...and the energy star goes to...

june 25 2008

None of my friends is amazed I'm the one who does the cleaning here.
They've witnessed the help I got half a lifetime ago, when we still lived at the student appartment.

My young, handsome and very intelligent husband dealt in a very creative way with cleaning the room.
Instead of vacuuming he just took the broom, lifted the carpet and....

Yes, he did!

Now 6 children and their friends crowd the house, we don't have a carpet in the middle of the livingroom anymore.
It wouldn't be able to cover all the dust he brushes underneath. LOL!

So I'm the vacuuming Queen.

Downstairs I use a nice red one, like I'm a firefighter.
Each day I lift it upstairs and clean everything there, with a special brush I even vacuum on top of things so the bright sparkling surfaces are my awards for taking the effort.

At the attick, I have a lovely tiny yellow one.
I bought it after I fell from the stairs with the red one.

It was a nasty accident.
Because we don't have electricity in the attick, I had to use a contact in the girls's room. The line got stuck behind the wardrobe and one of the children stumbled over it, pulling me and the vacuumcleaner backwards when I was going upstairs.

At the time I bought the yellow one. There wasn't a cordless vacuumcleaner on the market.
I certainly would have bought it.

I've used a kind of AccuCharge technology for a little handvacuum in the kitchen and I like it to bits.
One uses far less energy than with a normal vacuum, simply because one thinks first about efficient use. The thing is so old here, that the battery charges just a little of it's normal capacity. (Yes, we need a new one.)

The new Dirt Devil has an inbuilt reduced enery use, which means that in our household we would even use less energy.
Do you know that the Dirt Devil is the first cordless vacuum to be Energy Star approved? The cordless cleaner and the handvacuumcleaner use 70% less energy than normal vacuumcleaners.
That's enough to have a nice bouquet of flowers on the table each week to award yourself for all you do, and still save money!

Apart from that, the stickmodels are light and easy to use.

I hope these new Dirt Devil enters my house soon.

I've got only one problem.
I have to rename my entire family.
They're not the ones anymore that are called Dirt Devils.

Any suggestions?

to gap or not to gap

june 25 2008

Our visit to the orthodontist was surprising.

Ofcourse we knew that she lacked permanent molars at 3 places and teeth at 2.
But it turned out that she lacked one at even another place, and no one noticed before.

That she has a little sharp tooth beside her two large front teeth we've seen.
We thought it looks cute, and assumed it was a babytooth.

It isn't according to the orthodontist.
Well, it's been there since she got her first teeth and never fell out, but hej, why discuss this to someone who wants to know best?

I expected more important matters, and I was right.

He wants to make a gap between the teeth at the other side and place an implanted tooth beside the front ones.
"Because symmetry is best".

Not for chewing, not for anything else than "the looks".

My daughter and I looked at each other exchanging some thoughts, and so I told him that when "the looks" never raised a question before, it also wouldn't raise a question later.

Luckily we have 6 months to a year to decide, because she needs a brace below, before she needs a brace there.

What would you do?

Vlaggetjesdag and Dutch-English history

june 7 2008

Today is an important traditional day for those who love herring.

It's vlaggetjedag.

It's the day that the new herring arrives at Scheveningen and is presented to the public.

This year the fishingseason for herring has started earlier, and I've enjoyed the taste of herring since wednesday, but vlaggetjesdag is more than herring alone.

The fisherships parade through sea in front of the coast, and the public can see how the people used to live in this traditional herringfishing village.
A new rescueboat of the KNMR (Koninklijke Nederlandse Reddingsmaatschappij/Royal Dutch Rescue organisation) will be presented to the public too.

Last year more than 250.000 people crowded Scheveningen and this year at least as many people are expected.

Scheveningen is now part of The Hague.
It lies between the main part of The Hague and the sea.

Scheveningen is already mentioned in 1280, as "Sceveninghe".
Because it was situated near rich fishingareas in the sea, the main source of income was fish.

On august 10 1654 the battle of Scheveningen was fought between the Dutch (United Provinces) and the Commonwealth of England.
It was the result of an English blockade of the Dutch coast which followed after the English won the battle of Nieuwpoort and with it the reighn over the North Sea.
The English had sunken quite a lot of Dutch ships and the blockade, with the capture of many Dutch merchant boats, meant unemployment and starvation for many Dutch people.
The Dutch were a seafaring nation and needed fishing and trading for a good stable economy.

The battle of Scheveningen was fierce. Many ships were sunk, and the Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp lost his life.
Nothing was told to the fighting men, so they wouldn't loose their morale.

Both fleet had to withdraw and both claimed victory.
The English because they thought themselves to be tactical superior, and the Dutch, because the blockade was lifted.

To make the story short: this all led to negotiotions and to the Treaty of Westminster in 1654. Which meant that the United Provinces had to recognise the Navigation Acts of Oliver Cromwell which required that only english ships could import goods into the Commonwealth of England, with the exception of certain ships from the countries of origin of the goods they were carrying.
The Treaty also entailed an Acrt of Seclusion: William III, Prince of Orange wouldn't become Stadhouder.

Both sides were unhappy though, so soon they had another war: the second Anglo-Dutch war, which lasted from 1665 to 1667.

Leading up to the war were many petty incidents with greeting the flag, political abuse and open conflicts which spread all over the world against the Dutch.

Robert Holmes, in service of the Royal African Company, was send to capture Dutch trading posts and colonies in West Africa, at the same time as the English attacked the Dutch Colony New Netherland in North America (at what now is called Governors Island).

Michiel de Ruyter went first to Africa to free the colonies and then went to America to do the same.

The English fleet attacked and as soon as the Dutch fired back the English declared the war.
It was march 4 1665.
In England the warmachine was fueled with propaganda against the Dutch. Stories of atrocities in Africa, which were based on nothing, were invented to demonise the Dutch.

The english wanted to break the Dutch tradingroutes and treaties.
Their ships were heavier than the Dutch.

But they miscalculated.
The English weren't able to replace their ships as fast and plenty as the Dutch.
Even though England was inhabited by 4 times as many people as The Dutch Republic, most of them were poor peasants. They had to lean on the money the cities could afford.
The Dutch however were able to raise more money and built more ships.

Added to it: England had to deal with the Great Plague and the Great fire of London, thus with great economical loss.

The first battle was won by the English: the battle of Lowetoft on june 13.
But Johan de Witt, one of the main political figures, joined the fleet himself. He swept bad officers and bad tactics from the table and reinstalled new ones.
When De Ruyter returned from America he was given command of a modernised fleet, which quickly grew as the Dutch shipyards produced about 7 times more ships than the English.
The economical difference between England and the Dutch grew when the Spice ships of the VOC returned safely home from the East Indies.

In secret the English managed to motivate the Bishop of Münster, Bernhard von Galen, to invade the Dutch Republic, while the English wanted a Spanish-English coalition.

The French Louis IX wass bound by a treaty of 1662 to support the Dutch in a war with England, but he witheld his aid.
Then he was alarmed by the idea that the fall of the Dutch Republic would mean a large powerful area dominated by the Habsburgs (Germans).

He immediately started "negotiations" with the English, who were shocked by the idea that The Netherlands would either become a Habsburg possession or fall under the French protection. Both options would be disastrous for England, both strategically and economical.

So Clarendon was send to make peace.
He contacted the orangists who were about to seize power in the Dutch Republic, but Johan de Witt returned just in time to prevent this.

He decided to end the problems once and for all.
De Ruyter was send and they forced their way to Medway and attacked the last English naval ships.
The English HMS Royal Charles was towed back to The Netherlands as a trophy.
Ofcourse the Dutch left the Chatham Dockyard unharmed. The psychological supremacy was assured, no need to destroy a country economically. It would have made them as bad as the English during the blockade.

A peace treaty was signed on july 31, 1667, called the Treaty of Breda.
The English kept New Netherlands and renamed it New York, after James, the Dutch kept the sugar plantations of Suriname.
The Navigation Acts were modernised, so the Dutch were no longer excluded.

This opened up the sea trading routes again, and the Dutch fishermen could safely fish in their own waters again.

So far something about the historical past of the area where we now celebrate vlaggetjesdag.

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looking for dad serving in the RAF during WW2

april 28 2008

I don't know why, but I've spend quite some time trying to find out in which squadron my father was serving in WW2.

I still haven't found out.

It's good I have been to England. I've met the people he stayed with, so no one can tell me he hasn't served in the RAF.
But that's long ago and the people there who knew have died.

I know some of his stories.
Just a few.
The rest he kept to himself.

I also know some things from his chaplain. Not much. But enough to follow some lines.
They didn't lead to my dad, yet.

Maybe they didn't serve in the same squardron at the time, but met later, earlier, or on a base where their squadrons were together.

He was trained as a radio operator and became a flying engineer.

Because he was young he had to stay overbight at a family near the base.
As far as I know he stayed in High Wycombe with an elderly lady somewhere between 1941 and 1943. She was very kind and caring.
Her daughter, Lillian, went to Rhodesia with her husband.

He also stayed in Wolverhampton, where I've met the family.
It's a pity my mother managed to loose the address.
Those people were very kind, and I would have loved to have stayed in contact.

Once my father mentioned he'd been in Nova Scotia, but as soon as I started to ask questions he stopped talking. he never wanted to talk about it again.

His photos were kept in an old shoebox.
I remember him sitting in a Lancaster.
He often told about airplanes like the spitfires, mosquitos and the flying fortress.

One of the most amazing experiences was being with him in France.
He'd always said he'd never been there, but he knew his way there quite well.
No surprise, considering many Dutch young men went through France to go to England.

On the other hand, our family was in the resistance and he might have helped pilots escape.

The last days I've spend hours with a magnifying glass looking at old pictures online.

But why, why can't I find him?
And why can't I find his name, nor that of the chaplain?

Requesting information from the army archives is impossible.
My mom is next of kin and she was so traumatized in the war that she doesn't want to have anything to do with it.
She won't give her consent, so I have to wait untill she dies.

I hope that one day, I'll find out more.

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works for me

march 11 2008

Most people keep a little bit of paint after painting walls, furniture, etc.

We do!

To be able to find the right colour without opening tins and buckets, I put a label on top and a label at the side.
That way it's not a problem to find the right colour when something has happened with your livingroom wall.

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That's my answer: mealtime

march 12 2008

MEALTIME !

Who does the cooking in your house?
If you could have anyone cook for you, would it be?

We used to share cooking time, but now I do the cooking at least 6 days a week.
I don't like cooking very much, especially not for a group of children with different tastes.

If I wanted anyone cooking for us all, it would be:
Jamie Oliver!

He'll teach the children to make the right choices, and it would be great to have his dynamic behaviour brighten our kitchen.

If I had to choose a cook only for me, I'm not sure.
It might depend on what food I want at the moment.
A little bit on a plate, haute quisine, or fun in the kichen and someone eating with me with appreciating the food he made.

In the last case I would want Ainsly to enjoy himself in the kitchen.
Or maybe he could make yummy BBQ.


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National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas in 2008

march 11 2008


We tried to plan an international conference.
Some representatives had already suggested the dates.

Then I got a mail from a Dallas friend... No way he could attent the conference.
He expected to be able to get NFR Tickets, and he certainly would honor his family tradition. Which means he's going to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
A conference at any of the dates of december 4 tot 13 was out of the question!

So november it'll be. Those who are waiting for the dates: they'll be available at the end of march.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association decided in 1958 for a world championship event in each of rodeo's seven main events: calf roping, steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, and team roping.
The first National Finals Rodeo (NFR), also known as the "super bowl of rodeo", was held in 1959 and after that held annually until 1961.
In the years 1962, 1963 and 1964 the competition was hosted in Los Angeles. And the 20 years after that it was held in Oklahoma City.
In 1985 the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted the event for the first time, and it has been Las Vegas ever since.

The stories I hear from my friend are so enthousiastic, I would love to go too.
They meet the whole family and some even take part. Being a contestant alone is a huge honor. Molly, his niece, took part in the barrel racing and the whole family were at the fifth row, and had the time of their lives.

It was the first time they bought their tickets at Team One Tickets and they had such a good experience.
Team One Tickets has divided the Thomas & Mack Center into 15 different general seating areas. So one can choose exactly where to sit, when and at what price. There are no hidden fees at all.
They have pictures for all places, so you can check again before you order them.

I wish they use the same system here with main events.

Sometimes I dream about being able to witness the NFR. All those cowboys...it brings the old days alive!

iceskating...11 medals!

march 9 2008

"We" have won 11 medals.

4 gold,
3 silver
3 bronze.

Sven Kramer was the absolute champion. He managed to be the best twice
The other gold medals were teamefforts.

Paulien van Deutekom managed to get 2 silver medals and Kramer one.

Annette Gerritsen skated two broze medals and Bob de Jong and Wouter Olde Heuvel completed the set of 11.

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stealing a geese?

march 9 2008

Yesterday evening the geese at the children's farm started to make such a terrible noise!
One of them seemed to be fetched by the throat and be nearly killed.
He sounded that way.

So we ran to the animal farm to have a look.

We had our lamps with us, so we used them from far to see anything suspicious.

Suddenly a strange figure with a dog came out of the dark.
He acted like he was walking his dog, but when we walked past him I could hear his breathing was way too fast.

When we had almost past he looked with a scary look at my son.
He was wearing a dark jacket and a cap, and in the dark he looked like a policeman.

The guy was gone so fast, that we're rather sure he won't come back the next days.

It took us 5 minutes to calm the geese.
Normally they don't utter a sound when we walk there. Just because they're used to us.
Today they had a lot to tell.

international women's day

march 8

It was international women's day.

Here in town a few festivities were planned.
I didn't have the chance to go there, but I would have like a good massage.
My shoulders were killing me!

By the time I was ready with all my work, the whole festive event was over.

Well, the wall in the livingroom I wanted to paint is done.

I'm very happy I took the time and the effort. It looks very new now, and the person who makes a stain on it will encounter a huge problem! be sure of that!

Don't think I did it in a good mood.
Forget it!

Yesterday they all told me I would be pampered, get presents and such.
Well, they didn't lift a finger.

So the paint wasn't carefully smeared at the wall, but was splashed against it and large stokes drove the colours around.
On the floor huge drops landed, faster and faster after another.

We have a vinyl floor.
So with a damp cloth I removed the stains and the floor looked like new again.

Don't tell the family.
I wouldn't allow anyone to create such a mess, just because I know what I'm doing and they don't.

So the wall is done, no applepie was waiting for me and I still have the feeling we women should be the post appreciated species in the world.

That's my answer!

march 8 2008

THAT'S MY ANSWER !


how often do you forget your password?

Quite often, to be honest.

I remember the passwords of the sites I often use, but the rest...
I have a little booklet beside the computer with most of the passwords.
When I don't forget to write them down.

Fireblast 451 for the best real life simulation training for firefighters

march 6 2008

For years we've been living one street away from the fire-fighter department.
Luckily our homes were relatively good noise-proof, so we could sleep through the noise when the cars raced by.

Having boys it was always a treat when we were allowed to watch the trainings.
Ofcourse from a safe distance, and sometimes even from behind a safe screen.

They practiced in such realistic situations that sometimes I found myself in fear someone might get hurt.

They now use portable fire fighting trainings equipment from Fireblast 451.
They're the leading providers of afforable simulators.

The fire fighting equipment provides trainingfacilities for all sorts of situations: forced entry, search and rescue, extinguishing and all sorts of other skills.
The units are operator-controlled, so casualties are kept to an absolute minimum, while real life situations are created.

Especially the FLAG trainer for Flammable Liquid & Gas has been used here a lot. We have a realway nearby where dangerous liquids and gasses are transported, and the firefighters should be ready to deal with all sorts of situations.

The children here love the CAR Trainer (Car Fire Attack) and USAR Trainer (Urban Search & Rescue) best, because it works on their imagination and they can understand what's happening.

But to the professionals at the department the Disaster Management Trainer is far more important. This software offer such high quality training that I trust our firefighters even when a disaster hits.

Fireblast 451 offers the best and constantly adapts the equipment to new researchoutcomes.
Safety for all is ensured in the best way possible.

that’s my answer!

march 6 2008

THAT'S MY ANSWER !


If you were being tortured for information,

do you think you’d talk,

or would you be able to withstand the torture?

It depends on the information.
After getting through so many childbirths, and 2 surgical procedures without morphine (which doesn't work for me), I know I can deal with lots of pain.
To protect my children and others I can go through a lot!

But there are also medical methods, and those might deal with unvoluntarily given information. I have no defense there.

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in the paper

december 13 2007

Today I read in the paper that the nurse who was at our home when my second child was born, died yesterday.

She was very kind and it was fun to have her in the house during the hours my little lady lived.

Why do I live like people live forever?
I've often thought about her, but never felt like visiting her.
In a way I thought I could do when the children are older.

She's gone now. Maybe she is with my little daughter.

In a strange way it's conforting that the nurse who bathed her for the first time is now with her.

Good morning

december 7 2007

I was so tired that I nearly dropped of my chair yesterday evening.
There's so much going on at the same time, and I have so many things to attent to, that my place to relax, the computerdesk, seems the bussy workingplace of a one woman organised multinational.

I have changed the url of my site and I have to have it back on the ranks in no time.

But I have to keep my priorities straight...
Problem is that everything is a priority at the moment.

So I feel a fisher... I throw my angle out with a little delicious something at the end of the line, hoping it will trigger a serious of responses that result in what my family needs and I want.

So today I hope to pull in the response of the present, soon former, school of my autistic son.

The key role player in the drama of today is in her little car now, jazzing the roads untill she's at the last long stretch before school.
The noises of the bussy road, students bycicling to university and 2 endless chains of cars moving in opposite directions.

She will sigh when she finally parks her roadhome, she'll cross the large square in front of the school, climb the steps, and move into the large hall with the fairytale steps.

Already her mind of full of the decisions she has to take...dare she call youthcare to call off the whole plan? Or is she in a fatalistic mood, thinking that everything is out of her hands now?

Outside one of the usual winterstorms is raging.
I'm not looking forwards to leave the house for a meeting myself.

The oldest will come home just before christmas untill after new year, because the facility he stays closes.
I'm not feeling happy with the idea of him home again, because his move meant changes in the house and at the moment there's hardly a place to put the matress on the floor. (Yep, we kept the matress.)

Change in the lives of autistic kids is like throwing a bomb in a highly crowded school: trouble.

I'm not taller than him anymore, I'm not as strong.
He can push me aside like a match and I don't like that idea.

Well, I guess that's why we're invited for a meeting now.

The clock slowly ticks minute after minute away into the past...

What will today bring??????

Proud Publisher?

november 25 2007

"Behind the decision" was started by Thesserie.

I've got tagged by Serena.
The question is how my earnings are helping me in any way.

Well, in fact they're not helping me, but my family.

I started sponsored blogging because my autistic son needed a new computer.
He doesn't enjoy many things in life.
But he likes to computer.
Computering has enabled him to get in contact with people without all the stress of facing them inreal life.
This has enabled him to expand his horizon.

So when his old slow computer was dying I needed the money to buy a new one.
With the help of my other sons, friends and some donations and paid blogging, I bought the computer.

This kind of blogging is fun, because I learned a lot about different products, services and how things are in other countries.
So I decided to go on and save money to make a dream come true: buy a set of smallpipes or a hurdy gurdy.
My life isn't about me, and it was nice to realise I could do something for myself.

I've worked hard to get my google rank up, but google decided that our non-sponsored posts won't make up for the 5 dollar a post most posts get, and threw us bloggers out of the system, so taking away our income.

It happened just after all the grocery prices went up 20% or more. Some daily items cost 50% more now.
With 6 children that means an awful lot.

So I skipped the idea of blogging for something for myself.

Here we celebrate Sinterklaas.
That's about the same as the presents in other countries at christmas, only our Sinterklaasseason ends in the night of december 5 to 6.

I was happy with pagerank 3. Not only my hard work was paying off, I also got paid a bit better for my posts from one of the main intermediaries for work.

So I was very happy.
Last year my children went without presents and it felt very ill.
So this year we would be able to have a normal time. No stress, just the fun of anticipation, and happy faces.

Well, thanks to google we can forget it.

They just want to punish PayPerPost for installing a new ranking system, and instead of coming with a better way and have sponsored bloggers work for them, they just take away our last bit of decemberfun.

To be honest, I'm not a proud blogger.
Sponsored blogging is for most people who have a normal blog with sponsored posts just a heavily underpaid job.
Some posts need a lot of research on the subject. Some advertisers are not very clear in what they want, or take up a lot of room because they want complete pressreleases published.
We have to compete to get an opportunity for just 5 dollar, and also have to work hard to get visitors to our sites.

When I wouldn't have 4 handicapped children I would be able to work a lot more and have a proper job from 9 to 5.

I took pride in earning some money online.

Now I just feel sad about the consequences of google's actions.



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cold

november 9 2007

Sitting on the couch a whole evening hasn't done me good.

I'm used to walking around a lot during the evening, to help kids with their homework, do the washing up, fold laundry and a lot of other chores in the house.

And the evening ends with a walk and some computering.

I expected babysitting would be a relaxing experience, but instead I felt confined to one space and oh boy... I was feeling cold.

Some people in these houses have installed their own heatingdevice, and I didn't know how the darn thing worked.
I was getting so very cold that it was good they arrived home relatively early.
I was so glad to be able to go home and sit well and get warm again.

attack

november 7 2007

Last week one of the boys told me that a nice boy he knew from school was attacked on the street.
Two boys tried to hit him with a bottle untill it fell on the gorund and broke.
They kept in hitting and kicking the boy and he fell on the street, with his hand right in the remains of the bottle.

When he put his hand up the glass stod straight up in his wrist.

The attackers ran off and soom people came and called an ambulance.

During 4 hours of surgery they removed the glass, stopped the bleeding and tried to out the end of the sinews together.
He now has steel wires through all his fingers and all we can do is hope and pray his hand will heal and he can use it again.

After the attack my son was called and threatened in a rather bad way.
He was attacked last year... not by the same boys, and he reported it to the police, together with some other people who had been called.
The phone was stolen from the boy who had been attacked.

Today the boys who did it were caught and put in jail.

The police has already interviewed my son and a couple of other people.

bycicle lighting

november 7 2007

The last months there's been a lot to do about bycicle lighting,

Each year 200 byciclers are killed and 17,000 wounded. Figures that say not as much as percentages in our very bycicle rich nation.
Almost every inhabitant of our country has a bycicle. (16+ million inhabitants).

Someone somewhere sometime drew the conclusion that the deathrate could be brought down by sticking closer to the law of lighting, which means:
a white light at the front of the bike and a red one at the back, at the height of halfway the wheel.

This caused a lot of publications in papers are the last years people took the effort to buy lights that could be fixed on coats and bags, thus making them more visible in traffic.

The normal fixed bycicle lights break easily at the parking places, and at times bullies just kick them to break.

With a family of 8 we've spend a huge amount of money fixing thede lights over and over again, and when the attachable lights were sold we went in and paid 7,50 for two lights, not including batteries.

The last week someone called for a standard way to use lights, and wanted the law to be enforced.

Plenty of people had to pay because their bycicle lights were broken.

Some city police groups refused to let people pay as long as they were visible in the dark.
Safety first, they said, is far more important.

So the minister has said that it's inded more important that people are safe and well visible on the roads.
The police can bill people when they're not visible enough.

The debate is still going on.

Interesting is that those who want only fixed lights on bycicles don't often use a bycicle and certainly have no need to park them at shopping centres, schools and railwaystations.

Random Act of Kindness

november 5 2007

Yesterday evening I was prepared to sleep in today.

The alarms were all on the girls room, as they were the only ones that needed to go to school.
One of the boys would help them with their bycicles, and close the door behind them.

I can't sleep in often.

So I heard the alerm from far and dozed off again.

Then a sound pushed me straight up and I had the phone in my hand without even commanding my muscles.

It's built in habit, stemming from the time I worked in the hospital.
I could sleep at home even when I had sleeping duty, because I lived two minutes from hospital. All I needed to do was answer the phonecall, jump in my clothes and go there.

All I now did was answer the phone.

It was a woman nearby.
She found her baby with high fever in bed and needed someone to take her other kid to school. And the sooner I could come the sooner she could go to the doctor.
A friend gave her my phonenumber...

So I jumped in my clothes, washed my face on the way down, put on my shoes while putting on my coat and ran out of my garden, into hers and took over dressing her kid so she could go to the doctor.

The child was a bit surprised to see me.
I've never been there.

Well, this was not a large act of kindness, but certainly an unexpected one.


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