In my mind I started writing this ‘blog’ (I’m still not sure what to think of that term) last Friday, the 8th of July, and the last day of the year. It’s been awhile (again) and in the meantime I’ve learned that you might be able to have and do it all, but maybe not all at once. I’m not comfortable anymore neglecting to write, as I fear I’ll forget the memories made in the past few weeks. Which has little to do with my capacity of remembering things, but with the fact I just have so many moments to remember.
Though that all sounds peachy, it doesn’t mean it was an easy ride all the time. I’m still working on my juggling skills – keeping the study ball up as much as the working one, the being-an-ambassador-for-science-one and the social-life-one. This last month my course got my best, hence the reason I skipped a month of writing altogether. It was hard work. But I always figured working hard is not just a means to a goal, it’s a goal itself. And so I enjoyed the trips ‘up north’, sipping Starbucks tea on long trains, while preparing for fun practical assignments my fellow biology students and I had to do in the forest. They’re a great bunch of people too and we all passed our ecology exams.
During this rollercoaster ride I also made sure there was more than enough room to actually be a biology teacher. And a Dutch teacher. And an English teacher. And a mentor. I’ve been thinking I really do love everything about my job, so it hardly feels like work, except that this contributes to time flying even faster. Last Friday evening felt like I’d been running really fast and suddenly had to stop, while the wind continued to blow my hair in the direction I was going. I know I’m weird. But let’s just call it ‘proud to be geeky’. Knowing I’ll be doing more or less the same job next year, made it easy to look forward to the Summer gap though.
So looking back, falling and getting up seems to be the theme of this last period (and not just of the evening we went skiing again, albeit indoors, which – I’m kind of proud to say – I surprisingly still managed to do). With the getting up part, I often had help from the best friends anyone can wish for and it’s good to have some time to have quality time now. While making holiday plans, I’ll also publish some stories and pictures I meant to earlier. So enough of this sappy blog and more soon.
I’m back. Or actually, I’m still here. And I wish everyone a fabulous summer!
I came across this poem while walking in Epen…
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What a beautiful and reflective poem. Good to have you back busy bee x
You can’t really translate a poem, can you?
The sentiment comes across and I like the bit that says:
Yet it must be here somewhere, begin what was later called memories
Quite moving
blog… tja… blergh…. Laten we een nieuw woord verzinnen. Wie het eerste een goeie heeft doen? ik begin alvast te denken. Zodra we d’r een hebben pompen we het hele web er mee vol. Wie weet…
That line is mainly why I love the poem so much too, Graham. And Daniël, only seen this now, heb je al een leuke term? Ach, misschien moeten we maar gewoon wennen aan ‘blog’.