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Weekend Apprecation Project

I really can't complain. The job is nice, colleagues fun and friendly. The weather beautiful. I go for nice lunches and after work drinks. But still: thank god it's weekend! Ivonne is in town and after taking care of some final business in the big crazy house in Schaarbeek that we really would rather avoid now but ok this final time we go, it will really be weekend.

And what am I going to do this weekend? After a year of relative neglicence, I am going to spend some time with la famille on my grandmother's 79th birthday. The theme is Spanish. My contribution:

Yes, a bit mediocre, I know you were all expecting splendid impressive extravagant cooking. I'm still waiting for that first paycheck ;-)

Have a nice weekend!

The Garden

The Financial Director is a quite messy person and eventhough the bills and all financial papers are perfectly in order (THE DESK IS EMPTY) keeping anything not financial in order or clean doesn't interest her much.

She doesn't like cooking, cleaning and in general is not a good housewife-to-be, BUT somehow there is a fascination for gardening. Don't ask why it's just as strange a fascination as collecting poststamps (which she does).

After working for 4 hours in the front yard, 3 big garbage bags later she returnes victorious to the house. She expects compliments or at least somebody noticing. NOTHING, NOTHING at all.

The work of the Financial Director is generally not so much appreciated or better said... People have no clue what you're doing and if you try to explain it, which you suck at, it doesn't help at all. And apparently the CD also doesn't appreciate gardeners.

So dear network and especially the people that visited the house before please be amazed at the nice work done. Compliments can be put under reactions or send to treasurer@aegee.org

Mexican times

Yesterday I was quite convinced to be the first case in Belgium with the Swine Flu (aka H1N1). With all other CD members out on meetings or traveling, Ivonne and I took a recovery day which consisted basically of shopping for fruits etc. She did some gardening, I sent out the website poll. Dragan came back from Paris and tried to relax and watch some TV, until I came to bother him about a workshop to be given at the EU Russia conference. Bedtime: 1.00 am. 

Today we were supposed to have CD meeting at 10.00 am, but somehow most of the CD was now infected with Swine Flu and in coma. Percin was up on time and went to the conference to help them out. Dragan and I also joined for a few hours to give a workshop on advocacy methods for youth. Me mostly as background decoration, but OK. 

Coming back to the house, I cooked dinner, something Mexican, to celebrate the fact that I probably don't have Swine Flu but a normal one, and am feeling much better now. 

Ivonne said several times that she particularly liked the tortilla chips, which I didn't make, but came straight out of a bag. She still has something to learn about appreciation. 

Now it's almost 10 pm. Everybody is still in the office. CD-elect Denis came by to say hi and deal with some visa issues. We are listening to eurovision songs. Norway is particularly popular, though Percin keeps cheering for the Turkish entry which is in fact a Belgian girl. 

One more calm day tomorrow (though with a LOT of work, uffff) and then again a crazy weekend with way too many visitors.