Agnes and I already enjoyed some very nice trips in Belgium as an appetizer for hopefully a longer trip in the coming period. Although we hesitated for taking the bike on holiday with the kids in France we decided finally to leave on the 12th of August with the 4 of us in the car. Mainly to make sure that at least we had the time to talk as a little family about bits and bots. The trip down was very nice and went very smooth. We were lodged in a beautifully country house in the middle of a vineyard.
It was marvelous to have a house like that .. nice bedrooms , very big kitchen (which of course I loved after I brought my own food processor and the coffee machine, which makes Agnes always laugh)The highlight of the holiday was of course the fishing. I never considered myself a person who would love fishing , but at the end of the day Riens and I loved the fact of being till our middle in the water and just waiting for the fish to take bait. We were so proud of him when he caught his first ever big fish, without any help of anyone .. The kids are getting older and with every day it is getting for both Agnes and myself so much nicer. We praise ourselves to have such nice kids with whom you can talk in a very adult way.
The house we shared with friends of ours with some nice evening talk around some, or even too many glasses of wine. The second week we took an easy way back with stop overs in Il de Re, Mont Saint Michel and Normandy. The end of the holiday was less pleasant due the illness of both Agnes and me ... it felt as if they wanted to make clear to us that we had to take care of our bodies ...
Back to work was rather heavy, feels like I'm in an environment which is not really mine and although I'm convinced it should be possible it seems that all efforts of making a change to not rub off to the rest of the organization. This combined with the physical distance there sometimes is between Agnes and myself one starts to put the personal and family harmony on a higher level. This has of course the necessary consequences on the professional life, one cannot forget that about 60% of our awake life we spend doing a job, in other words happiness in the job is from big importance to make sure that the family life does not suffer under it .... The questions that fly through my head in connection to this all are the basis of the summer blues, but as you all know me, it will not get me down, but will fuel my energy to find the best solution for all of us ... but as the song said: With a little help of my friends ...
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