Our 14th Anniversary of living in the Netherlands was on November 22, but for the first time Jimmy and I celebrated alone since the four of us might not be together again until summer. Thus we bypassed our tradition of eating at La Laterna in Scheveningen, because we couldn’t bear to eat there without the girls. We cheated and made the list of our highs and lows over the last year, and then coordinated with the girls on their sections. As usual, here are our lows first:
- No idea when the four of us will be together again
- Lack of time for family holidays
- Political train wreck in both the US and UK
- Jimmy: best analogy of work situation—juggling lots of balls but instead of catching them, getting hit in the head; losing iPhone into Amsterdam canal while trying to remove trash; cracked ribs after falling on Ballbreaker at Belgian Nash Hash; getting lost on Red Dress Hash in Edinburgh
- Melissa: nightmare paperwork necessary for Dutch visa extension; Gillian moving to Scotland and Kati losing her boyfriend; forgetting to get an Australian visa before going to airport; food poisoning in Seoul
- Veronica: leaving Norwich, Aye-Aye and Jason; continuing collapse of biodiversity, natural ecosystems and the climate that sustains us!; Ashlynn opting not to go to uni in Plymouth so they could practically be neighbors; missing Kati after being away from home for eight months
- Ashlynn: pinched nerve in neck; problems with Chinese modeling agency was a sad way to end a fun year of modeling; broken laptop; lack of vegan options in Seoul
- Melissa/Jimmy: Steve and Patti moving back to the US, post-travel weight gain
- Veronica/Ashlynn: first multi-day festival together was cancelled
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