mie

i'm about to take off to brasil for the cup of excellence (coe) jury - although work is piling up faster than i can take it away, it seems like i can actually leave with no breathing problems ahead for the next week or so. just aspirating that coffee. i even sent off my spanish homework to my tutor - juan - so he can use that ridiculous red pen he is tagging down my books with.

as i am about to leave, i started wondering what other jurors are doing before leaving their home - for me it's normally a lot to take care off work wise, and then i leave the house just taking care of necessities. like, turning off the gas. i don't pack until the last minute before i go to bed the night before - most flights leave at 630am to amsterdam or charles de gaulle where i am taking off from most often when traveling. at that insanely early hour i have to get out of bed i am so tired i feel almost feverish. but: this time, i am not leaving until sunday - the travel will be a snap: oslo - amsteram - sao paulo. and it's saturday - i'm off work except a few small things. therefore, whatever i'm doing to make the house and myself look nice, i need to do it asap - starting...now! robert is in indonesia, and what is not better than coming home to a clean and fresh house? first thing will be to do some fall work in the garden for a few hours, then i hope to see my mom for a late lunch. after, i want to clean that nasty bathroom sink and i need to get my hideous legs ready to see daylight again after months of hiding under panty hoses. and scented candle, i need to bring a scented candle for hotel room nights - i want it to smell home-ish (and i'm a candle addict). i LOVE my work and being able to do coffee things with coffee colleagues, but i'm really not that crazy about fabric smelling, dense hotel rooms that are too hot or too cold or just in general too gross. my worst (and at the same time most exciting) memory is from putting my feet on the floor after a too short and too gekko-fear-filled night in el salvador - only for realizing "hey, it's water". and then: "it's water - from the toilet". yikes! would be easier if i was a guy, right?

serving as a coe judge can be intensive - there are most often things going on at night and day, clock round all the week. in addition, i suppose i'm not the only one that have emails coming in, phones ringing - so a lot of work needs to be taken care of for home as well. i hope i will be online, i hope i can receive phone calls, but you never know before you actually get there. ok. piles of leaves in the garden are waiting for me.

recently, my flickr account was deleted, and i now have a new flickr account name: mieh1. i'm the one with no contacts yet.