Friday 23rd of may

We had a horrible night. Not because of a storm of heavy rain. No because of the kittens and Jan. The kittens liked the idea of  running around, jumping, fighting and most of all screeching our nose, lip, neck… And because of that we and Jan couldn’t sleep. So Jan started whining and made it a lot more difficult to sleep. 

So we started the morning sleepy and drank some coffee at the campfire with Tarik and Jaime. We are keeping Jan inside today because they want to mow the place he likes to play. We did need some groceries again, but after the last time Jaime offered Megan a ride to the supermarket. We worked and cleaned the rest of the day because we made our hours for the week already.

Saturday 24th of may

Today was a cleaning day. Normally we did it on friday, but yesterday we had to stand somewhere else than normal and it was easier to do it today. After a while of cleaning we contacted Merel about the barbeque we are planning that evening and she had the same idea. So we planned a little party and we had to get some supplies. Merel needed to go to Coimbra so Megan joined and we went to a big shopping mall. On the top floor of the mall there were a few over the middle of Coimbra and Megan had to take a picture. After a while of shopping we went back and were ready to start the barbeque. We ate, drank and played a lot of mario kart and after that Picopark. We had a lovely time and went to bed at a reasonable hour: 2 a.m.

Sunday 25th of may

Because we did not finish cleaning yesterday we had to continue today. We also had no time yesterday to post the blog so we rescheduled it for today as well. After the post was online and the camper was a lot cleaner than before, we called our best friend and talked for a while. In the evening we played a game together and had a great time catching up. 

Tomorrow we have a busy day so we need some relaxing time.

Monday 26th of may

We needed to do some chores today. First we went to get some groceries. Yes we drove with our own camper and made it luckily this time. There was no rain and Megan stood at the top of the driveway to make sure that there were no cars coming. Shopping went easy and we even had time to fill up the tank before going to the vet. We had all the kittens in the travel case and we didn’t have to wait long before we could go in. We were a bit scared because of the weight of the little ones, but the vet told us that they were looking good! That was a nice relief. The only kitten that was too small was Koos. And we knew that already. There were no signs of bad health, but it is weird that he has so little hair and is so small for his age. He even thought that his dad was a naked cat, but wasn’t sure. He looks a bit weird, but he is a lovely kitten and likes to do all the things his sisters and brother do. After the vet Megan had to tutor and worked for the rest of the evening.

Tuesday 27th of may

We didn’t work for Merel yesterday so we started today at 10 a.m. to help clean the garden of branches and grass. Bryan drove the tractor up and down and Megan helped Merel to get all the stuff to one place. After Lunch Bryan continued to help Merel and Megan had to tutor again. Megan worked till late in the evening and enjoyed the rest of the evening with a game.

Wednesday 28th of may

A workday today, because we want to get as many hours in today as possible. Why? Because tomorrow it will be 35 degrees C and working in that hot weather is not something you would do for fun. We had a nice job today. Cutting down a tree and driving it up in the tractor. Megan did the little branches and Bryan cut down the tree in pieces. After a little while of working a lot of the tree was cut down and we hoped we would get it done by the end of the day. After lunch we worked like a machine. Cutting it down, putting it in the tractor, driving it up, and again. By 6 p.m. we were almost done. Only the last pieces had to be done. By 7 p.m. we were done. And happy with the work we did for this day, but also time to relax.

Thursday 29th of may

Workday for Megan, Relax day for Bryan. Megan had a few tutoring lessons today and in between worked on the preparations for the next lessons. The lessons went great and after the last one was done, it was time for the weekend! It was so warm outside and also inside at that point, that Megan decided to jump in the pool to cool off. She enjoyed the sun and read a book in the shade. It was supposed to be the great start of a weekend. Until Megan got a text from her parents about something at home which made us make a lot of phone calls. Because of a holiday a lot of people we needed to speak to weren’t reachable which made the whole situation a lot more frustrating. In the evening a lot of things were cleared up, but we need to make a call later because the insurance company is closed today.