So today there is a holiday in the state where I live in the Netherlands called Carnaval, which involves crowds of dressed up people going out to the streets and bars to party hard. And since my autism makes it quite hard for me to be around loud music and drunks, I decided to escape from all of that and take my dog Ruby for a long walk at a nature reserve that is very dear to me ever since I was a kid; the Strabrechtse Heide (roughly translated: Strabrecht Meadow)
As mentioned before, this place is very nostalgic to me since I used to go there very often with my dad to check up on the cows he kept there (because of his job as a farmer) and I have nothing but fond memories of it. I had an absolutely lovely walk, enjoying the view around me, listening to the birds, had a slice of apple pie and tea at some point at an eatery and in the end, I ended up walking with Ruby for more than two hours. All and all, it was a great day.
And what makes me especially proud of going there is the fact that I went all by myself! I always get a little bit nervous when I'm driving alone in the car plus I always have my boyfriend with me whenever I go out to somewhere outside of the town where I live, but everything went well in the end and I guess I could say that I can be a bit proud of this ^^
