The roll out went as smooth as it possibly could. We are up and running!
And the project team is in a post-natal depression-like state - it's over. I"m going to miss this team...
Feels strange...empty.

It was a long weekend with little sleep and lots work and fun, but worth every minute.

A major crisis is going on and so far the Dutch government is deadly silent. Literally ( Read more... )

See! Even my horoscope says I need more hats ( Read more... )

Winding down from another long and tiring day (all trainings given, very good feedback received!) I got stuck on TV5, a French TV station last night. One of my favourite singers, the amazing Mariza was on stage. I called Wout in, he never heard or saw her before and we both watched her performance. She IS amazing ( Read more... )

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We've officially entered the CHAOS mode - and according to Anko this is just the lower level of things yet to come! 2.5 weeks and counting until the big day ( Read more... )

Tacui nimis diu, ut ne fregeres cor meum;
Quoniam nos scivi impossibiles fuisse.
Sed nunc in pectore meo tumet mea confessionis,
Rumpendum est cor illud.

My poor knees haven't recovered completely from Thursday's adventure (we had two fire alarms and had to evacuate the building, stairs are my enemies...you do the math), so most of the time was spent knitting, playing and surfing ( Read more... )

What made up for the shitty day yesterday was that I saw "my" vox again. Quite some time ago on my way home I spotted a fox trotting into the fields between Vlaardingen and Maassluis from the train. Ever since I looked if I see him again - and yesterday I did. This time he was standing fairly close to the rails, watching, so I could take a good ( Read more... )

This is getting ridiculous...for the past two weeks I haven't been able to fall asleep easily like I usually do and have a complete night of sleep. It's REM and awake, REM and awake - around every two hours. It's not getting better, it's getting worse. None of usual tricks work and I don't want to resort to sleeping pills, but this is slowly ( Read more... )