• 07:30: travel day
• 08:30: packing all my stuff
• 08:40: it might be a good idea to wrap a glass container of spicy sauce in some clothing to prevent it from breaking
• 10:00: at what time do I leave? I usually calculate the minimum time needed to take the train, drop of the luggage, go through security and walk to the gate… and then multiply it by two and then take one train early. I’m not a good traveller.
• 10:05: …on the other hand, it works for me.
• 11:00: to the train
• 11:19: buying a train ticket
• 11:26: the train should have left now…
• 11:27: …but is arriving only now
• 11:30: dropped my backpack, hearing a thumb… is the glass broken?
• 11:35: maybe I shouldn’t have wrapped the spicy sauce in some underpants… that might result in some itching at very uncomfortable places. Too late to change it now
• 12:30: at the airport
• 12:55: …and past security. The queue length is inversely proportional to the amount of time left till the flight leaves
• 13:05: going to eat a bit
• 13:15: the lady behind the counter doesn’t have a plane to catch
• 13:50: to the gate. We’re leaving from the D-gate, not the usual B-gate. Also, the boarding starts at 14:31, I’m curious how that will work out
• 14:00: nobody at the gate yet… am I at the right place?
• 14:05: another passenger
• 14:15: and a KLM-person. I guess it will be allright
• 14:35: they’re checking our boarding passes, but we are not boarding yet
• 14:45: first on the plane (after the Business Super Special Elite Class Members, or however they are called)
• 15:05: pushed back from the gate, 10 minutes early
• 15:07: feeling sorry for the stewardess who have to announce things like “a special welcome for our Business Super Special Elite Class Members” and “KLM is now also on Twitter and Facebook”.
• 15:12: takeoff! Are they in a hurry? No complaints!
• 15:15: the stewardess is now announcing that even though the fasten seatbelt light may be turned off, it is still advised to keep it fastened. Followed by some advertisement for Business Super Special Elite Class.
• 15:20: the reason I feel sorry for the stewardesses having to announce this kind of crap is that this is thought up by some guy in an office who thinks it is a good idea to promote the “brand KLM” with the passengers but never has to announce it himself. It also reinforces the idea that stewardesses are good-looking sales-ladies instead of underpaid security personnel.
• 15:21: amen
• 15:50: it seems that most of Northern Europe is covered in thick clouds
• 16:05: started descending
• 16:25: landed!
• 16:48: waiting for the tram
• 17:45: home!
• 18:00: and no broken glass! Phew.

• 08:30: good morning
• 09:15: checking the temperature calibration of the kitchen thermometer
• 09:30: that doesn’t look good — boiling water at 88 degrees Celsius?
• 09:45: or did I do the experiment wrong?
• 09:55: okay, the thermometer indicates 100 degrees when it is almost completely submerged in boiling water. When the “spacer” between the point and the indicator is in the open air, it indicates less. I thought that a good kitchen thermometer indicates the temperature at the point (in the middle of the meat).
• 10:30: checking in for the flight tomorrow
• 12:00: going for a walk
• 14:00: watching an old video of the house my dad and partner live in
• 16:00: small expedition
• 17:00: cooking
• 19:00: eating
• 20:20: let’s watch a DVD
• 20:30: …if the DVD player is connected
• 20:40: …connector slapstick
• 20:50: watching BBC’s Earth

• 07:30: good morning
• 08:00: tea
• 09:00: more tea
• 11:30: to the store to get my fix of drop, stroopwafels and hagelslag for when I go back to Switzerland
• 13:00: doing stuff…
• 14:00: …and things…
• 15:00: …i.e. taking a nap, drinking tea, eating cake
• 19:00: eating some Christmas leftovers
• 21:30: watching TV
• 21:45: well, I have seen enough TV for this year

• 06:30: good morning
• 06:35: a bit stormy outside
• 06:45: a warm shower
• 09:00: it is also raining :(
• 09:15: the plan was to go to Enschede today, but I’m not sure that’s a good idea
• 10:00: the search for a job never finishes, on the phone now
• 10:15: we’re…
• 10:30: …supposed…
• 10:45: …to…
• 11:00: …go…
• 11:15: …to…
• 11:30: …Enschede…
• 11:45: …today…
• 12:00: …but…
• 12:15: …we’re…
• 12:30: …not…
• 12:45: …yet..
• 13:00: …on…
• 13:15: …our…
• 13:30: …way…
• 13:45: …
• 14:00: in the car
• 15:30: downtown Enschede looks miserable
• 16:00: nothing worse than a sale in a department store
• 17:00: fleeing to a bar
• 17:30: this Belgian beer bar is the only redeeming feature of Enschede, it seems
• 18:00: oh no, I didn’t know they had West Vleteren beer on stock (for 25 euro for 33 cl bottle). Not enough time left to enjoy it properly
• 18:30: going to a Mexican restaurant
• 20:45: on our way back to Wageningen
• 22:30: sleepy

…or second Christmas Day.

• 04:00: too early…
• 04:10: …but I can’t sleep anymore…
• 04:25: …let’s get up and make some tea
• 06:00: getting sleepy again: back to bed!
• 08:30: and awake again
• 09:30: A water saving shower nozzle… An unsatisfying shower in the morning makes me associate environmentally friendly things with being grumpy.
• 11:55: going for a walk… To bring the glass to the collection point.
• 12:10: ten bottles of wine for twelve people is not a bad score.
• 14:00: humus: made
• 15:00: first aunt and partner arrive
• 16:00: I think I’ll go for a nap
• 17:00: slept for an hour, the other aunt + partner + 2 kids have already arrived