Category: weeknotes

– summer started on the clock: as soon as the solstice was here, the skies became clear, the wind quieted down and temperatures rose above 25C. it’s been beach-weather everyday this week!

– the boy had his first vaccine, and i have mine scheduled for tomorrow. hurray!

– the parents have arrived, and we’re enjoying some days of their lovingly fussing. :) my mom brought her newest kitchen gadget along, and we’ve been having fun giving it a go with recipes that she’s a bit afraid of trying on her own.

– while taking the parents to the island earlier today, i forgot my phone in my pocket as i waded in the waist-deep water of the ria, and i think i might have accidentally drowned it… sigh. :(

– the boy got his vaccination scheduled for next week! :D i’m supposed to be able to schedule mine tomorrow, and i can’t wait! soooo ready to do my part in order to end this pandemic already. plus, i want hugs!

– speaking of which, my parents are coming to visit next week, both also fully vaccinated and with arms wide open!

– after talking about craig‘s walking adventures in japan for ages, the boy surprised me with a special projects membership for my birthday. it has been a real treat to explore all the members-only materials, and getting even more wanderlust to go hike some pilgrimage routes in japan.

– i also got a new analogue camera, which we built from scratch on my birthday and then took for a spin. can’t wait to see what’ll come out of it!

– and this gorgeous bunch of flowers, from a friend on the other side of the world:

i feel ridiculously lucky, and loved.

i’m now caught up with the azores posts (woohoo!), though not at all caught up with work (sigh…). but besides that, here’s what else has been going on lately:

– played kubb with friends + had a picnic, both perfect to inaugurate the summer season.

– watched douglas by hannah gadsby, and coded bias, looking forward to roadrunner.

– good news for those of us who’ll probably have alzheimer at some point!

– finally started a javascript course! it’s been years since i last coded anything, so i’m a little bit excited to learn the ropes of another new language.

– the letter is off to the landlord, and so, unless something weird happens, i guess we’re buying a house! scary and exciting in equal measure.

– first covid nose + throat swab. unpleasant, but mercifully quick. two more to go in the next few weeks.

– stumbled on a pair of friendly egyptian goose, just going about their day at parque das nações! the thrill of spotting a new bird for the first time still hasn’t worn off.

– and we’re off to the azores! :)

– i guess we’re buying a house? my head hurts from all the math we have to do in order to pull this through, and it’s scary not knowing how things will go. this is very much not our style… but we’ve talked to so many different people about it this week, and everyone says we’d be fools not to go ahead, so i think i feel a bit more at ease with the decision now. let’s see how it goes.

– now that i know we’ll be staying put for a few more years, i’m going to hang these cute birdhouses that my brother made for us. :) we’ll try to put them in spots that we can see from the house, so that we can spy their new occupants. i’m rooting for blue tits!

– finally got a prescription to treat a stupid nail fungus that has been bothering me for a while now. good riddance.