AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND JUNE 18

 

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WEEKEND JUNE 18 

I had the blues this weekend. Saturday it was too hot and I didn't want to go out, but I had too, I had no fruits and bread anymore. I wanted to do a lot of things, with the result that I did nothing, excepting looking for an old Flickr account to find some pictures I had stored there. But they were not interesting it was all about my painting course and an Album of London, which I have on my external disk. 

I am angry with Photobucket which I used when Blogger photo download didn't work and now they want me to pay for it and as I didn't because for years it was free and then suddenly I should pay for old stuff ? Fortunately I could replace them but they are not so important. I think it's not honest to say it's free for years and then suddenly you should pay for photos which are 10 or more years old ??

My umbrella broke I could close it, but good Maria had enough strength to do it for me. Now I have half an umbrella which I can't use.  We have no service for big junk which don't fit in a bin and you have to drive to the next village were they take everything also furniture. My son fortunately takes big things in his trunk and takes it with him to Amsterdam ! 

As every Friday I went to see Nicole, she was in a good mood and very well. We could go and sit in the big garden. There I met a man I knew from the Retirement home where Rick was, with his wife I asked her why he is now here, he has a cancer at the vocal chords A very intelligent man, but hard to understand. We had a coffee together and it had been a nice afternoon. His wife moved him, because she lives exactly one street further and has just to cross the street. There hadn't been a place for him before.

On Sunday I felt even worse, I wanted to stay in bed the whole day. I had found too many pictures from the past. My grief is worse now, than as it was just a few month when Rick passed away. I realized that I have changed I have become very sensible and without energy. I don't even think about traveling anymore, only to Amsterdam or Eastbourne maybe.

Yesterday three years ago we moved from our house here to the apartment. Rick liked it very much it was not far from the Tennis Club where he used to play Whist. It was just around the corner. Unfortunately our life together in this new place only lasted 6 months. 

 

Then he fell out of his bed, broke a hip and had to be taken to hospital. He came back twice as a visitor when he was in the retirement home, but  then he preferred to stay "home".

She is not better !

AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND JUNE 18

 

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The real hot weather where we all melted finished exactly on Saturday when people don't work ! That's not right ! I mean I don't care because I am in eternal  holidays. 

I had slept only 5 h because I couldn't fall asleep and at 7 the alarm clock woke me up to open the door for Maria. 

I wasn't feeling 100 %, I think it was because of my fall, after all my head was shaken too. My son and grandson were supposed to come, luckily I had misunderstood everything, they didn't come to me first but stopped at my grandson's friend for the birthday party. My son came to me later to fix some things for which I needed a strong man ! Now the board is stuck under the dishwasher and doesn't always fall on my feet when I empty the machine. It was nice that we could talk alone about the future of Mr. G. 

After we had our chat he drove back to his friend to celebrate the birthday with the 10 year olds. I was so tired that I fell asleep watching TV and only woke up shortly before 7pm just before the News started ! Again I didn't sleep enough and on Sunday morning I wondered how I would go through the day, 

I did my yoga as fast as a snail and still didn't wake up properly. An espresso on the balcony didn't help either. 

I packed the clean things for Mr. G. in plastic bags and then I waited for the two to come. Dario had bought Pittas and we ate them with pleasure on the balcony. The sun was there too but it wasn't too hot.

Then Toby and I went to the Palace of Justice in Brussels, because from there you have the most beautiful view of whole Brussels. He was very interested.And I explained what I could. 

There also was an ice cream stand there, and of course we had an ice cream. From a distance, we saw musicians playing which was very cheerful and some people even danced on the street ! Long expected liberty, although not yet official only from June 27 on, but people didn't care ! I even saw less masked people then in Waterloo.

On the Boulevard that leads to the Palace of Justice, pretty much all embassies with the appropriate flags are there. I was amazed that Toby could tell me the countries of all the flags! I didn't even know that there were so many embassies on this Boulevard ! 

Then we drove home and I wanted to upload the pictures to my computer and to my horror I discovered that I had left the memory card in my computer !! So not a single picture of our beautiful trip! And also the other pictures that I (did not) take !!

 Father and son, after I had put the memory card in my camera !!!

I am furious and will never forgive me ! I really have to pay attention I become too distracted.

When they were gone, I wanted  to watch TV a little bit, but fell again asleep until the News ! I wonder if a Tse-Tse mosquito has bitten me !!

I must have been a cat in my former life