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July 09, 2003 : eternal saturdays
Having Eva at home is like having consecutive Saturdays. One after the other. Sleeping in a bit, making a plan of our day, and then executing it. (sounds like a business, eh?) Eva had originally planned to go to the VDAB with Joris but early-morning turned into late morning and it just didn't happen. We had originally planned on meeting up with Marc for a flea-market. But once again, as our morning turned to mid-day, we realized it was not going to happen. Today our list was long (I'm in to describing our lists, aren't I?) But we found ourselves running around Antwerp just hanging out with each other and avoiding eating a worstenbroodje at Panos. Eva's on this big kick of helping me lose 10 kilos. One would think I'd have more willpower than what I currently possess, but today I would have eaten a worstenbroodje for sure. (I was starving) We headed to the exhibition space to pick up my bike and throw it in the Opel. We've decided to fix our Micra in Luxemburg, but we can't seem to get hold of the fixer-upper. (an item on the list bumped to another day.) We traveled up and down Turnhoutsebaan going in and out of random little shops and decided that we can't shop at really low-budget clothing stores anymore because the styles are hideous and we're not that desperate. Notice that I'm not really calling the clothes ugly, because I know there are people out there that can make 9 Euro outfits look great. Eva and I, however, are not that person. In fact, we went into a second hand store and felt much the same way. Eva was hovering close to calling the store "filled with trash" but we decided that, once again, there were people out there that could make the odd items work together in some strange ensemble. (reminder, we are not one of those people!) Our greatest adventure of the day was going to the new ecohouse of Antwerp. We were yet again reminded to recycle more, consume less, and do all sorts of energy-efficient practices. We were also reminded that being eco-minded costs a lot of cash. No one I know could afford to build such a house as the one we saw. Ok, so maybe we can get the "save our rainwater" mechanism so we can water our plants/grass in our non-existent garden and maybe if we had a house we could install a solar panel, and of course we could make a huge compost heap if we had the space or the need, but as of right now, none of this is practical. We'll stick to our city-sponsored trash sorting and do the best we can until we have better means. Besides buying two Chinese beers at the Chinese supermarket, the best "find of the day" was a freebie! (Eva loves anything free) It was a bio-bag holder for our kitchen. It's not one of those Wibra or Ikea generic versions, but a very sturdy double-topped one. It's awesome. As soon as we got home, Eva put it together and put it to work. At least this means we can't let our bio-bag sit there until it has maggots. No one wants maggots in their kitchen! And what else? Nothing. That was the most of our day. We considered our options and were frustrated at the fact that we can't just pack up and go on vacation. The needing a vacation and the not-taking a vacation (just yet) only adds to the need side of the vacation scales. We're not talking spending a month in a beach-side flat somewhere in Portugal, we have lessened and snipped our desires to simply be tent in boot of car, steak-shishkebobs in the cooler (we consequently don't have a cooler), a full tank of gas, a spare tire in the boot, and the open road. We've even considered pitching our tent in the back of her mother's van and heading to the coast. What this means, really, is that we're desperate. Desperate to get away and drown our sorrows, stresses, and fears in sunlight and starry nights. Sounds like a good plan to me. IN THE NEWS: |