Check in!

What made me happy today? Check in!
I'm working in Roeselare today and tomorrow. As this means a very long drive both ways (2 hours to get there, and at least 3 hours to get back), my manager approved an overnight stay in a hotel. That means I don't have to get up at the ungodly hour of 4:45 tomorrow morning!
And I get a yummy hotel breakfast tomorrow. Or so I hope.
Plus, it's kind of awesome that I can do this. It really helps to reduce my stress levels. Now I don't have to spend three or more hours behind the wheel to get home, frustrated at how people here can't drive when it rains. And I don't have to get up that early tomorrow, as the hotel is a 5 minute drive from where I'll be working :-)
So yay for awesome companies that let you stay at a hotel! Now I'm going to check out what I'm missing out on by not having cable-TV at home ;-)

London - the pictures!

What made me happy today? The pictures from my trip to London!

-me and my brain-twin, dressed up for her Brave birthday party (I'm the one with the tiara):

-up, close and personal:

-cider is great!

-owl tree:

-Bunkerleute must be promoted, even abroad!

-epic rage face:

-wonky tree:

Brave books

What made me happy today? Having an awesome weekend in London!
Okay, technically, it was in Watford. But it was fun!
We (that is the BF and I) took the Eurostar on Friday. All went well, and soon I was reunited with my brain-twin! Underground we went, to take the underground! (see what I did there?) One stop later we hopped onto a train, and soon we got to our destination. Went to Tesco the next morning, huzzah for cheap, healthy cookies! We also wend book-shopping on Saturday, as both the BF and myself are avid readers. I scored a grand total of 12 books, at some really awesome low prices (yay for charity shops!)! And to top it off, we had supper at the local pub. I had the all-day breakfast :-) Yum!
That evening it was time for my brain-twin's Brave themed birthday party. As she is a dead ringer for princes Merida, we all dressed up! No pics yet, they will follow once I get them. It was a blast! I discovered cider, we played darts and pool and had loads of laughs. There was a moment in which we thought I might be secretly British, I love cider and my favorite flavour of crisps is salt & vinegar. But as I don't like queuing, and have no sentiment regarding talking about the weather it was unanimously decided I am in fact not British after all. Last call came too fast, so we relocated to my brain-twins house. Talked, laughed some more, discovered you can order booze online and watched some Black Books :-) I went to bed around 2, happy but totally tired.
Sunday, we woke up around noon. Had some breakfast, I dyed my brain-twin's hair, talked a lot more, went back to Tesco (jam-filled donuts for 65p? No wonder there's an obesity problem) and bought some food. Back home pancakes and jam-filled donuts were served for afternoon tea, after which we went for a walk, and sat in a park. A perfect way to end a perfect weekend!
Today we came home, which was totally uneventful. So now I'm off to bed, to have fun-filled dreams :-)

London calling!

What made me happy today? London is calling!
And I will answer :-) It was my brain twin's birthday last weekend, and we'll celebrate it in style this weekend! The BF is coming as well, it'll be his fist trip in London. I'm happy he's coming along. I don't really mind traveling by myself, but it's nice to have someone to share the experiences with! It'll be awesome to see my brain twin again, it's been way too long...
Yes, my bag is packed and I'm ready to go! But first I have one more day of work ahead of me.
So London, beware because I'm coming your way!

Home!

What made me happy today? Coming home safely!
I'm home? It's been an exhausting few days, but it' been a lot of fun as well. The meetings were very productive, which is always nice.
But right now I'm just glad to be home, without any delays! So I'm going to grab a shower and have some dinner, after which I'll probably go to bed early.
Going away and feeling like a little princess is nice, but there really is no place like home!

Safe journey

What made me happy today? I arrived at my hotel in one piece!
I had to fly out to Amsterdam today. I have no problem with flying, although I'm not particularly fond of the take off and landing parts. that's because my ears tend to pop. A lot. And it can get quite painful...
But I made it there safely! And I got to enjoy a cup of Starbucks at the airport (not saying coffee, it was more of a coffee-flavored drink).
The flight itself went very smooth and was pretty short. They served a small snack on board, which is always nice :-)
So hurray for a safe journey! Now I'm going to wash the airport and airplane off me.

Pimp my suitcase

What made me happy today? Pimping my suitcase :-)
As I mentioned before I'll have to go on a businesstrip pretty soon. Unfortunately, today I realized that I only have a large suitcase and some smaller weekend bags. But nothing suited for a short stay abroad and airtravel. So I went out and bought a trolley.

As you can see it's a pretty generic black suitcase. In order to be able to swiftly recognize it at the airport, I decided to 'pimp' my suitcase. And what better place to get some stuff to achieve my goal with than the Metalzone? I dashed in there, chose a new CD (for the curious ones among you: 'Vanity is a virtue' by Nicodemus') and started choosing some stickers. After a fun chat with Wim, I took everything back home and started puzzling.
The end-result is not too shabby if I say so myself.

My little suitcase is now proudly featuring stickers from following bands: Cradle of Filth, Ramones, Opeth, Sonata Artica, Nightwish and Slipknot. So cool!
I'm just wondering what they'll think of it at the airport :-)
Oh, and Wim, if you're reading this: thanks for the little Easter egg I found in my bag, it was very tasty :-)