T-shirt and shorts for Wolf. Paid a grand total of € 54 (approx. $ 60), hehe 🙂
Also had some ‘fidelity’ coupons at Delhaize, so I brought back this cute outside kids’ pool, with this big whale tail on it (it’s more than a meter high !) and, if you attach the hose, a fountain. Should be fun this summer when Wolf is able to sit and play. Me happy girl again, even though I’m doing all kinds of chores around the house that take up your whole day, but don’t leave the impression that you did anything at all. Ugh.

My little Wolf is such a sweety ! Yes, he can be obnoxious at times, but most of the time he’s a happy baby, looking at the world around him, sleeping snugly in his crib, laughing at his mom… I know my world is pretty one-sided at the moment, but actually I don’t care that much. I still see a lot of friends, I do play roleplay every Thursday, I still have a social life.
Last Monday I went to this fancy restaurant with Faust, for his birthday. We had a real nice time 🙂 and Bart took care of the little one. Yesterday Faust and another friend from Antwerp, who I hadn’t seen in a long time, came over, and we sat outside in the garden sipping white wine and chatting and laughing our heads off. Tonight promises to be a beautiful warm evening too, but most of my friends have other things to do than to enjoy the garden and the wine and the company. Too bad 🙁
Thursday = roleplay, Friday I’m going for dinner (again) with kimmekepunk and another friend from back when we were in highschool, and on Sunday the little one is going to be baptised at 11.30u. After the ceremony we’re gonna have champagne here at our house for all who attended, and then we’re going for elaborate lunch with the family. Will be nice too.

I’m really enjoying the weather at the moment, even though it would be nice if it was a little less warm, and I love to see my turtles sitting outside in the sun at the brim of their new little pond.

Happy, contented girl here, as usual 🙂

God I was sick last night ! Had been feeling less than 100% for the entire week already, but that was due to a bad cold: sniffing, sneezing, coughing, generally being the Great Snotty One. That was the reason I cancelled our dinner date with Gwen and Erik, two good friends of ours, on Saturday. On Sunday we went to wimmekepunk and kimmekepunk and played the Lord of the Rings boardgame. Good fun was had, and Wolf was the nicest boy you could imagine.
Didn’t sleep well at night due to the coughing, but hey…
On Monday I did feel worse: head was completely clogged, so I cancelled my dinner date with Faust, my very best friend. I had made reservations in this really good restaurant for his birthday, but alas, had to take a raincheck. Good thing I did: half an hour after I had dinner that Bart cooked for me, I suddenly
started to feel mean ass cramps in my stomach, my entire belly, my bowels. God I felt bad ! Was twitching and spasming and generally doing everything I could think of to make the cramps go away. After a while I started vomiting too, and got diarrhea. Cramps did last though. Even when I drank a glass of water, it would come back out half an hour later. Can you imagine the way I fed the baby ? Bart was at hand, to take him whenever I had to run to the loo.

Luckily this morning it was better, I even managed to get some sleep. Still feeling a bit queasy, but a LOT better than last night. Wonder what it was. Some kind of food poisoning ?

Since I’m home these days to take care of Wolf, I’ve started a big cleaning of the house. We live here for 6 years now, so it was really necessary. Started with this big cupboard in the living room, clearing it out and throwing away tons of junk. Note to self: I MUST stop buying candles, I hardly can store them anymore !

On a furniture shopping spree too: last week I bought a small table for the sitting room. I finally found one to my liking, after a couple of years looking around. Delivery time: 4 weeks. Bought a new book shelf too: I want to store my comics in the bedroom, so I have free cupboard space for Wolf’s toys.

Today I went out and got me four beautiful garden chairs: aluminum with textilene and a bit of teak. Cost me 60 euro a piece, but they’re worth it, considering I don’t have to drag the living room chairs out anymore every time someone comes by.

Nihil: if you ever make it for that coffee, we can sit outside now :-p
Petjorin: you’re always welcome to come over and try them out too, we can chat about the choir then. Too bad you’re working these days…
Wim and Kim: I’d invite you too, but your allergy…
Randall and whoever I might be forgetting: you’re welcome too 🙂

Just give me a call…

We were watching the points of the Eurovision Song Contest, while I was knitting and falling asleep (luckily not in bed yet) when, all of a sudden, I heard a crack and a sound of water. At first I thought it was the dog drinking, but as it continued, I realised what it was: my aquarium ! I yelled, we both jumped up, and yes, one of the walls had cracked and the water (a mere 90 litres) was gulping out. Bart ran for cloth (dweils), I ran to get the hose I empty the aquarium with, we started damage control. Mind, the thing is in my office, within one meter of all my cables, only separated from my actual running PC by one of the sides of my desk. We managed to empty it pretty quickly, hardly any water reached the cables, and the damage, as far as we can see, is limited. The floor may be wrecked though: hardwood floor. At least we have insurance for all costs over 180 euro.

All hyped up here now, so much for being drowsy already.

Beste mevrouw Rombaut,

Na xxxx en xxx is het in september de beurt aan mijn derde kind om naar het secundair onderwijs te gaan.
Uiteraard gaat hij ook Latijn volgen.
De bedoeling van deze mail is om u te vragen of ik met zekerheid kan rekenen dat hij in uw klas zou terechtkomen.
Bent u tegenwoordig de enige lerares Latijn voor de 1e graad in het KAM?

Anders zou ik expliciet aan de directeur vragen dat xxx in uw klas zou zitten.

Graag uw mening.

Bedankt op voorhand voor het antwoord en nog een prettige weekend toegewenst.

Met beleefde groeten,

xxxx

The mailman just came to the door, and he carried this big parcel… Addressed to my little son Wolf (btw, new pics of him on www.wolfdewaele.be). In it was the most gorgeous handmade blankie :-))))) Thank you so much, Robby ! He’s asleep under it right now 🙂
It smells lovely too, wonder what you did to it…
As soon as I can get Bart to unload the camera again (due to some odd software problem it will only work 1 out of 10 times, on a Mac only), I’ll post a picture of Wolf and this lovely blanket from ambyguity.

It’s great to be loved.

My back is killing me. I don’t know what happened or what I did, but yesterday evening my back started hurting. Nothing special, I thought, it would pass. Wrong. I think it must be some kind of hernia, I can barely walk. I can’t sit or lie down or do anything without pain, my back refuses to support me. I had kinda hoped it would be better with a night’s rest, but no go there. Only got worse. We had friends over for coffee and cake in the afternoon (they came to see Wolf) but Bart had to do everything, like set the table, give Wolf a fresh diaper, do the dishes… Luckily I had already made the cake yesterday. Afternoon was nice though, immobile as I was.
Phoned my mom after they left, and she came over (20 mins drive) just to bring me my dad’s waist belt and his walking stick (he has a bad back too), and then left again since she had a concert tonight. It does help a little, but not much. Definitely doctor tomorrow. Sigh. Once more.

Worst is, I can’t even carry my own baby. Bart has to bring him to me when I need to feed him. Makes me feel so useless…