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It's been a while.. Hello. I'm still here. I am just very busy with school. Since my last blog, I have been doing work experience, doing some forklift stuff and some firs...	260	0	0	Nov 2021	Nov 2021	May 5
The last details of my second work experience week is finalized! Next week is my second work experience week. It was agreed to on the first day of week 39, and I was told, by the company, to email them in week 43, a...	290	2	0	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	May 4
It's about to get serious! Today was one of those days where the fun stopped, and the serious work began. We were divided into groups of three, and we were told to try differ...	275	1	0	Sep 2021	Oct 2021	Apr 30
And the winner is... This week, we have had a film project at school, which we had to show today. The best video would win a prize. We were divided into groups, and each g...	269	0	1	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	May 8
No Time to Die - a review! Earlier today, I went to the cinema to catch the 25th Bond film, No Time to Die. With me was my mother, my two uncles and my two aunts. The cinema we...	707	1	0	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	May 2
Second work experience week planned, and plans for the weekend. My first work experience week as a mover was very hard work, but it was also rewarding. I have a new understanding on how to pack a box, and how not t...	391	2	0	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	May 8
Dinner with K. Again. Yesterday was a lot of fun. Thursday, I asked K if she wanted to go out and get some dinner on Saturday. She was up for that, so we went to a place wh...	219	0	0	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	Apr 25
I have learned a lot - and something about myself. Last week was work experience week. I told myself "I am not interested in moving companies", so what did I do? Spent a week at a moving company, that...	270	2	0	Sep 2021	Sep 2021	May 8

13 days since my second covid vaccine shot. What's the status? In short - great! I don't feel any different than before I was vaccinated. No 5G.. No Wifi.. I feel like I have always felt - great. Healthy. Tomor...	360	2	0	Aug 2021	Sep 2021	Apr 28
First certificate in the books! These past few weeks have been full of school stuff. I have learned a great deal, and I can feel my hunger to learn more grows. One of the things I...	301	0	0	Sep 2021	Sep 2021	May 4
40th birthday plans settled. I know that I went on and on in my last blog, that this was a "part 1", but after last night, I decided that it WILL be a garden party, USA style. Why...	459	4	0	Aug 2021	Sep 2021	Apr 25
My school week ended with a lashing session lasting 1.5 hours.. I am beginning to really love what I am studying, now that the practical side of the education is showing. Yesterday we had lashing exercises, and tod...	344	0	0	Sep 2021	Sep 2021	May 1
I almost panicked - until I received the best news ever! Monday morning, K informed me that she was home sick with sore throat, headache, pressure around her ears and a runny and clogged nose, and that she h...	357	0	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 7
Jumping head first into the horror genre! I have decided to jump into the horror genre. There are a lot of good ones out there, but there are also some VERY boring horror films. Let's start...	394	1	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	18 hrs ago
A fantastic evening with K was ruined by my own body. Thursday, I got a message from K asking if I wanted to join her at a concert on Friday afternoon. I looked at the lineup and thought "Yeah, I'd like t...	490	4	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	Apr 30
"How about you work here for a week at some point of your choosing?" I have spent the past week and a halfs time emailing companies, saying that I had begun my truck driver education, and asking if they would be interes...	327	2	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 7
Attending my first truck show! I deleted the previous blog, because it didn't give any information about the event. So here goes with a more descriptive blog. Every year, a truck...	278	0	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	Apr 26
Apprenticeship interview today plus another one next week. Earlier today, I went to a haulage company for a small interview. They wanted to see who I was, and talk a bit to me. It was pretty easy to find, and...	427	4	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 3
Possible apprenticeship secured! In order for me to progress from the basic course to the main course of the truck driver education, I need to get a driving license for a regular car....	393	3	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 3
"This is how you strap a load on a truck" and an almost unobtainable dream That was the first exercise today. We were instructed on how to safely secure a load, this instance a small crane. The teacher had laid a ratchet and...	343	0	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 4
It's getting serious now! Sort of.. Today, we had three exercises, a test and some information to go through. Seeing as I'm still in the first week, and that is the introduction to all t...	306	0	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	22 hrs ago

Day one of my new trucking life! The day I have been looking forward to since I had the interview is here - the day I am starting my education. However, I had a bit of a bad start to...	393	5	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 6
Hearing from R and meeting a new friend on Bumble. I am a creature of habit. Every morning I check my phone immediately after I wake up, to see what time it is, and what notifications I have received d...	291	2	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	Apr 20
Second covid vaccine shot acquired! It's now been a few hours since my second dose of the covid vaccine was administered, and so far I feel normal. No aches. No headaches. No soreness. W...	485	23	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 5
Covid vaccine side effects arrived yesterday! After the second shot was administered, I felt great. Like nothing could shoot me down.. Thirteen hours later, though.. Well.. Let's just say I am hap...	618	14	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	19 hrs ago
Birthday bash and saying goodbye to someone My youngest niece turned 9 yesterday, so we were having a birthday celebration for her today. It was a proper child birthday, complete with cake, choc...	308	1	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	Apr 27
Thinking about what to do for my 40th birthday. Idea 1: Garden party. I might have celebrated my 37th birthday two months ago exactly, but it's never too early to plan my next big bash - my 40th birthday! What follows no...	369	2	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 6
Feeling back to normal again! Yesterday morning, I went to my aunts place for some lunch, and a few hours later, I was back home, still feeling a bit rough from the vaccine side ef...	255	0	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	Apr 25
Week one of my education! I got an email earlier today, from the school where I am set to begin my trucker education. It was very good reading! Monday 9 am: Meeting and divi...	462	5	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 8
Upgrading and shuffling furniture around I went to the hardware store today, and I got some LEDs for the room, and some wire clips. When I got home, I immediately sprung into action: The plug...	272	3	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	May 8
It's the small things.. I am slowly... Slowly.. Unpacking here. I have decided to take it very slow with getting all the things out of boxes. In order to stop my shelving uni...	256	1	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	23 hrs ago

Almost situated in the new place Ah yes, the joy of moving twice in less than six months.. But I plan to stay here for a long period of time, at least. So what's new? Well.. Not mu...	299	4	0	Aug 2021	Aug 2021	Apr 23
Dinner with K. Earlier today, K sent me a message asking if I had laid any plans for today. I told her no, just a shower when I got home. She then asked me if I want...	272	0	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	May 6
That came out of nowhere! I am the admin of two Slipknot fan groups on Facebook, and I am what the media calls a superfan. Anyway, I was minding my own business when I was noti...	278	0	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	13 hrs ago
A small rant Oh boy, these rant blogs are rare, but they do happen.. So what has sparked my ire today? What made this otherwise calm guy go "argh this annoys me SO...	612	10	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	May 4
Watching the Olympics made me realize I am severely out of shape! As most of you... Well... Hopefully most of you do, I am watching the Olympics from Tokyo. It's fantastic! So far, I have watched the rowing, badminto...	304	1	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	Apr 26
Gearing up for the move! Plus dating fails.. Soon I will pack my belongings and move to a bigger room about ten minutes from me. It's the second time since May, so hopefully this will be for a lo...	412	1	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	Apr 25
A simple question but no answers given.. I need to stop joining debates on Twitter, because they leave me quite exhausted. Not because of the energy I have to use, because I don't really use...	609	9	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	20 hrs ago
Feeling like myself again! (vaccine update) It's been a few days since my first covid jab, and I'm now back to feeling great again. I went to bed early on Tuesday, and I slept for ten hours stra...	265	3	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	Apr 24
It's been a VERY long day! As I laid myself down in my bed yesterday evening, my left shoulder was getting more and more sore. That meant, that I either had to sleep on my back...	467	4	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	May 7
I am moving in one month, exactly! The other day, I went to look at a room for rent, in the same city I am in at the moment. The rent is slightly higher than my current rent, so it's de...	661	6	0	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	May 6
Good news regarding face masks - and a gig! Yesterday, the government told us what we had been dying to hear for a very long time - face masks are no longer required, unless you are standing up...	726	11	0	Jun 2021	Jul 2021	May 5

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