The weekend started out great and stayed that way. On Friday, I resigned from my job after 4.5 years to take a position with a friend’s startup in Brussels. I also had an offer from another company in Brussels, but Simon’s company was a better fit so that’s the offer I took. It was nice [...]
I was invited by Chris to join his pub quiz team at The Old Oak last night. I wasn’t expecting much from myself since I hadn’t played any kind of trivia game in ages. The team (Anne, Joe, Tim, Chris and myself) had a good night. We finished tied for 8th out of 20 something [...]
The scheduled scrimmage games were rained out yesterday. Which is probably a good thing. Saturday night was Jean-Mi’s birthday party. I wasn’t planning on staying too late, but it was 3am before I got into bed.
The Reserves game was supposed to start at 12:30, so that meant getting to the field at 10am before carpooling [...]
Spring arrived this past weekend and it was great. Warm weather, sunny skies, frites and beer. I attended my first practice of the season on Sunday. Recovering from the off-season is getting harder to do. I actually started getting sore *during* practice instead of later in the evening. It was my first real physical activity [...]
Me: I’m going to have some ice cream. Do you want some?
Christine: I just had a pear. It was so good. You know how they get real juicy and you can just suck on them?
Me: I’ve got a pair you can suck on.
Christine: rolls eyes
Well that certainly was fun. A quick trip to grab a sandwich for lunch turned into a little bit more. The getting of the sandwich was quick, it was the returning to the office part that caused some problems. We got on the elevator and proceeded to the 3rd floor. Just after the elevator started [...]
I just got a phone call from the hospital in Lier about an appointment I (supposedly) made for my back today. I had called about the appointment in early December and I remember the phone call. I don’t actually remember them telling me when the appointment was for. They asked me a bunch of questions [...]
The house move went smoothly with the slight exception of internet and cable installation. Those were supposed to be done before we moved into the house but due to a mix up at the cable company, we didn’t get access until last week. Christine made a few angry phone calls and made some threats involving [...]
When you work with electricity, the number one rule is to make sure the electricity is switched off at the circuit breaker, not just the switch.
I did not heed this rule. In preparation for the upcoming move, I had to take the lights off the ceiling throughout the apartment so the contractor could install them [...]
Back in June, Christine and I went to Barcelona for a long weekend. While we were there, I discovered I didn’t have my ATM card in my wallet. The last place I remembered using it was at a restaurant in Brussels the week before. We called the bank and had it canceled until we got [...]