September 7th 2014

Hello everyone,

Today I'm skipping the cheesy greetings as I want to get straight to the point. I hope you don't mind.
The reason for this is because I am slightly annoyed at myself. You know that when you should have been yourself, but in the end did things to make others happy? Chances you let slip because it didn't satisfy the needs of someone else? I just had to reminisce about these things and can't help to be annoyed. Why have I never been the person I should have been? Life would have looked so much different. But then again, life wouldn't have given me the most important things that I've got now. So I guess that's a positive.

I've been losing weight gradually lately. A couple of months ago I was 116 Kg, now I am 104,8.
It's possible I've said this before, but I do want to add how I do this. First of all I start my day by eating oatmeal.Oatmeal is a very good source for fibers and it also known to be a cholesterol killer. You can probably find all the advantages if you just google it. Now I eat my oatmeal with milk, raisins and a spoon of honey. Furthermore I am keeping tabs on how much calories I eat a day. I don't eat more than 2000kcal. I keep tabs on this using a Dutch app called "Mijn Eetmeter". For the English speaking people the app "Calory Counter"  is a good alternative. Combining this with jogging every sunday morning, doing push ups every other day and try to eat healthy, I've come a long way. I hope this can help anyone else out there who struggles with losing weight and balancing a healthy diet.

So like almost every saturday I was playing pool again with my buddy Martin, but Steve also joined, which was nice! Martin almost managed to shoot the white ball into a television that hung on the wall. Poor guy had to hear about that the rest of the evening, which brought us to the situation where there was a woman on the other table across from where Martin had to shoot the white ball. Let's just say we recommended him to wait to take the shot, haha!
On another table next to us, there were two women playing pool, as far as I could tell they were not really experienced players, I mean not that I am, but you could tell by how they took the shots. One of these women looked really nice, and had a nice smile. I've been meaning to go over and have a chat, however I didn't. Not because I am afraid of screwing up, not at all. More likely the fact of how to start a conversation out of the blue. Unfortunately having Aspergers doesn't help here, as we have trouble with small talk. So yeah, I decided to let this one slip and try to work on things to say. So any women out there, what do you like to hear if someone you don't know walks up to you for a chat?
My confidence isn't the problem here, so don't start talking about that please.

So today I've been watching Forrest Gump, finally! I've been meaning to see it for a couple of years now, but I never bothered to look for it on DVD. When it was on the television I always seem to miss it, but not today. It was on the telly today and I watched it. I must say I am really impressed! The film itself is brilliant, amazing and impressive. It left me with the same sort of feeling Rainman did, which is a good thing! So much that happens in that film, so many mixed emotions as well. For everyone who didn't see the film, I highly recommend you do, it's worth your time!

I just did a relaxation exercise, the one I've been talking about a couple of entries ago, it's called progressive relaxation. You practically tense up your muscles one by one, just to let go of all the tension in it. It feels great! Talking about relaxation I'd like to share this playlist with you. It might help you relax when you're feeling stressed. It is supposed to be a playlist, but unfortunately I don't think I can put the whole playlist on. Only one video... Nonetheless, here goes:

Tomorrow I'm going to take some blood samples to find out what my blood group is. I want this information because I'm planning to get myself some dogtags. That, and it might also come in handy when I ever get in an accident. The reason why I want dogtags, is because I've always liked them, and I just miss having something around my neck since I don't wear the necklace that I got from my ex anymore. The ring that was on it we pasted in our scrapbook on the final page, closing this chapter for both of our lives. Thinking back to this gets my eyes all watery, since it's still emotional, that little part. But hey, live goes on. Anyway, yeah, tomorrow morning I'll get the samples, and I hope to hear what blood group I have ASAP.

Now last but not least, and the best part I've saved for last. My sister is coming to visit me! You will probably go like; Sister? What? Well if you've read all my blog entries, there is one special person in my life who is always been there for me, in good times and in bad. Over the 8 years we know each other we've grown so close that we consider ourselves brother and sister. She really is the best friend I've ever had, and no one will be able to beat her being number one on my list.
Sis is coming to visit upcoming tuesday! I'm so excited about picking her up on the airport! Still so much I need to do to though! Clean the house and such aaaah. Actually I saved that part for tuesday morning, as it will be neater longer haha! Anyway yeah, Lia is visiting and I can't wait to see her again!!

Well this was about it for today! It's become such a long post, I'm wondering if I should become a writer! Hahaha. Well it's getting late already, so, got to go! Catch you on the flipside!

Yours truly,

Mike