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Hallo weer! I barely know what day or time it is – I’ve been sleeping so weird the past couple of days. P was here, as I said, but we fell asleep and somehow slept for almost 12 hours… woke up at 23.30, the exact time when he was supposed to start work in Almere, so he was outta here like a houseafire (southern expression :))… and then the whole everybody-left-me thing started to hit. So I stayed up for a couple of hours, ate some leftover pasta, chatted with D, mailed a few people… then went to sleep again around 6 or 7 in the morning, had some very strange dreams (a sample: there was one about talking cats, then one about P being in the hospital, and the one I woke up to was about being stuck swinging on a trapeze with a yellow plastic foot loop, in front of a TV, blocking everyone’s view), and woke up again around 12 with the sense of I-don’t-wanna-do-anything… but I was out of milk, and I needed that for my mac and cheese… plus I had 400 euro in my wallet (leftover euros from parents ;)). So I decided to take my new scooter for its first real ride.
Fun, fun, fun!!! I’m not a big fan of the brick paths through the centrum – you don’t notice the different surfaces on the bike but on the scooter everything vibrates – but beyond that it was really fun. I went to the bank first, where the line was the longest I’d ever seen it (I was number 190 and they were at 161 when I got there). But I got done, then went to the Albert Heijn in the Hoog Catherijne. I just pushed the scooter as it was – it would have been too much of a pain to try to fold and carry it – it’s HEAVY, no matter what they say about ‘only’ 28 pounds or whatever. Plus, this way, I could push it with my foot when I was in low-density people areas. :) The battery started to die on the way home, but not until I was almost to the bridge, so it wasn’t that bad. (But that’s not 15 miles, is it?? It’s supposed to go 15 miles off a full charge. Maybe it’s because I left it switched on the whole time, so I could push with my feet in the station.) Anyway, I like it a lot. The bank teller asked me if I’d bought it here in NL, and a couple other people asked me questions along the way, like this guy by the station on his bike who wanted to know how much it cost and if it had a motor. Anyway, I think it’s really cool. Except, one question: Dad, where did you put the manual?? I thought you said it was in the box, but it isn’t. Maybe I dreamed that too. :) LOL.
Tomorrow’s Oud en Nieuw, or Oudjaarsavond, or New Year’s Eve… whatever floats your boat. :) I’m going out with L and A and their friends, don’t know where – all I know is that it costs 20 euro. I’ll keep you posted. :)
Speaking of posting, I can’t post this yet because my Internet is mysteriously gone again. This is really ticking me off. Oh well, everybody official is gone for the holidays so what can you do?
Hallo weer! I barely know what day or time it is – I’ve been sleeping so weird the past couple of days. P was here, as I said, but we fell asleep and somehow slept for almost 12 hours… woke up at 23.30, the exact time when he was supposed to start work in Almere, so he was outta here like a houseafire (southern expression :))… and then the whole everybody-left-me thing started to hit. So I stayed up for a couple of hours, ate some leftover pasta, chatted with D, mailed a few people… then went to sleep again around 6 or 7 in the morning, had some very strange dreams (a sample: there was one about talking cats, then one about P being in the hospital, and the one I woke up to was about being stuck swinging on a trapeze with a yellow plastic foot loop, in front of a TV, blocking everyone’s view), and woke up again around 12 with the sense of I-don’t-wanna-do-anything… but I was out of milk, and I needed that for my mac and cheese… plus I had 400 euro in my wallet (leftover euros from parents ;)). So I decided to take my new scooter for its first real ride.
Fun, fun, fun!!! I’m not a big fan of the brick paths through the centrum – you don’t notice the different surfaces on the bike but on the scooter everything vibrates – but beyond that it was really fun. I went to the bank first, where the line was the longest I’d ever seen it (I was number 190 and they were at 161 when I got there). But I got done, then went to the Albert Heijn in the Hoog Catherijne. I just pushed the scooter as it was – it would have been too much of a pain to try to fold and carry it – it’s HEAVY, no matter what they say about ‘only’ 28 pounds or whatever. Plus, this way, I could push it with my foot when I was in low-density people areas. :) The battery started to die on the way home, but not until I was almost to the bridge, so it wasn’t that bad. (But that’s not 15 miles, is it?? It’s supposed to go 15 miles off a full charge. Maybe it’s because I left it switched on the whole time, so I could push with my feet in the station.) Anyway, I like it a lot. The bank teller asked me if I’d bought it here in NL, and a couple other people asked me questions along the way, like this guy by the station on his bike who wanted to know how much it cost and if it had a motor. Anyway, I think it’s really cool. Except, one question: Dad, where did you put the manual?? I thought you said it was in the box, but it isn’t. Maybe I dreamed that too. :) LOL.
Tomorrow’s Oud en Nieuw, or Oudjaarsavond, or New Year’s Eve… whatever floats your boat. :) I’m going out with L and A and their friends, don’t know where – all I know is that it costs 20 euro. I’ll keep you posted. :)
Speaking of posting, I can’t post this yet because my Internet is mysteriously gone again. This is really ticking me off. Oh well, everybody official is gone for the holidays so what can you do?
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