Men with Guns!

Another loooong day! This morning the &%^$!@ alarmclock rang at 3.15 AM but I didn't need any coffee or even Redbull to keep me awake today! While biking to the stadium I passed by William's place and saw his lights still burning hehe he just got home from the "bridge" (poor thing!! ) and my new day was starting already!! Kinda funny! When I arrived at work there was no time for yawning...till 9 o'clock Maurits and I had to follow a VERY tight schedule but we managed all just right in time! Pfew! Sweat running all over the body! Besides, surrounded by 300 armed policemen we felt a bit unconfortable hehe; they did keep us alert and awake though. It was a "topsecret" briefing, and during the presentation we were not allowed to enter the lounge. Oh well, "secret"?? A parking space FULL with police cars, police dogs, a huge amount of storage boxes, ..., as if "nothing" was going to happen?! You don't fool us! Curious as we are we turned on the radio this morning and eventually learned about their actions:

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Tientallen arrestaties na inval in Bergen

Dinsdag 27 februari 2007 - BERGEN OP ZOOM - Driehonderd medewerkers van politie, justitie en FIOD-ECD hebben vanmorgen vroeg bij invallen in zeventwintig woningen en bedrijfspanden in Bergen op Zoom tientallen arrestaties verricht.

In het grootste rechercheonderzoek sinds vele jaren stellen politie en justitie een belangrijke slag te hebben toegebracht aan een criminele organisatie die zich, vanuit Bergen op Zoom, bezig zou houden met de grootschalige teelt en handel in softdrugs. Bovendien wordt de bende verdacht van het witwassen van crimineel geld.

Onderzoek van deze krant wijst uit dat de bende, die zich concentreerde rond de Bergse familie A., de laatste jaren tientallen miljoenen euro's heeft omgezet.

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Give me a break!!

I knew a very busy period would start at work these days but when I saw next week's schedule earlier today I was just s p e e c h l e s s ... For example, starting at 5AM while doing the "bridge-shift" the night before >>> usually I won't be home before 4AM, and then I have to leave at 4.30AM again?!? That's no life!! I asked Maurits to have a close look at the details again hehe. I'm a hard worker but I'm not crazy. At least, not THAT crazy...

Sooo silly me...

I lost my wallet...so I thought. I've been missing the damn thing since last Sunday and I've been looking for it over and over again for days! Soooo annoying, living without an ATM- and creditcard, or even cash money!! It makes you kinda creative though ;) (uhh mom, I stole a bread from your fridge hehe. you'll get one in return this weekend!!) Eventually I gave up the searching and reported my missing belongings to the police and just when I was going to block my cards I felt like checking my dust-bin in the garden. Don't ask me why, I just felt like it!! And my oh my, my mouth fell wide open... I found my wallet! HOW &#^!%& did that thing get there!!! I must have thrown it with some garbage, but geez, you would notice something like THAT, wouldn't you?? I think it's too weird; the fact that it was lying in the dust-bin, the fact that I had the urge to look in there, even though I had no CLUE to look in there, and if I had been a little bit later the thing would have been emptied (is that a verb??) by the refuse-collector. I must have a guardian angel...

The dutch saying "scherven brengen geluk" says these *&%@!% splinters -that are now in my garbage can- WILL bring me happiness... I really do hope so. So far I've broken 3 (!!) plates already this week! Ouch! Too much in a hurry > stress > CHAOS... I guess hehe. Or maybe I'm just being a very VERY clumsy person

"'t Bleft Kunst"

't Bleft Kunst 2007 - Carnival in Roosendaal Feb. 16th-20th! After RBC's homematch on Friday we managed to finish work pretty early; it was around 2AM so we did a good job! =) The idea was that we would ALL go to the pub afterwards and have some beers & cheers, but work did not go all well this night and Vivian, Annet, Maurits and William ended up in a very bad mood and decided to stay at the stadium. Their loss ;) So we left without them, I wasn't too happy with that but if I'd stayed as well I know that would have ruined my happy mood as well. AND THAT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT!! (No) thanks to a very bleeding nose (I'm having LOTS of them this week - not much fun!), we only arrived in town just before 3 AM, so we were lucky and allowed to get in! Time flies when you're having fun and soon it was 4 AM and I really had to hurry to get me some very fast food!!! My god, Alanya was already closed, Willy's was closed, everything closed!?! Pfeew De Smalle Pijp was just closing its rolling shutter but -my luck!-they were nice enough to let me in! YAY for them! I know it's no good, but I just can't sleep without a big fat meal in my stomach after a working night!

On Saturday I went to see the parade. The weather was just great! With a nice cold beer in my hand and the sun burning on my skin and a bunch of happy people around me, I was just sitting there enjoying the moment. Life can be good ;) Afterwards I went to grab me something to eat (for the 3rd time visiting De Smalle Pijp this week...*shame on me*) and ended up having a drink with some colleagues from the hospital before heading home. Pretty tired.

Mon-Tue-Wed I was off from RBC and worked at CMA. Especially on Monday the Emergency Room was extreeeemely busy! The phone rang almost constantly! But lucky me, from 9am I was with either Sophie or Bas at ophthalmology (did I spell that right?!?) these days, with is soooo quite and almost peaceful hehe. Good to escape the carnival-troubles and recover some yourself haha Sophie was wearing baseball caps these days not to show her face too much...this morning she was absent due to sickness :P

Tomorrow the extremely-hectic-RBC-period will start. That's why we had the 3 days off. To "recharge" hehe. I feel pretty tired already! Maybe I shouldn't have worked at the hospital and stay in bed for those days... hmmm just a thought...

*Smelly cat!* what is she feeding you?!

Recognize this sweety?! =) I had the honour to care for and play with the lovely Timba over the past few days! Just wondering... wasn't I feeding him ENOUGH?!? Each time I sneaked into the room I caught the *fat cat* (hehe) eating from the plants!! It looks like he's gotten himself quite some meal already! The *big boss* said he asks for attention that way...oh well he got it

Happy Valentine!

ps I DID have dinner with my gorgeous colleague tonight...at the local snackbar! So far for "romance"...

Long time no blog! Ain't got no time, ain't got no life hehe. It's been a pretty hectic time since I OFFICIALLY started as a fulltimer at RBC Le Royal. Not that I didn't make the working hours before - being a parttimer you can work fulltime as well hehe - but now I work more during daytime which is quite different than the night shifts. I will now only work at CMA when I start not before the afternoon or evening at RBC . Since work during daytime is totally different than what I was used to, I still have to learn a lot! It's a somewhat stressfull time for me but it seems William, Vivian, Suzanne & Maurits are very patient with me ;) Ohh well, what choice do they have? They need me badly since a very busy period is starting off very soon. Let's pray I'll be ready for that! =) Not that much to report besides the daily work-eat-sleep. This week I've promised myself to look more after myself and eat more healthy hehe. It's about time... ;) And I've enjoyed catching up with Maaike and Gemmy this weekend! It's been way too long! I so needed this! If a day only lasted twice as long... =)