{"id":1816,"date":"2004-07-31T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2004-07-31T13:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levenmetals.nl\/dagboek-juli-2004\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:59:26","slug":"diary-july-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/levenmetals.nl\/en\/diary-july-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary July 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I actually wanted to combine my July and August entries. I don\u2019t have too much to write about. But when my website suddenly got a lot of hits at the start of this month, I changed my mind. If I don\u2019t, people will just get worried for no reason. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<h2>\nThese days I care more about nighttime temperatures than those in daytime. As the mercury rises, my sleep diminishes. It leads to hours of rolling in bed and waking up in the middle of the night. 12 degrees Celsius is my ideal sleeping temperature. Even when it\u2019s cold, Hein cracks a window so the warm air has a way of getting out. Luckily, this summer hasn\u2019t been too sweltering. That being said, we don\u2019t know what kind of temperatures August will bring. <\/p>\n<h2>Hindrance<\/h2>\n<p>Holidays serve to highlight how much of a hindrance I am to others, a like a ball chain. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can\u2019t go camping, even though it used to be my favourite way to spend a holiday<\/li>\n<li>We can\u2019t go hiking in the mountains. I saw pictures of Floor\u2019s camp in Switzerland and I\u2019ve never wanted to go hiking more.<\/li>\n<li>We can\u2019t pick exotic destinations because I can\u2019t handle long car rides<\/li>\n<li>We can\u2019t go on a cycling holiday. Everything has to be accessible by car.<\/li>\n<li>We can\u2019t go to fancy restaurants, because all I can realistically eat is mashed potatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes, I think about how much fun I\u2019ve prevented my family from having. Not to mention the constant care I need in daily life. I\u2019ll just cling to my conviction that \u201cbeing\u201d is more important than \u201cdoing\u201d. <\/p>\n<h2>Zeewolde<\/h2>\n<p>Zeewolde is anything but a grand city. Our camping ground was close to a harbour, but we hadn\u2019t thought to plan anything watersports-related last year, so the sea went unused in the end. The patio was too far removed from the water, so I didn\u2019t even have a view of the sea. There was a beautiful and very accessible dyke path leading to Zeewolde. Then again, why would anyone want to visit Zeewolde?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s just part of being sixteen, but the kids didn\u2019t want to do anything, except to go shopping, preferably in a larger better city. Maybe it\u2019s that damn TV. Every single holiday cottage has one these days. In short: a lot of loafing around. They didn\u2019t even go to the disco and movie night the camping had organised. They did play tennis and ping pong and, most surprisingly, scoubidou, as suggested by grandma. <\/p>\n<p>The cottage was a bit shabby, as the kids put it. The height-adjustable bed had a mattress that felt like it was made out of concrete, but we got that sorted out in the end. The bathroom didn\u2019t have a window. No, we were much better off at that campsite in Zeeland.<br \/>\nWe visited everything there was to see in the area: Elburg (a beautiful town), Schokland (a former island in the Noordoostpolder), Bataviastad (where we sated our shopping needs, even though their collections were horribly outdated), Nijkerk (we visited a furniture boulevard where we finally bought a crystal chocolate box and a small sofa for Floor) and Garderen (where they advertised an big country fair, which turned out to be comprised of just ten market stalls).<br \/>\nAll in all, I\u2019d say this holiday was decent. On the only rainy day, we went to see Shrek 2 in Almere. We had a good time. A big thank you to Lieke, Lia and Hein. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I actually wanted to combine my July and August entries. I don\u2019t have too much to write about. But when my website suddenly got a lot of hits at the start of this month, I changed my mind. 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