Budapest/ Romania; here we come!

Whoopa whahey, I'm going on holiday! Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow is the big day. We're flying at 10 in the morning to Budapest! The flight is about 2 hours long so we'll have plenty of time to do some serious site seeing/ shopping/ munching/ relaxing. My friend has had some troubles with one of feet these past fews week so she will have to take it easy. Can't run around like maniacs and see everything. But I don't really mind. Just there to unwind and be amazed. We've booked an appartment in the city centre. I'm so very excited! I can hardly wait. Will pack my bags tonight and just enjoy the excitement. On thursday we're driving down to Romania for the big wedding on saturday. Back to basics there. What a good combination of luxury & culure and real basic life. So taataa!

Holiday! Celebrate!

It's time for a happy blog again. I think it was just the withdrawl symptoms from not watching any TV. Which is going really well by the way. All of a sudden I've got all this extra time! Loving it! This week has been a bit manic in so many different ways that it was the right week to have a TV-break and make time for God. And next week is just the perfect time to go away on holiday! Hip, hip, hurray!

You might be wondering what these sad cows are doing in my blog. Well next week I'm going to a wedding in Romania. My friend Bettie is getting married to a Romanian and I didn't want to miss it! She lives in quite a remote, rural and poor part of the country. My friend met her lover while she was on a work-holiday in his village with her home town church. Well love was in the air! A part of that same church group is travelling with us (or better said, we're travelling with them because we don't have a clue where we're going!) Here's when the cowes come in; last time this group drove into the town, the happy villagers were slaughtering a cow in the town square to celebrate their arrival. Yummy, I can hardly wait... We're going to be sleeping in this medical post with hopefully runninng water but you never know... Flash lights will come in handy because electricity doens't always work. Back to basics!
But before going to Romania, my friend Tineke and I are going to spend some days in Budapest, capital of Hungary. It's cheaper and faster to fly there and rent a bus to drive down to Romania. So this is really a perfect holiday; first some culture in a beautiful old city and then a trip to rural Romania. This way you get to see both sides. Photos will follow...

Not again...

Why, why, why? Why are they always after me? I got another letter this week saying I need to pay back a loan of over 1000 euros. I NEVER TOOK OUT A LOAN!!!! In Holland you get a scholarship and if you complete your study in time and with reasonable marks you don't have to pay back any of that money. So you will understand that I was less than amused when I opened my mail. Shock, horror! I was an excellent student (I really was!) and I shouldn't have to pay anything back. I didn't understand where this came from so I was all confused. Rang up this morning and it was a simple; oh yeah, sorry about that you don't have to pay back anything...our mistake... Your mistake indeed!
You know what; I'm just going to move to a country where money, insurance, banks, driving instructors, bankcards and the whole shebang just doens't exist. A world where everything is free! Wouldn't it be loverly.... Any suggestions?

Dump the driver...

Wow, I was so impressed with myself last week. I had the guts to dump my driving instructor! Boy, I was so scared to phone the organisation and ask for another instructor. I kept procrastinating (love that word by the way...) the call but at one point I just rang up and completely trashed the driver. Felt a bit bad afterwards but that's just my character because I want everyone to like me and I knew that my instructor would most likely not be to pleased with me. But I was right to complain. He came at least an half hour late for his appointments, cancelled three times at the very last minute as I was waiting for him and he was less than reassuring while I was driving. Hello, I don't know what I'm doing so please don't tell me how many cars are waiting behind because I DON'T CARE! I got more and more frustrated with him. And I do enjoy driving very very much and I think I'm not too bad. I won't go in to all the details of his misbehavior but for me it was enough! And fortunately the organisation completely understood and apologized and they're finding me a new instructor as soon as possible.

For some stupid reason things that involve money always go wrong with me. I must be some money loony bin because when I want to open a bank account, get insurrance, get an instructor (that costs a lot of money! or well anything that requires money it goes horribly wrong. You know that I had to do without a bank card for a whole month. Let me tell you that ain't fun! I had to go to bank everything I needed money and they only open certain hours and mostly the hours while I'm working too. I had to apply for a new bankcard three times because the bank made a few mistakes with my application. None of which were my fault. Well that's all my frustrations for now...haha! It's a good thing I'm going on holiday next week. I could really do with a wee break. More holiday news is to come. And I promise I will stop complaining because I should be happy that I've actually got enough money to pay for these lessons and go on holiday and do fun things in life. I'm very blessed indeed! Amen sister, amen!

No Television

No TV for a week...why do I always think of such silly things? Well it's not really silly, it's more of a test really. I love watching TV and I love all the programmes like Friends, Will & Grace, The Nanny and so on. I could come home and just watch TV till I go to bed and sometimes I do... so I felt it was time for a wee break. I only just started and boy it's hard! Can't believe how depend I am of the TV and how often I actually watch. Main reason for my TV stop is that I hardly make time for God. Sure 15 minutes before I go to bed I realise I should really read and pray but then I fall asleep. I can watch for hours but God only gets a few minutes a day. So this week is about God. Listing to music, reading the Bible and books and praying. Open up my heart. And not just this week. Now is just about breaking the pattern but then it's important to keep making that time for Him. Life can get so busy (excuses...excuses) that I hardly make time for God. Time to get back on track. He's waiting...

Hollands next top model?

What do you think? Am I ready to apply for Hollands next top model? Haha! Suzy and I had so much fun this weekend! We had our very own photo shoot. We thought it would be fun just to mess around with the camera and to be honest I think it worked. In total we made around 400 photos! A lot of wacky rubbish pictures but a few nice ones.