Just Me Against The World

I’m not a “career girl” by any means, but since the age of 15 I’ve always had some kind of job.  For the past month I’ve had NO job, and it’s starting to freak me out.

The part of the Netherlands I live in is not exactly international, and although I’m pretty proud of my level of Dutch it’s not quite at a professional level. I won’t join the army of thousands in complaining about the job market, but knowing that if I did start a committed search for employment right now it would most likely result in nothing.. freaks me out a little.

Even the times when I’ve quit jobs on a whim in the past, I’ve never been worried. I was always confident I’d find something quickly.. and I did.

I’m not comfortable being so dependant on my partner… but I guess that’s part of being in a grown up relationship

Changing the subject somewhat, I have been keeping busy. I’ve been doing a diet/lifestyle overhaul. For the past 4 weeks I’ve been following a diet from a Dutch “weight consultant” named Sonja Bakker. It’s much more limiting that any other “diet” I’ve followed in the past.. but since Peter is on the wagon with me it’s been going relatively smoothly. 4 kg in 4 weeks.. I guess that’s nothing to shake a stick at.

Writer’s Block

As I might have mentioned before, I struggle with blogging.

The reason I struggle is because I’m still not totally certain of my own blogging boundaries. Over thinking these boundaries has lead to a pretty large dose of writer’s block.

One of my missions for the next coming months was to stick to blogging, however with my laptop completely dead some of my PC freedoms have been taking away. Not that my boyfriend minds me sharing his computer, but I often get that feeling as when someone is reading the newspaper over my shoulder

Love you honey.

I’m not overly impressed with the weather lately, and the fact that I just spoke about the weather on my blog goes to show I’ve spent entirely too much time is Dutchieland.

On that note, it’s time for a trip home! Yes, that’s right. I didn’t think it was going to happen, but for a number of reasons, I’m going to MAKE it happen. Oh, Canada. I’ve missed you!