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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...
1512Apr 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...
1944Apr 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...
1622Apr 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...
2594Apr 5

Easter-freakout and a few days off

Easter has come and gone. With that, my first long time off from work came and went as well. Natural...
1781Apr 2

New horror movie to my collection and a desire to go on a blind date at some point

Being almost 40, with no partner for my entire adult life, I feel it's time to once again throw caut...
2204Mar 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...
52315Mar 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...
4939Aug 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...
2592Mar 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...
3005Mar 7

New chair, new challenges, a new obsession and new people in the house

Back in late September 2022, I bought a gaming chair. It was one of those clever chairs that could g...
1760Mar 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...
4157Feb 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...
1820Feb 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...
2213Feb 6

Changing my holiday destinations

Well.. One of them. I am still going to Italy this year and the US next year. It's the year after th...
2361Jan 22

Solving a dispute like adults.

With me living with 8 other people, each living their own lives with vastly different ways of doing...
2683Jan 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...
2783Jan 11

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a safe and fun New Years party. Here, nothing major happened. I stayed home, playing...
2961Jan 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...
3903Dec 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...
3352Dec 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...
60414Dec 8

It's been an expensive day today, plus I broke my chair

It's almost Christmas, so I have been out buying presents today. I forgot how expensive that is....
4142Nov 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...
5042Nov 23

I might have a stomach bug

These past few days, my diet has been terrible. Really terrible. Always some oven based meal, with a...
6329Nov 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....
4906Nov 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...
1940Nov 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...
3113Nov 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...
2610Nov 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...
5558Nov 2

It's almost New Years Eve, and I have mixed feelings about fireworks

Earlier today, something dawned on me! It's almost 2024! Well, when I say almost, I mean in ex...
4427Nov 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...
61214Oct 25

October 26, 2023.

Yesterdays blog was a bot of a downer one, I admit. The comments on it ranged from "get a massage",...
3936Oct 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...
2410Oct 27

The urge is back..

Next year, it'll be ten years since my Scottish adventure began. Ten years since I uprooted my entir...
3214Oct 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...
2963Oct 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....
3011Oct 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...
78530Sep 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...
2843Sep 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...
2533Sep 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...
2661Sep 13

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