Some news!

Hai! This is just a fast blog because I have to get up tomorrow morning at 5am to go to work! I have been doing this since Tuesday morning and I really like it! Not necessarily getting up at 5 every morning but having people to talk to whilst I'm at work is something I've really missed! And the people are very nice too. Ooh the job is for cleaning at the university. I also had a job this week cleaning for an office building in the city. It means cycling all over Groningen so today what with my university cleaning job, restaurant cleaning job and office cleaning job, it meant that I cycled for about 2 and a half hours and then we had some friends over for dinner so I really liked it! It was fun to be social with moar people and to cycle so much, it gives so much energy :D Tomorrow I have moar at the university, restaurant, Monique's flat and then I'll be cleaning from 5pm-7pm at Alfa College so it means 9 hours of cleaning :D

Well I hope that this can continue but right now it's just temp work but the guy from the agency who I spoke to today said that he is trying to find some more regular work for me which would be awesome!

This weekend will be quite busy too because we're going to Myr's sister Anisa's birthday and then on Sunday to Mariska's for dinner! I just get so bored and lonely when I clean the restaurant because there is nobody to talk to. And cleaning the other places I also clean alone and can do my own thing but it's nice inbetween to be able to greet people and have coffee with them afterwards.

Now I am going to sleep!

What not to do when you get people's attention...

I was fourteen and terribly awkward, shy and convinced everyone was against me. I went shopping for new shoes and jeans with my mum. I changed in the car because I was going to meet some friends at the cinema and I wanted to look cool.

We pulled up at the cinema, I said my goodbyes to mum and I got out of the car. As I was walking away, I became very self-conscious that I still had a sticker attached to my jeans and everyone could see it! But it's okay, mum is still there, if she doesn't beep that horn then that means I am stickerless. A few steps later, that's when I heard it.  BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEP! (okay it was probably one very short beep but this is how i remember it)

I froze like a deer caught in the headlights. I have a sticker on the butt of my jeans! Oh no. There are a lot of people here, they will all notice me and laugh. There is only one thing I can do to not draw attention to myself!

There! A wall! It was a few feet away from me to the left. I could make it. I leaped towards the wall, and then shimmied along it with my back to the wall. Finally I reached the car where mum was sitting looking at me with a mystified expression on her face.

I grabbed the door, forced it open and in my haste, the edge of the door caught my eyebrow which started bleeding, and shouted "WHAT?!" She looked at me. I looked back at her. She then informed me that I still had a small sticker on the foot of my shoe and maybe it's a good idea if I take it off. When asking me what on earth I was doing, with the shimmying and the general drawing the attention of everyone within a 20 yard radius, I sheepishly replied that I thought there was a sticker on my jeans and I didn't want anyone to notice me.

I then walked into the cinema, eyebrow still bleeding and reconsidering what to do next time I'm the focus of attention.

Photo post!

Last night Myr was too sleepy to roleplay so Sipke, Roland and me went to see Rango at the cinema. I thought it was a really fun movie. After the movie we were walking towards the exit and I was lost in thoughts, and not looking at where i was headed...this leaded me walking straight into a not-very-small, how-could-I-miss-that football table with those little men on sticks. Yet another Kat moment...

Today will be more of a photo post! My friend Ann-Marie asked me yesterday for moar photos please! So I will do just that. 

 This is Myr's dwarf army and some other random dudes, I have no clue what they are.

 This is Fitz! He lost an eye when he was a kitten. He is very sweet and he loves to talk.

 And Gizmoo! He is the cat who follows you around like a puppy.

 And the following photos are for Ann-Marie who wanted to see some photos of our bookshelves. Here you are!

Today I'm doing things around the house like laundry and hoovering and other such things. I'm also reading a Dutch book by Carry Slee and looking for jobs online. I really would like a job with more hours soon please! At the moment I'm cleaning for a restaurant in the city but it isn't for much hours and I hate not being able to talk to people! I never realised I was a social person until being in a place where I can talk to noone.

Tonight a colleague of Myr's is coming for dinner so that should be fun. And tomorrow Myr's brother Eddy is coming over to watch movies and play guitar hero so that will also be fun! Ooh and then on saturday a guild meet for the people who live around here. And on sunday there will be roleplaying.

I am downloading a series called Dead Set...big brother with zombies! Cool!

Maybe somewhere sometime I'll do a post or two in Dutch :D But my written Dutch is still quite bad, so we shall see.

Anyway, enough blogging for today! I should go do things.

Just another geek...

I'm not even sure what to write about here. I used to write a lot. And I miss it so I thought I would try again and in a blog, no less. I should probably make this post an introductory one! Well, my name is Kat. I'm 25, I live in Groningen, The Netherlands and I am a geek. I live with 4 cats and my awesomely awesome girlfriend, Myr.

Today I am busy trying to lay out Myr's old warhammer armies and then take photos. But as I was doing that, i thought it would be fun to try painting them again. I haven't painted those little figures since the incident that involved yellow paint all over my jeans in the crotch-region. Yeah.

The fridge is also emitting an unfavourable odour so I must not forget about that!

I have lived in Groningen for over two years now. I really like it here. I grew up in Scotland though, and after that and before here, I lived in England where I failed at university and after that I worked in a book shop :D

For christmas my dad bought me a really great digital slr camera so now i have an excuse to take moar photos with it so i can add them to this blog!

So what do I like to do? Well, i love reading, watching tv shows, movies, listening to music, roleplaying with friends, going to fantasy festivals and cooking! I also love camping and walking but right now my legs are being very irritating so I may have to go to the doctor about them. Yay for health insurance.

We had builders last week working on painting the outside of the house and putting some double glazing in. But they haven't been here this week but the scaffolding is still outside. I wish they would come back and take it away.

Anyway, I have the feeling this blog spot is stilted and it doesn't flow very well but that's because my thoughts are bouncing all over the place and I don't write as much as I should. I'm hoping this will improve! Also above is a photo of one of my cats, Blizzard. The reason? He is awesome. He loves licking your face when you are sleeping and is partial to biting your hair.

Tonight I have roleplaying with Myr, and two friends Sipke and Roland. We're playing Pendragon. It's a fun campaign but I can't wait to play moaaaar Call of Cthulu (we play that every sunday with Judith and Sipke) because it's more horror-oriented and I'm really in the story.

Well anyway, if anyone is reading this I commend you for having got this far through what I think is a very boring first post ;)