Trying to finish a transaction with Amnesty: orderd 2 packs of christmas cards & a t-shirt. Shirt was too small and I wanted to swop it for a bigger one. Phoned customer service: “just post us the shirt, you’ll get another one.”

After 2 weeks I call back: what’s the status of my t-shirt? Guy at phone can’t help me, someone’ll call me back later in half an hour. After 1 hour I’m called by firm that doesn’t know why they should call me, only it’s on their sheet… (after having replaced the phone, it dawns on me that this might be connected to AI: the company seals stuff). I phone AI back, and a nice man finds out that my swop isn’t in the system and fixes things. 2 hours later, someone from AI calls me: “How can I help?” I tell him, I already called back myself and that matters are OK now (I think).

Bigger t-shirt arrived some days ago (alas, still too small – both M and L aren’t what I’m used to at H&M…). Today another bigger t-shirt arrived, plus a free pack of cards and a bill. No way I’m gonna pay for this… (I know, I could consider it a gift to AI, but I think 30 euros is a bit grand). Mailed customer services… to be continued.

Still, AI does great work in the political arena.

Due to some  kind of cold or flu, where I feel reasonably well in the morning and not at all in the afternoon, I’ve had to cancel a crafts fair, a baby visit and a day of museums in Rotterdam tomorrow. Grrrr. I only get to hang out on the sofa, read Stieg Larssons Luftskib and knit a dog sweater (all at the same time, mind you). And to boot, it’s my long-awaited fall vacation…

Packing for Denmark. My brother and I are going to move house for my father, who is finally going to an old folks home in Haslev. It’s a bit stressful and chaotic at times, but on the other hand, the objective is clear: getting the new apartment to look friendly and have my dad settled in there.

O yes, Bart is staying at home – too much work…

Unfortunately, I didn’t win the tickets for After Life – the opera, Gnoe (see last post) offered on her blog… And I only have time this evening… Nothing to be done about it – Hopefully NPS will air it someday, or hopefully, it will be repeated at the Stopera after the international tour.

One of my plans upon graduation was to Read More Literature – not just Young Adult Literature and/or Pulp. Unfortunately, the reading done has been limited, due to all kinds of stressful events etc. So I’ve simply been too tired or more in the mood for knitting.

But yesterday – during a walk arond Meijendaal in The Hague – Gnoe talked about the 24-hour challenge at bookcrossing. It’s also just a nice way to claim time to read! So I’m going to find a weekend and only do reading soon – also to relax a bit. And to finish the third Larsson, that I find a little bit boring at the moment….

Everybody’s been knitting the Seascape Stole, including me. As I had to knit it in really laceweighty yarn, it took forever

It was a present for my mother’s 70 year birthday, and she really liked it. I chose the seascape because she lives in Scheveningen and the colour because it suits her.

Afgelopen donderdag ben ik dus afgestudeerd! Enerzijds vreemd, anderzijds voel ik echt een last van mijn schouders vallen.

Door mij te pletter te werken en door een goed examen (20 min. presentatie, 30 min. vragen) heb ik een 9 weten te scoren. Ben dus erg tevreden !

Had een voldoende voor mijn afstudeerdossier, zit nu dus bij Cogis mijn presentatie voor te bereiden. (oeps, deze post hoort eigenlijk meer thuis in mijn cogis-blog…)

Zo, afgelopen donderdag met de trein naar Den Haag om een dik pakket met mijn afstudeerdossier in viervoud in te leveren… Na rustig weekendje nog steeds moe….

dijkje

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Uit lopen met een subset van de Wandelgrrls – incl. 3 mannen ‘van’. Het was een erg leuke wandeling, met veel kikkergeblaat, mooi weer, bloemen en afsluitende appeltaart in Zevenaar.