The Life Of A Random Dreamer

Hey! Before I will describe the drama of family trips to you I guess it might come in handy if I told you something about my family. So, my parents are divorced. My mum has had a boyfriend for about 6 years now and my dad has had a couple relationships but he is currently single. My step-dad has three kids and my mum has two kids, my little brother and my. So, in order of age, we have my step-dad, my mum, my step-sis Larissa, me, my little stepbrother Dylan, my little brother Marco and my little stepsister Elise. This amount of people can, of course, not fit in just one car, so when we go on a family-trip, my grandparents come along. Now, let's tell the story then. Today we went to the Apenheul, which is a zoo in the Netherlands that almost only has monkeys. It takes about an hour drive from my home to get there, which normally wouldn't be a problem, but with my family, it is. To be honest, I don't think my granddad should be able to drive his car on the highway. He h...

Hi guys! So this week I have a lot of extra spare time. Why? Well in my school the students in their fourth year go on a trip abroad. They have a few countries/cities to choose from, like London, Paris, Berlin, Ireland or the Ardennes. Since I am currently in my fifth year, I went on the trip last year and have to go to school this week. But a lot of my teachers are also on the trip, because you can't just drop a bunch of fifteen year olds in a foreign country. This results in me only having about sixteen hours of class, instead of twenty-nine. So I have a lot of spare time, I even had tuesday off. But I have realised that the danger of this all, is the fact that I seem to postpone doing my homework even more than I usually would do. Also the fact that next week are the autumn-holidays in the Netherlands doesn't really help with that either. So I finally get why students have a certain amount of time that they would normally spend in class, because if they wouldn't ha...

Hello everyone! So, today it hit me, autumn is here and until this weekend I didn't feel like it was autumn yet. But today the weather has been pretty gloomy so far and while cycling to school I realised that it is getting really cold. Above all of that is also the fact that it seems that all the leaves have suddently fallen of the trees while I looked away for a second. So, here's the thing about autumn: I like it, but at the same time I despise it. I like autumn because I can finally wear my beloved sweaters again and drink a lot of tea again (since it is too hot for tea in the summer). But I also hate autumn, because it feels like the world around me is dying. All the plants lose their flowers and the trees lose their leaves. The only bugs you'll see are spiders, so no more butterflies for another 6 months. And not to forget, the terrible weather! I know we seem to complain about the weather a lot in the Netherlands, but why wouldn't we? It is either way too hot ...

Hey guys! Sorry, it has been a while since I wrote my last post, but ever since school started again I almost have no time at all! And to be honest, the time I didn't spend doing homework the last few weeks, I spent reading! One of my friends made me read the Percy Jackson series, and I am glad she did! But reading those books brought up a problem I have been experiencing while reading books the last few months. Because while reading books, I get this feeling that I don't really belong in my family. I am kind of like Mark Baker in the film 'cheaper by the dozen'. Why I would think things like this? Well, I am the most quiet kid in the family and dare I say the 'smartest' in my family. I don't want to sound too full of myself, but it kind of is the truth. But with this 'being smarter than the rest' comes the fact that I don't understand my family at all. I don't get some decisions my siblings or parents make and find things they find logi...