The Life Of A Random Dreamer

Hey Guys, So today I found out that I'm not good at celebrating birthdays. Or, well, it's not so much the birthdays I'm bad at, but the birthday parties. When we celebrate birthdays in the Netherlands, we invite our whole (direct) family, all our family-friends and all the friends of the person whose birthday it is. Most of the time, the friends of the birthday boy/girl come over on another day as the family and family-friends. As I'm typing this, my stepsister celebrates her birthday, which means everyone is packed at the living room. I was there too, sitting on the couch, listening to all the stories that are told. But then it hit me: I don't belong in this crowd. All the conversations around me were about parties and stupid, drunk, decisions. First of all, I don't go to house parties or clubs, and second of all, I don't drink booze. Not because my parents don't allow me, but because I just don't want to. So listening to stories about bein...

Hi guys! I just realized that I desperately need the Christmas Holidays. I am longing for those two weeks off! I can't wait for the moment the "days until the next holidays-counter" on my phone says 0. The fact that it currently says "11 days" breaks my heart. "Why are you so desperate for the holidays, Laura?" Well, aren't we all? Besides the fact that Christmas is coming, I think we all need some time for ourselves: no work, (almost) no responsibilities, just some time for yourself. Some time to watch films, read books and drink hot chocolate. Oh, and did I mention read books? I have so many books I still need, and want, to read! (Okay, some books are for school and I'm not particularly waiting to read those, but still)  Also I want to just be able to sleep 'till 10.30 or something (my body isn't able to sleep much longer than that, even though I really want to). And to meet up with all my friends and have movie nig...

Hello lovely readers! So, it is officially December now, which means that Christmas is coming! I'm very excited for Christmas, as it is the first 'real' Christmas I'll celebrate with my family. Why is real in quotation marks you ask? Well, because we of course celebrate Christmas in the Netherlands, but never the  kind of Christmas with presents. In the Netherlands we'll have a nice Christmas Dinner and listen to Christmas songs, maybe watch a re-run of "Home Alone". I could hear your mind spinning: "Why don't they get presents on Christmas in the Netherlands?" you ask yourself. Allow me to explain. You know Saint Nicholas as Santa Claus, well we know him as Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas doesn't bring kids gifts on Christmas, no he gives them presents on his birthday: December 5th. So Dutch kids will already have had their presents when Christmas comes around. But this year, we have decided to celebrate Christmas instead of Sinterklaa...