After having survived the incredible rainfalls at the Lowlands festival (ok, only sunday was rainy. But then it was pouring!) we returned and decided to get free friday before and monday afterwards next time.
It was such a cool event, people of all ages around, music of (almost) all sorts and a very good feeling.

The motto of lowlands is “a campingflight to lowlands paradise” and that’s exactly what you have to do there. Have a good time.
And all other worries and such could be eliminated with some self-made good food and lots of relaxing and sleeping. (isn’t it, Anna? ;) )

For the rest, I immediately went back to business. Having decided to stop or quit my studies now (I’ll have to give this a thought in a couple of years again) I am now in the process of shifting my life to Amsterdam to live with Anna and “be pregnant with her” as “the book” says. You thought only women get pregnant? Ha! ;)

Concerning Catzee, this is not such a big problem because all our activities are online (or at least internet related) anyway. I will be able to conduct the one or another project from there aswell. Considering how much he has done for me and that he is “responsible” for this motivation of mine, I want to stay his partner as long as I can! Do you hear? I owe you big deal, man! :)

Concerning the other things that have come up recently it will either involve me “dancing at two weddings” (as we say in Germany, meaning Aachen and Amsterdam) or giving up some things that I really would have liked to do. Damn decisions all the time.

The trouble with freelance work is that you cannot just “stop” doing it. It becomes a part of you and you “are” your job, be it Monday morning or be it Saturday night, it’s always “on duty” for me. (and most ideas come at the craziest times.)
But the advantage is: I can work _whenever_ I want, _whatever_ I want and for _whomever_ I want. I am my own boss and I decide. That’s just perfect!

In Amsterdam, I’ve now been offered some positions in the technical customer service environment. Not really my thing but they offer good payment for a person that has no real education besides his “Abitur” and lots of skills and qualifications but no paper to state it.
Well.. following your own nose all the time has its price.

I will definitely continue doing freelance work and try to establish my “own thing” also in the Netherlands. But it’s not ready yet to live from it. As a student I could survice with this. But as a father I need some hard cash now. If I only think about all the stuff that we are going to need next year. My..

But who knows what I might be doing next year or in 5 years. Life usually plays so many tricks on me and so many things happen unexpectedly that I should not be too worried about where I will be next year or what my profession will be. I have proven to myself that I can survive everywhere.

No worries! (or: “Hakuna Matata!”) ;)

I will never forgive you for making me remember this, you know who you are!