Monthly Archives: December 2021

My booster headaches persisted today. In fact, my head is still burning a bit behind the eyes. It reminds me of the time I head dengue fever. Weird eye muscle tension headaches. Anyway, enough about that. A bit of pain doesn’t stop me from going out in nature. I was in pretty desperate need ofContinue reading “Winter wonderland!”

My booster vaccination really kicked in today. General feeling of ‘not chill’ all day, combined with an intense headache. I even almost vomited, but I resisted. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s vomiting. Perhaps it’s the dumb thing to do. Perhaps, the release would have made me feel better, but just the taste ofContinue reading “An absolutely miserable, yet productive day”

I was a bit worried about how this day would unroll… This morning, I received my booster covid vaccination. The first two were easy peasy. With the first two, I felt a bit fuzzy, and my arm hurt. I had a bit of a headache with the first, but not so much with the second.Continue reading “Eventually I’ll get used to the needles”

For the first time since this pandemic, I have submitted an abstract to participate in a conference. The last conference I officially signed up for and got a presentation slot at (International Congress of Entomology in Helsinki, 2020), was rightfully cancelled due to the pandemic. I have since only given an invited online talk atContinue reading “I really want to go!”

For over two years I prided myself on my son’s fantastic and voracious appetite. Today, my son convinced me that appetite is no longer in his vocabulary, or skill set. Rafa has officially entered the horrible phase where everything is awful. I saw a glimmer of hope that he would still keep his love forContinue reading “This risotto wasn’t that bad, okay…”

I never thought I’d miss it. Today it’s ‘pakjesavond’, Dutch for ‘package evening’. On this evening, St. Nicolas brings around gifts to kids to celebrate his birthday on the 6th. Quite a generous dude, that Nico. And very fond of kids… He’s much like Santa Clause, minus the morbid obesity. The Saint likes to party,Continue reading “I need more pepernoten in my life”

It’s true! Even after more than 300 daily posts, it happens some days that I forget to write. Or well. Almost forget. You’d expect it to have become a routine by now. Forget it. If I don’t force myself to write, I won’t. My mind is lazy like that. This may sound weird, but I’mContinue reading “Some days you just forget”

I was just having a look at the number of covid cases in Germany. Last year, I did this almost religiously, and almost every day. Pretty much all my decision making was based on it at the time. With numbers drastically reducing over summer, and many people around me getting vaccinated, there was a glimmerContinue reading “Everyone’s numb”