Well today has been quite the
rollercoaster of ups and downs today. This morning with the kids was ok. I am
definitely starting to feel more welcome and like the kids actually like me
because I had a lot of them hanging on me, talking to me, hugging me, and
asking me questions. It was overall a pretty good morning. I then came home and
felt so productive because I worked out and did my laundry at the same time. I was
doing an insanity workout and an abs workout while I had my laundry going. This
is when a down started…. The washer and dryer absolutely DESTROYED my clothes. I
had it on cold water, delicate, low heat… everything to keep my clothes looking
good…. But no my absolute favorite pari of actual nice shorts (the light blue
ones in my Paris pictures) and awful. They are discolored, faded, and the
creases are like worn and ripped. The washer actually ate my clothes like no
joke. And that happened with pretty much all my clothes and I am just so upset
because especially with my shorts I spend a lot of time to find ones that are
not short shorts, they are good material (not just ratty jeans), and will last…
and I definitely don’t have the time or money to replace like 5 pairs of shorts
and 5 shirts…. So I’m really pissed. And then during the middle of my workout
my computer just froze up and crashed. I have no idea why. Then I went back to
the center and lunch wasn’t even that great. I was so mad that things had been
going so perfect and now I was having the worst day ever.
But then things kind of turned
around because for Wheels on Wednesdays I got to go on an actual bike ride
around the base with the kids that brought bikes. I got to miss large group
activity and when we came back from the bike ride we were able to hang out in
the computer room which is the coldest room in the center so it felt really
good. And then snack was bomb! Apples and goldfish!!!! My perfect snack. The afternoon
was really chill too because after I watched the kids who had scooters and
roller blades instead of bikes ride around for about half an hour, I was able
to cool off again ad relieve the staff member that had a movie playing for the
afternoon. It was escape to witch mountain (yeah the super old one) and it
really made me laugh because of the acting skills and awful graphics haha. Then
after work Anneke and I rode our bikes over to the mall. I bought some more
granola (a healthy snack option for the rest of the summer) and I looked at a
bunch of different stores. It was also really nice to spend a lot of time with
Anneke outside of work. After the mall we went to the really cool restauarant
famous for their schnitzel downtown. I had my first schnitzel and it was
actually pretty good. I had a pretty basic one in a cream sauce with some werid
side that started with an r that was like little dough droplets. It was
actually pretty tasty.
Then another down… as we were
riding out of the plaza I had my second bike crash =( We were riding up this
hill that had this weird bump and the top and I didn’t have enough momentum to
get up to the top. So I tried to put my foot down and catch my balance, but of
course since I am too short for my bike I started rolling backwards back down
the hill. Before I knew it I ran back into Anneke who was riding behind me and
crashing into her made me fall over into this concrete planter box and into a
bush. It was so bad and it was right in front of a café full of people. And of
course I fell on to the same ankle and leg and got all bruised up and scratched
up worse than before. I quickly got out of there and rode home. It was
absolutely insane.
So overall all not a terrible
day, but not a good day either. I just want tomorrow to be better and I am
ready for Amsterdam this weekend!!!
jeez....
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