The daily notes
EVERY DAY ONE STORY.Daily notes · From the archive →
A cocktail of excitement and fear
Today, Mandy, Ollie, and I went to our new house for the first time. Just the three of us. No realtor.
The mentor role
Today, my cousin José was at our Thais Tafelen headquarters for a meeting. She’s studying multimedia design and will do her graduation assignment with us. A win-win situation.
The best feeling in the world
The best feeling in the world can only be experienced for a short moment in time. With the word feeling, I don’t mean in the sense of feeling something inside, like feeling sad, happy, or nauseous. So, if you thought that being is love is the best feeling in the world, then you’re not right.
A walking zombie
Today I was like a walking zombie. Physically, I was there. I moved boxes from A to B.
I’m becoming a homeowner for the first time
As of today, the wait is over. After a couple of tense days and a final morning with sweaty hands, it is done. Within 30 minutes of being 100% sure Mandy’s house is sold, we signed for our new home.
I don’t feel inspired
It’s just past midnight now. After yesterday’s ridiculous time to start writing a new story, we’ve made progress. But now we’ve bumped into another problem.
Sometimes things can get worse
Yesterday, it was 00:56 when I finished writing my story. Today, it’s 01.20 in the middle of the night. But I’m not finished.
Starting a commitment in a busy life
At this exact moment it’s 00:36. Yes, that’s after midnight. This morning my alarm went off at 07.30 and around 22.00 I was back home.
Being busy and being tired
A deadly combination. To be busy and to be tired at the same time. We all know the feeling.
We have a new home!
This morning we got THE phone call. The realtor from yesterday’s story called us for a negotiation. After we found a problem with the roof that required a timely fix, we gave the current owners two options: either we stay with our current bid and they fix the roof.