Ben helped out as a Divinum volunteer so, when it was announced that all volunteers would be invited to a thank-you fondue dinner, he had his spot! He actually worked surprisingly diligently to deserve it, too.
Tag: slice of life
Divinum 2021
I was only supposed to volunteer a couple of evenings, but given that they were severely understaffed and Ben decided that he wanted to help out, I ended up doing Thu-Sat-Sun-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun. It was good fun, though I was told to slow down the pace a couple of times :D It’s nice to feel appreciated for a job well done :) If you can, I highly recommend volunteering – it’s a good bunch of people and they treat you well! Plus. it’s a very good way to get your steps in!!
Also, thank you Domaine du Mont D’or and Enoteca Capponi for your kind gifts!
See you next time :)
Finally made it to Europapark
It was a very early morning, a longish drive to and from, and only involved à modicum of drama and arguments. We still managed to have a good day, overall.
For future reference, if we go again, this is what we did:
| Switzerland | Swiss Bob Run Matterhorn Blitz |
| Austria | Alpenexpress Coastiality Tiroler Log Flume |
| Italy | Ghost Castle Volo Da Vinci |
| Scandinavia | Fjord-Rafting Vindjammer |
| Netherlands | Pirates of Batavia |
| England | London Bus Panorama Train Station Paddington |
Gold medallist in losing shit
With great skill and talent, the boy has managed to lose his wallet, with bus pass and debit/credit card. We are so not amused. We’ve turned the flat upside-down. I’ve scoured his room (and will probably need a tetanus booster). No luck. And, of course, it’s our fault for not having thought to put a GPS tracker on it.
I hate my life.
Boy is growing up.
Had a drink at Schilliger last weekend… Sporting a ew coat, still needs a haircut.
So a funny thing happened to my after breakfast yesterday…
It didn’t agree with me and a bad allergic reaction sent me to the ER. First time since 2019, but still not long enough for my peace of mind… It can be one of two things: sunflower seed butter (a peanut butter alternative I wanted to try) or French vanilla Nescafe instant coffee (which apparently now contains Chicory, which it didn’t used to before and can cause reactions to people allergic to ragweed, like myself).
So yeah. I was on my way to see my therapist. I felt fine enough, but then things went south rather quickly and happily a friend who lived nearby to the doctor’s office could drive me up to the ER. There, it was the usual rigmarole but things settled down quickly enough – I just had to spend 6h under observation to make sure there wasn’t a rebound flare-up again, even with the drugs.
While I was there, some time in the afternoon, something happened to break up the boredom. Here’s a chat extract between myself, Katy, and the guys at work:
Nurses in a bit of a tizzy, apparently someone did a runner and “escaped” through a window
And now there’s mention of calling the cops
It gets better!
It’s a lady
Who is tearing into cars and pedestrians with her cane
She’s just wearing a hospital gown
While on her rampage
Hospital staff are tailing her but won’t get too close
Doctors are scrounging for fast acting good drugs
Cops are in sight as well but no one wants to get near
There is lots of discussion on best to grab, sedate, restrain and get her back here
She has a weapon. Maybe a tazer or a trank gun.
Drama! They caught her.
They brought her back to the ER. I can hear her yell that she’s a terrorist… Except she sounds like a disturbed older white lady.
Who is now yelling that she is Satan the devil’s son, she needs her drugs and wants to go to jail
And you thought the afternoon would be dull.
She’s right outside my cubicle.
They have her in restraints I’m assuming?
I can hear handcuffs rattling.
Next hour is going to be different…
She says she’s a junkie and wants more drugs. That’s where she was going – to buy some.
Sounds like she was on a hell of a combo.
Whatever she’s on, it’s not the good shit.
She’s in a different ward and I can still hear her yell her head off
They need to give her something ending in -pam
Maybe she just needs a nice hot cup of tea?
She’s not in her happy place
Just yelling herself hoarse screaming I WANT MY DRUGS
I hope the restraints on her bed are solid. That kind of crazy can be dangerous…
I guess she just need someone to talk with
you should go and talk to her
I’m still plugged into the matrix
And besides, something tells me she’s not in the mood got chit chat.
I’ll go talk to her if she’ll share her drugs.
I don’t think you want what she had
These don’t seem the I love you man everything is beautiful sort of drugs
More like the THERE ARE SPIDERS ALL OVER MY BRAIN sort
I’d avoid those.
They don’t taste nice.
The nice weather is attracting the nutters at beer beach
Colin and I met up for beach beers last night. First thing we noticed, the commune recently installed a handrail to get into the lake. WTF??? Anyway. Back to the beach.
It was crowded with… interesting people. There was a group of people practicing scarf juggling, fire juggling, led light juggling, etc. We had our own light show until well into the night.
Before the sun went down, we had an altogether different sort of show as someone (*) decided to go for a topless swim, as you do (and no, no pictures, that would be bad form). Walk up, whip off clothes, go for a frolic, walk out, go away. Truly random.
Was one of our better evenings…
(*) early twenties, buxom, cute, confident as hell.
Fête des voisins
It was suggested that we do a fête des voisins, given that restrictions are lifting and there are lots of new faces in the building. Katy got volunteered to set it up – given our past involvement in Halloween and things, and also we’re some of the longest-standing residents in the building. It was last minute, but it was very well received by people old and new. It also lasted 3h longer than scheduled and involved us bringing the bbq from the balcony and setting it up in the play area. All in all, great success!
Conversation with the child
A lot of the times, even if they don’t go like this, it’s waaaay too close to the internal monologue I’m having.
#ILoveMorges #FeteDeLaTulipe2021
