Sunday 16 August 2026
2.24pm
gotta recap a little bit because i have things to say!
friday started pretty late for me, which was very welcome because it was SO warm and sunny outside. ben made me scrambled eggs for breakfast and i spent some time making progress on chapter 6 of the letter before getting ready. i actually made an effort with my hair and makeup too, which made me feel a bit better about myself :)
we met our friends at the cinema later, where they had managed to get tickets for about 5 bucks and invited us along. we didn’t even know what we were watching until we got there, and it was so funny when ben and i realised it was end of oak street. we had seen the trailer earlier this year and ben literally turned to me and went “what a shit film, let’s never ever watch that one. who would ever watch a film like this?” and then there we were LMAO because of course our friend would choose a film like that. the film was alright, i definitely preferred the first half, but let me tell you… i did NOT expect dinosaur porn😫
the trailers were actually my favourite part and i’m especially excited for other mommy. i told my friends right at the beginning that we were definitely going to watch it and they all nodded along, but as the trailer got more disturbing they slowly turned towards me with horrified faces and shook their heads while i just gave them a thumbs up. ben thinks it’s probably going to be too creepy for him, but i don’t think it’ll be that bad hehe
afterwards we walked to the pub and had the best tapas and caipirinhas (yummy!!) while talking about our friend’s upcoming wedding. they’re actually having two celebrations, one here in germany and one in indonesia, so i’m very excited to be part of both and even more excited for our trip to indonesia in general!! we sat outside because the weather was still lovely and i really love drinking outside with friends when it’s warm :)
we walked home later, grabbed some snacks while waiting for the bus and just enjoyed being outside at night. the city was still busy, all the lights were on and there was that nice warm summer air. we took the bus for one stop and walked the rest of the way home before ben and i ended the night with some games. the dota 2 world championship is happening at the moment and ben has been watching it and guessing the winners for ingame rewards, which obviously made him want to play dota again. i completely get it because i’m exactly the same whenever i watch the splatoon world championship lmao. so we played some dota together before going to bed and instead of playing drow ranger like usual i tried my twin lina because ben convinced me that she‘s super strong currently!!
saturday started early because we were celebrating indonesian independence day! ila invited us to the big celebration at the indonesian consulate in hamburg, so we went there in the morning and because we have both the colonized and the colonizer in our friendgroup i suggested beating ben up in front of the consulate as a dutch representative and let ila take a swing but instead we settled on eating a lot of yummy food together. lucky ben! i love when my friends share their culture with me, so obviously i tried everything i was offered. we sat in the sun, listened to indonesian pop and walked around all the little stands together. it was such a nice morning :)
we went home around lunchtime and got coffee on the way back. i got a banana iced latte (yum) and we also looked at some more plants because apparently one orchid isn‘t enough for me😛 i found a really beautiful one and ben bought it for me, along with another pot and some extra soil hehe. one day you’ll get an updated plant tour of my living room, i promise!!
i also somehow managed to destroy ben’s key while trying to open the front door. he was genuinely shocked that i managed to snap the key in the middle but i swear i didn’t even turn it that hard?? anyways…
after that i packed my overnight bag and went to my parents’ because i’ve not been feeling very well lately and they thought it would be nice for me to be closer to the mothership :’) i ended up talking A LOT with my dad about everything going on in my life. i genuinely think my dad was born to be a father. some men have to assume a parental role whether they like it or not, some step up, some leave, and some do such an abysmal job at being a parent that it would probably be better if they never had children at all. not my dad though!
my dad is my rock. whenever something goes wrong in my life, once i’ve talked to my dad about it i always feel so much better. he’s such a great father, with so much love and care, and i’m so lucky to be my father’s daughter :) we spent hours talking about my life, him giving me advice and giving me lots of hugs. very needed much needed…
i also watched a film with my sister before going back downstairs to my dad, where we watched DMAX — probably THE dad channel to ever exist on television. i have such fond memories of watching top gear with him when i was little, so sitting there watching random car programmes and doing sudoku while some british police series played was actually a very nice evening. i was just happy to be around my dad :')
earlier that evening ben had also called me to make me choose between a squirrel and a cow in a pumpkin because he was looking at decorations, which was already cute enough, but apparently he ended up buying both AND he said he has a surprise for me hehe
sunday started with breakfast with my family, tea and coffee and then my dad insisting that we watch the new sheep detectives film because he loved that the sheep talked LMAO. i thought it was alright and pretty much what i expected from the trailers, but i always end up laughing whenever my dad laughs
afterwards he immediately put on nobody with bob odenkirk, which was actually really entertaining. basically john wick, except instead of a dog there’s a kitty cat bracelet. 10/10 dad movie choice lol