00:00 – My wife and daughter sing me Happy Birthday! I love them, they make me happy.
07:45 – I wake up late, skip shaving. Take a quick shower and think: “This will be over very soon.”
08:15 – I sit in my car, had no breakfast, no caffeine and can’t manage to configure the iPhone bluetooth, damn, time to go!. At least the garage remote is now working (I disassembled/fixed it last night). On my way to work, no traffic jam, everything is covered in snow, just perfect and white! I dream the whole way, make it in less than one hour.
09:15 – No parking, I parked on the visitors parking space (I hope the car is still here when I leave later tonight).
10:00 – Jeez, when will this be over. I think my face shows what I feel. I feel like… this isn’t going to work. When will this be over?
12:45 – Time for lunch after an “Excel”lent morning of work. I wonder what’s good to eat. I could eat a small farm animal. Had fish and boiled potatoes. I ate a Magnum, I deserved it, and It is now the high point of the day.
13:15 – Back to work, I wonder when this will be over. This is not the way I should be spending my (birth)days.
14:00 – Jeez, what am I supposed to do? Maybe I will leave at 16p.m.
16:00 – Still here, I will leave at 17p.m.
17:00 – I am leaving… in a moment, something important came up.
18:00 – Time to go. The car is still here, I feel relief. I sit in the car and try to configure the iPhone and can’t make it work (while driving)… Better leave it alone. No 60-euro-refuel-damn-oil-prices-day. It is not snowing today. No traffic jams. I’m thinking there’s no way I will keep this for much longer, I plan my weekend and make a quick assessment on the past events, it was a week full of decisions and finally I can see some good in the future ahead (not sure where or when though…). It will be a nice evening with my girls and I feel excited about tomorrow’s event.
19:30 – I made it home. The remote still works like a charm (I must be some kind of engineer).
20:00 – Ordered chinese. Heard from my dearest friend and shared my best with my girls. Glühwein for a good night sleep.
22:00 – Packing for tomorrow. We’ll drive 3 hours till the mountains for the Christmas event, I should be a blast. I am really excited for my daughter, she will love the snow! And the Spa… let’s see…
23:00 Time’s up. I made it, I am now 33!
PS: I thank my family for being there for me even at a distance. I thank my friends that never forget, they are better than I am.
