Continuing on with the petri dish theme…

I now have the virus. Turns out its foot and mouth disease. I probably contracted it when the boyfriend stayed over the day he picked me up from the airport. He wasn’t showing any symptoms and had no idea he could even be sick. Stay tuned for updates on the shit I put on my…

Word of the Day: Bewust Zijn Van

An expression meaning “to be aware of“. Since it’s summer, and since I just quit the job that was inducing nothing but misery. It’s distinctly a time bewust zijn van everything in my life. Both the positive influences and the negative. It is time to be aware of the fact that though this role was a source…

Word of the Day: Hand Geven

An expression meaning “to shake hands”. Just in keeping with my theme of perverting the words meaning to my own feelings… Today I’m going hand geven with my body. It’s faced years of unnecessary and unproductive loathing when all I had to do was care for it. I’m truly blessed to have a healthy body,…

Word of the Day: Het Schild

A noun meaning “shield” something to protect someone from a danger, risk, or unpleasant experience. A perfect word for the last few weeks, I have been using so many factors in my life as a shield. My unhappiness in my current job, being jet-lagged from my trip, the problems friends are having, the lack of…