A perfect weekend.

I had a good weekend. I enjoyed it a lot. Sometimes only little things can make such a difference, which I experienced the last days. All that felt very good. 

On Friday, my dear friend Franc came over and we had a nice dinner and we talked a lot. It felt very fine to see him again, for several reasons. First of all, Franc is one of the few friends I have and I know him even longer than I know Jelle. Even though Franc also lives in Amsterdam we haven't seen each other here much. Can you imagine? It's so weird but the only guarantee to see Franc was to meet him in Frankfurt once a year where we both visited an aviation enthusiasts fair... Anyway, it was so good to see him again. We were already busy arranging a meeting since beginning of the year but due to different shifts, Franc becoming sick in between, his holiday, my vacation it took us until now to meet. But better late then never! He listened to our stories and he told his, he asked good and important questions and gave advice, all of which I dearly appreciated.

On saturday, I hadn't planned anything special. Jelle and I were off and I enjoyed being able to sleep as long as possible after four consecutive days of early shifts which I hate and find very tiring and exhausting. Luckily, the first few days of this week mean late shifts again for me ;-) Anyway, to come back to saturday, I enjoyed surfing a bit, Jelle went to his sports training (even though he feals sick since days because of a kind of cold, seems like everyone of us at the counter is catching it...) but before he went he picked up the mail from the box and gave me an envelope to my surprise! I hadn't ordered anything, or at least what I had ordered had just arrived one day earlier. Hm, or did I order anything else, what could it be? No clue on the outside so I looked closer and turned it and saw the sender: my lilbro! Woaah! WHAT A SURPRISE, my lilbro is sending me something! My heart jumped as I was really happy to receive something from Dani so unexpectedly! He is such a sweet man and the best little brother I could ever wish for! (Yeah, he is paying me for that to say so... LOL - no, just kidding). Dani had decided his big brother could use a cheer up and he thought there is no better way than sending me a Greatest Hits CD of Luz Casal, his favorite singer and a favorite of mine as well! What a great choice, a fantastic idea and a phenomenal gesture! Of course I immediately put it on my computer and started listening to it but not before I had called lilbro to thank him for it and let him know it already arrived. It took the spanish postal service only two days to deliver it (posted thursday, delivered saturday), that's what I call FAST! Anyway, it was a blast, thanks so much again Dani, you're the BEST! :-) But Dani had some more great news he told me on the phone: he and Sera will visit us for a short visit end of May as I had asked them to join us for a concert of Trijntje at Carré in Amsterdam - and Sera to my surprise agreed! So I am again extremely happy about this as well! It's fantastic, this is what I missed so much: having my dear and beloved friends visiting, being around the people I love and care for, enjoying ourselves and just enjoy life! So, that was great news on top of the great surprise! But the joyful saturday (and weekend) continued. In the evening, I convinced Jelle to watch a movie together.I have a big pile of movies lying here that Dani had given me. He recommended those movies to me and since he is a great fan and therefore expert I can rely on his recommendations. Besides, we have a pretty similar taste so he knows what I might like (and besides, we are brothers...). ;-)  We  could not really decide whether to watch "Chocolat" or "Little Miss Sunshine". In the end we opted for "Chocolat" and it was a good choice. If I have time later on, I will write a little about that movie, too. Saturday evening ended very fine.

Sunday gave again the opportunity to sleep a little longer. And: I had arranged a date with Timo! Timo, who is originally from Finland, had contacted me via facebook and we had chatted and emailed a little and it clicked between us and we decided to have a coffee in Amsterdam. So at about 13.00 I headed for Cafe de Jaren to meet him. I met him outside when he just arrived with his bike! We talked a lot at the cafe, had our broodje (very tasty) and koffie verkeerd (several) and we talked and talked. We then decided to move further to a bruin cafe (of which I don't remember the name) and that was very cosy and "gezellig" too! We talked a lot. You get the picture? Yeah, exactly, I really enjoyed Timo's company, he is a very nice man with great looks (yes, he has a very sexy beard - did I mention I like that?) ;-) After the bruin cafe we moved on location further to have something to eat on Zeedijk and after that I decided it would be time to go home so Jelle would not worry. It was 22.30 that I caught the train from Central Station back home! I guess that gives a good indication that it was a perfect afternoon and evening! I really like Timo, we had lots of stuff to talk about like aviation and eurovision ;-) and tv series and I felt excellent. In the train I sent him an SMS to tell him how I liked our meeting and while still in the train he already had sent an SMS back. I already had received an SMS earlier that day from Franc. As I am not used to get them too frequently it always feels great to receive one. Even those little things like receiving an SMS make me happy. Then, also Dani sent an SMS to tell me that Zapatero had won the elections in Spain, YEAH!!! Wow, I felt like a very important person, three SMS on one day ;-) No serious, for me that was a wonderful feeling! All you guys, keep doing that ;-)

My sunday concluded with a very nice talk to my little brother who of course was curious to hear something about my meeting with Timo. What else could I ask for?

So this for me was a perfect weekend. I simply loved everything I did and what had happened to me. It felt excellent. Just the way I imagined it to be. The way I'd like it to be from now on. I will treasure those moments. I am happy. Thank you all for that. :-D