Bye Bye Wisdom

And out it goes, his wisdom, together with his wisdom teeth.

Again, I underestimated myself. I was a very good girl at the hospital while the doctor was extracting my boyfriend's teeth. I heard the doctor sighing and saying: "Man, this one's stubborn!". I think the man has strong construction skills. He was drilling, pulling, pushing, suctioning all at the same time (I hope for his wife that he's quite the handyman at home too). He was done in exactly 10 minutes and during that time I didn't felt the need to faint. Not one time! Although I had a hard time not to throw up when the doctor was waving one of my boyfriend's freshly extracted teeth in my face, saying: "Look how crooked this root is! When a tooth has a root like that, it's quite the pain in the ass to get it out. I have to put my whole weight in it!". 

Some of you might think I'm a crybaby, but human teeth and/or nail/finger-related injuries or surgeries make me really nauseous. I had an accident in my first year at middle school, where my finger got stuck between a door hinge. My finger was totally messed up and I needed surgery with a long recovery. My nail was gone from the injury and didn't grew back so fast. My finger hasn't been growing that well since the accident and is deformed.  I still get goosebumps when I think back about how my finger looked. So that's my thing with nails.
Where my trauma with dentists and teeth comes from, I have no idea. I just have a fear and I always fainted when my dad extracted a loose tooth from my mouth. 
But these two things are the only things that make me feel real sick. I've watched surgeries, I dissected a rabbit, I remove dead cats from the road. You can give me anything with blood, but please, no teeth or nails. 
But I got through this challenge! YES!

Presentation Skills

I had to present our event planning today at our general meeting together with another colleague. I was really nervous, but once I was standing in front of the public and started to talk, I just went for it. I even liked it, to be honest!
I got really good comments from my colleagues on my presentation skills, so that's nice. I was quite worried I would be talking too fast or that my accent would be too obvious. Everything turned out fine! I even got an applause for a joke I made!
Hooray for me!
A presentation you need to see about presentations: You Suck At Powerpoint!
 
Now I really have to go to sleep. My boyfriend needs to go to the hospital tomorrow to remove his wisdom teeth. Fingers crossed I won't faint!
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Grumpy

My blog is all about the positive. I'm not allowed to be grumpy.
There's just one grumpy thing allowed on my blog and that's...

GRUMPY CAT

She makes me so happy ^^!

First Date

I started packing today... The first boxes are a fact.
I meant to clean our apartment and I thought I could very well start loading some boxes with stuff we don't really need right away. 

I bumped into some funny things along my way trough my mess! I found a movie ticket for Slumdog Millionaire I held on to. It was the first movie my boyfriend and I went to. After the movie we went to visit some friends of his and went for some pizza. If I remember correctly, we didn't even kiss that night... A nice memory I haven't thought about for a long while. Packing isn't that bad :-) ...

Zen

Spinning class started again for me today.
I'm so tired right now, but I'm zen! I love it when I feel that way after our class!

Wedfest

The wedding we went to yesterday, theme: Festival.

I was a little skeptic at first, because I didn't know what to expect but it totally worked! It was the best wedding ever!

The invitation we got was a line-up poster (with my name spelled wrong, but that's no biggie). I was quite curious about the whole theme, because it was going to be outside in a big tent. 

We first went to city hall at 11.45h for the actual marriage. 

The happy couple arrived with a bus from De Lijn (our Flemish public transportation), together with the whole family. When I saw the bride coming out of the bus, I had a little teardrop I needed to whipe off my face. She looked beautiful! More beautiful than I already expected her to be. She was perfect!

The ceremony was just like it had to be. The room was full of friends and family who love them very much and everyone was moved by their speeches and when they said I DO. 

We got a drink after the ceremony at city hall. 

At 5.30h we were welcomed at the tent for the party and the food. When we came in, we got a wrist band to enter the party with their names on in black & gold. So cool!

I was really looking forward to what the food would be, since it was a festival theme. There were three foodbooths: Italian with pasta and pizza, fries and hamburgers. There were enough benches and tables to sit and eat. 

The first dance was set by Emzjés. The bride zipped out her wedding dress and had a red strapless dress underneath. They started to dance salsa, I think. I wish I had filmed it instead of taking pictures, because it was MINDBLOWING! They obviously had been taking dance classes to get this right, without anyone knowing. Everyone was completely stunned by this performance. They flipped over each others back and everything! I have no words for this, except: "chapeau"!

After the first dance, the Emzjés did the rest of their set that lasted for more than two hours, I think. They brought some gypsy dancers too. The brides grandfather was in really good shape, because he started to dance with the gypsy girls and everyone followed them to the dancefloor. 

After the Emzjés a DJ did his set. Not always my style of music, but fun to dance at. 

I normally don't dance without drinking, but yesterday I let myself go (not all the way, I still need a drink for that). I had real fun with some of our best friends. 

I think everyone will agree with me that this wedding was totally in style of the bride and groom (party animals) and that this 'Wedfest' was the best wedding EVER!

My boyfriend just woke up and has a major hangover. I'll have to leave you to go and tease him! 

See you tomorrow!

Wasted Wedding

I just got home from the best wedding ever! I'll tell you about it tomorrow. First I got to take care of my wasted boyfriend...
A taste of my story: