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Day 2 of my 1 week off work - and I'm already bored.As always with me being off work for more than 2 days in a row, with no immediate plans, I get extre... | 151 | 2 | Apr 23 |
400 years of history up in flames.The big talking point at work today was the fire in Copenhagen this morning, where the old stock exc... | 194 | 4 | Apr 16 |
Attending a birthday and catching some sun.Yesterday, I went to my youngest nieces 1 year birthday celebration, so we went to a pretty nice pla... | 162 | 2 | Apr 15 |
Heading back to the USA for Halloween 2025.I am heading back to see my friend in Virginia. I'm very excited, because now I know sort of what to... | 259 | 4 | Apr 5 |
Easter-freakout and a few days offEaster has come and gone. With that, my first long time off from work came and went as well. Natural... | 178 | 1 | Apr 2 |
New horror movie to my collection and a desire to go on a blind date at some pointBeing almost 40, with no partner for my entire adult life, I feel it's time to once again throw caut... | 220 | 4 | Mar 24 |
Getting some surprising health answers.It's no secret that I aren't the healthiest person in the world. I eat a lot of fatty foods, particu... | 523 | 15 | Mar 13 |
Making plans for my 40th birthday (part 2)I redid the math, regarding how much everything will cost me for my 40th birthday celebration-bash-s... | 493 | 9 | Aug 2023 |
So it begins!I have begun the expensive task of buying what I need for my birthday in three months time. I have s... | 259 | 2 | Mar 10 |
The online dating scene is rough.Picture this - you match with someone on a dating app and get talking. It goes quite well, and you j... | 300 | 5 | Mar 7 |
New chair, new challenges, a new obsession and new people in the houseBack in late September 2022, I bought a gaming chair. It was one of those clever chairs that could g... | 176 | 0 | Mar 7 |
Universal Healthcare - what is it and is it socialism?Let's answer the last bit of the question: Is universal healthcare socialism? No. For decades, de... | 415 | 7 | Feb 10 |
Joining something long overdue.I have been working at my current job since August 2022. Well, since August 8, 2022, if you want to... | 182 | 0 | Feb 10 |
Improving at work and learning a new language!For the past few weeks, I have taken on more and more supervisor like tasks, which is a definite imp... | 221 | 3 | Feb 6 |
Changing my holiday destinationsWell.. One of them. I am still going to Italy this year and the US next year. It's the year after th... | 236 | 1 | Jan 22 |
Solving a dispute like adults.With me living with 8 other people, each living their own lives with vastly different ways of doing... | 268 | 3 | Jan 16 |
Long live the King!The time is almost upon us - the time where we will get a new monarch. It will all happen from the P... | 278 | 3 | Jan 11 |
Happy New Year!I hope you had a safe and fun New Years party. Here, nothing major happened. I stayed home, playing... | 296 | 1 | Jan 2 |
It's been a great Christmas and trying new ideas for cooking.Merry Christmas! I hope yours has been great. Mine was excellent. Good food, good company and some g... | 390 | 3 | Dec 26 |
Making plans for my next three holidays.I have long been wanting to travel and to see the world. Most of my life, I haven't had the financia... | 335 | 2 | Dec 21 |
Drinking the worst tasting champagne ever - and getting paid to do it!On Wednesday, I was informed that my employer would provide champagne for us on Friday, because the... | 604 | 14 | Dec 8 |
It's been an expensive day today, plus I broke my chairIt's almost Christmas, so I have been out buying presents today. I forgot how expensive that is.... | 414 | 2 | Nov 25 |
Time to buy Christmas presents and the most expensive hand creme ever..I have been gathering Christmas wishes from the family, so now it's time to buy the presents. I w... | 504 | 2 | Nov 23 |
I might have a stomach bugThese past few days, my diet has been terrible. Really terrible. Always some oven based meal, with a... | 632 | 9 | Nov 18 |
Applying for a new job in a different country is exhausting.Anyone who knows me, will say that I am someone who has a desire to make it in a different country.... | 490 | 6 | Nov 21 |
The next costume party is close and a wedding invite!On the 29th of December, my cousin and her family is hosting our annual New Years Eve pre-party, sin... | 194 | 0 | Nov 11 |
Weekend! Let's make it a fun - and creepy - one!We're finally at the weekend! A long week of work has finished. It is now time to kick back, relax a... | 311 | 3 | Nov 3 |
Darkness lost yesterday - next year will be better!Last nights Halloween party was fun! I went all in with the makeup, the mask and the costume, but it... | 261 | 0 | Nov 5 |
Making plans for my second trip to the US (part 1)I know I am very early with this, but in October 2025, I will head back across the pond to the USA f... | 555 | 8 | Nov 2 |
It's almost New Years Eve, and I have mixed feelings about fireworksEarlier today, something dawned on me! It's almost 2024! Well, when I say almost, I mean in ex... | 442 | 7 | Nov 1 |
Being lonely kind of sucks..That feeling you have, when nobody wants to spend time with you. When nobody reaches out to you just... | 612 | 14 | Oct 25 |
October 26, 2023.Yesterdays blog was a bot of a downer one, I admit. The comments on it ranged from "get a massage",... | 393 | 6 | Oct 26 |
Nobody told us this would happen today...!Usually, Friday is the quietest day at work. Not much happens, and we're pretty much done by 3.15 pm... | 241 | 0 | Oct 27 |
The urge is back..Next year, it'll be ten years since my Scottish adventure began. Ten years since I uprooted my entir... | 321 | 4 | Oct 11 |
I am not ready for more responsibility.After the disaster that was last week, I did some thinking over the weekend, and I came to the concl... | 296 | 3 | Oct 9 |
One of those days..You know, one of those days where you've wanted to quit on the spot. Today was one of those days.... | 301 | 1 | Oct 4 |
Time to make a change!For the past 25 years, I have been eating very unhealthy food. Lots of fatty dishes, with no vegetab... | 785 | 30 | Sep 26 |
Starting to make that change - tomorrow!I am typing this on the final day of the month, September 30th. Tomorrow, on October 1st, I am start... | 284 | 3 | Sep 30 |
I have an ambition! (part 2)About a month ago, I published a blog, where I essentially said that I wanted to be more important a... | 253 | 3 | Sep 23 |
How close am I to getting my own apartment?My current living situation is this: In a house with 8 other people.. Well, 6, now that 2 have moved... | 266 | 1 | Sep 13 |
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