End of Time

To properly finish the semester my university has an End of Term Party. For the fall semesters this is the winter gala but for the spring semesters this is a party at the beach. This year the theme was hippie party, peace and love, all of that haha. The sunset was beautiful that day and I had a really nice beach walk with Sophie. 

The day after the party we celebrate Sophie's birthday and it was wonderful to see her unwrapping all the presents!

What Time Is It

Summer time! Haha so although I already posted something about my job I also wanted to write about the actual last bit of school and parties, basically what happened in the month between my previous two posts.

A lot actually happened in those months but instead of describing all of them in detail I will show you the instagram pictures I took. I started the #100happydays challenge after some things happened in my life that had a really big negative impact on how happy I was feeling. In order to remind myself that life was/is also still good I decided to start the challenge. I try to post pictures from that day but sometimes I have used an older picture.

PS. There were some weird formatting issues with some of the pictures, I have no idea what happened and how to fix it.

Day 1 - bought new shoes

Day 2 - Spent Kingsday at the beach with Sophie

Day 3 - People serenading the apartment/dorm building for votes

Day 4 - Beautiful sunset a week earlier

Day 5 - Classy dinner with these lovely people

Day 6 - Classy selfie at the dinner with Julia

Day 7 - Bought a new dress

Day 8 - Hot chocolates in the common house 

Day 9 - Throwback to my birthday with Jeanne and Ivi

Day 10 - Dutch National Remembrance Day in the Abbey Square

Day 11 - End of Term Party Ticket

Day 12 - Onions meant to help a cold, woke up sicker than when I went to bed

Day 13 - Taco Dinners with Tisha

Day 14 - End of Term Party Shopping

Day 15 - Finally seeing my family again and admiring my mother's new clothes

Day 16 - Lush bath bomb that I got as a present from Sophie

Day 17 - Happy Mother's Day!

Day 18 - Yearbook time!

Day 19 - Last hallway dinner

Day 20 - Bartending in the common house

Day 21 - Rhetoric class outside

Day 22 - Gilles goodbye and pre-ETP BBQ

Day 23 - End of Term Party! End of the 1st year of university!

Day 24 - First day of work, restaurant on the right the rest is the view!

Day 25 - Presents for Sophie's birthday

Work B**ch

Summer is here! And I got the sweetest card from my family today congratulating me on finishing the first year of university and wishing me a relaxed and fun summer. Well I have only had three 4 days off from school but 3 of those I spent working as a waitress at a restaurant in Flushing (Vlissingen). It is a 35 min bike ride (10 km) from where I live and in the past three days I worked mored than 24 hours which for someone who is not used to having a job is a lot haha. It is really fun though and the view is amazing, which is what I remind myself of when I am on my bike and getting tired. As soon as I see the view again I am happy and all is good. Also from all the biking and walking around and carrying things around I am hoping to get quite a bit fitter by the end of the summer than I am now/was 3 days ago. Here is an impression of the view:

On the right is the restaurant and the rest is the view :)

What I saw when I was putting on my uniform this morning

Shine

Recently my friend Constance did not agree with my facebook profile picture and as she is a really great photographer, we decided to go for a little photoshoot. Together with Robin we had a 45 minute photoshoot in Middelburg, in an alley very close to our university. And after taking more than 150 photos here is a small selection of the nicest pictures. 

Credits go to Constance. Constance can be found on Instagram and facebook.

Sweater Weather

It's already week 10 of the 15 weeks that are this semester! Tuesday I had a social psychology exam and I was so happy it was over! After the exam I celebrated with one of my friends who is also in that class. I still had to write another paper for a different class that afternoon and finish my paper for psychology but in the evening I finally had the chance to spend some time with friends.

Wednesday I finally had a day of doing absolutely nothing so I stayed in bed for most of the day and loved every second of it! I caught up with tv shows myself, then watched Grey's Anatomy with Sophie, had dinner and then watched Catching Fire with Tisha. Basically I went from one bed, to a sofa, to another sofa and back to my own bed! And it was wonderful, being so busy with school all the time is really exhausting and so it is so wonderful to finally just do nothing, no deadlines left for this week, no exams, no anything.

Of course this morning all the fun started again with an early class of statistics but tonight will be really fun as the pre-election night is happening in the common house. Next Tuesday the elections for the big boards are happening and tonight is the first time the candidates will be speeching (not a word but I don't care haha). So I am going to do my homework for tomorrow now, my dad is coming back home from China tomorrow so I am really excited to reunite with my whole family this weekend!

Lunch time celebration

Evening celebration

Our very loving couple learns what personal space is.

Maybe, Maybe

Yesterday I went to go watch the Roller Derby practice of one of my best friends here. She has been a part of this new team since November and has been so excited about it so it was great to finally go and see her practice! It was a lot of fun to watch and see her do what she has been talking about for so long. She is part of a new team which is called Black Sheep Honey Rollers.

Aside from watching her play roller derby yesterday, it is still super busy and hectic. I finally slept in a little this morning, did all my laundry (may or may not have used 4 washing machines...) and am now doing homework, writing papers and studying for exams. The joys of university life. But all jokes aside I do really like university and with the weather improvements it is getting even better!

Oh and I almost forgot! I got a job!! For the summer at a restaurant and I am very excited! I'm working so I can pay for my driver's license which is great because there is a goal that I am working for which always helps motivate me!

Just Breathe

Wow so much has changed since I last wrote a blog post. Since July 25th, 2013 I have moved out of my parents' home and into my own dorm room. I have started university, finished a semester and started a new semester. Met so many wonderful people, fallen in love and still am in love, made amazing friends and met many people who changed my life. Gone through so much with my families (both biological and introweek and people from this university) and I am still blown away by how fast this first year back in the Netherlands is going.

Right now I am so incredibly busy with school and this insane busyness will continue for another week. After that the regular insanity of this university will continue. Even though I am so busy I really want to start posting to this blog again. So to those few actually reading this, welcome back. This is where I want to write about the things that are happening in my life, have happened or are yet to happen. Or simply about things that pop up in my life or in my mind.

Have a good week. In a little more than a week I will post my first real blog post here again! (after the insaneness is over...)

Just keep breathing.