Friends

I'm not naming any names here, but I was forgotten about! I normally tend to subtly remind people about things we've planned together, but this friend in particular has always been so reliable that I didn't consider it necessary. He apologized profusely, and I actually didn't mind. I spent 20 minutes in the restaurant drawing the other people eating their noodles while sipping on my 0% beer.

Actually, I really enjoyed having something to wait for. Most people in my life are on time, or even a bit early, which means I rarely get the chance to just sit around, watch people, and draw them. I kind of need to figure out a way to do that more often.

These spontaneous walks have become less frequent since Ines moved to a different part of the city, and I miss them. It was great having friends in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, there's no way of finding an apartment anywhere else, so I'm stuck here in my absurdly beautiful Winterhude. Oh well...

We played Big Walk and had a very stressful but fun evening. We ended up with too many people playing at the same time, and it all got a little too chaotic for my taste. But the game itself is really nice, especially for that price.

We met at the park to paint trees. Nils painted Mareen and me instead. Weird choice, but I guess our new outdoor painting club doesn’t benefit from rules that are too strict.

At one point in the escape room, Mareen had to spank us with a leather paddle... it was definitely an experience...

It was such a lovely day. Everyone was there. So many friends came to Hamburg for the weekend, and we all had a wonderful time.

I seldom think it’s a good idea to skip my workout for the day. This was one of those exceptions.

Days like this are the best.

Summer is the best season, no debate needed.

This is somehow not as shocking to anyone else as it is to me, but how was this cocktail only invented in 2008? We had smartphones then! How did nobody, in all those years before that, think to smash up a bit of basil and throw some random alcohol into it?! It’s absurd!

My journal entry from two years ago (just a classic text-based journal) ended with me promising myself I wouldn’t spend my birthday alone the following year. And I didn’t.

Last year, I invited my friends over on the evening of my birthday, and it was wonderful. Now many of them have babies, so this year I invited them over on Sunday afternoon for coffee and cake instead. It was great.

I went to bed blissful and full of gratitude.

Visiting Tower Bridge while melting wasn’t exactly a highlight of this trip, but I’m glad I saw it.

We had quite a social day. Notting Hill is unbelievably beautiful.

We were the only ones in the class, and it was more of a “here are the materials, do what you want” kind of deal than anything else.

We spent the first of May in the park, having a great old time. It couldn’t have been a better start to the month.

I slept like a baby after this day.

A proper birthday butt slapping.

The spider crossed my “this is fine” boundary and was promptly evicted.

Give me a run, an exhibition and good company and I'm having a good day.

Catching up while walking 10.000 steps.