So, back in Belgium, for a 10 day stay during the traditional end of year celebrations with friends and family. Maybe I should emphasize family, cause everywhere I went, I seemed to encounter babies and toddlers. I suppose it’s normal, most people of my generation are now having kids, or trying to (which can be less fun). Still, it takes some getting used, with having your friends concentrating only partially on what you’re saying, cause 30% of their attention is on their kids. And much of their mind seems to be focused on it as well. Parents can go on in great length comparing diapers, sleeping time, who does the baby resemble most etc. All okay for a little while, but when you can’t contribute… Thank God I had Loïc, my god child, to be able to share a couple of experiences as well, and that seemed to reassure (or revive) some of the discussions as well.
Still, as usual, it’s nice to see everybody, and at least you see a lot of family in a short amount of time, but it was definitely not a holiday. We again didn’t sleep twice in the same spot consecutive, running around with loaded backpacks, hurrying to catch the train or the bus, as well as colds.
Don’t know when we’ll be back in Belgium, probably not in 2010, since most of the year seems quite hectic (we used up the last of our NGO paid ticket, and we have to finalize all the activities by 1st of October 2010, to finalize our 3 year programme so it’ll be cramped).
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Don’t know when we’ll be back in Belgium, probably not in 2010, since most of the year seems quite hectic (we used up the last of our NGO paid ticket, and we have to finalize all the activities by 1st of October 2010, to finalize our 3 year programme so it’ll be cramped).
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