the new love of Carolien
When your little one is sick, you can forget about it: besides the fact that I have the same symptoms within a day or two (try not cuddling with your little one for a day, snotty nose or not), our sleep is just as elusive... For a week now, we've been sleeping a maximum of a few hours a night because Otis wakes up every hour, then lies down between us, and then wants to start the day at five o'clock, only to be the very picture of cheerfulness during the day despite a slight fever and a head full of snot. Can't you carry that mood into the evening? I now understand that keeping people awake for nights on end is a very effective method of torture. This weekend, I’ll just join in on all the afternoon naps to recharge.
If you were to eat somewhere different in Amsterdam every evening for a year, I think you wouldn't even check off half of the restaurants. Usually, you think of the same list of favorite spots, but I'm going to change that: from now on, I’m forcing myself to always look for undiscovered gems. That's how we ended up at restaurant Satchmo on the Rokin, which I cycle past almost daily. I immediately fell in love with the building, with all sorts of unique spaces that radiate a different atmosphere each week. The bar at the top is beautiful to start with one of the delicious cocktails, and the menu invites you to ‘share’ all the dishes, so you can taste as many flavors as possible. Our favorite: the sea bass ceviche and lobster pasta. Okay, maybe we'll make an exception for this new gem; we’ll visit it again soon.
After last weekend, my voice was on vacation for a bit. For three days, we stood with our Lemej nursing shawls at the We Are Pregnant fair, with great success. We received many enthusiastic responses, and ladies came by who immediately bought the shawl for their breastfeeding period. But since our product needs some explanation, I must have told our story at least a thousand times. No wonder my voice is in need of a break.
Today, Omroep MAX is supporting the Brain Foundation. Now you might wonder what my connection is: because the terrible brain disease Huntington runs in my family, I have been asked to talk about it in the broadcast. I think it’s important to give this inhumane disease a bit more of a face, in the hope that families dealing with this disease will dare to share more about it so that the ‘taboo’ is broken. Fortunately, there are currently four studies worldwide that hopefully will have found a remedy in a few years, which can also be used for research into other brain diseases. Hopefully, this action by Omroep MAX will lead to a lot of donations to the Brain Foundation, so that all research can continue.
