Christmas
Maarten visited me in Scotland the 17th. It was so nice to see him again! The weather wasn’t that good but we shopped, visited winter wonderland, climbed Arthur Seat, saw The day the earth stood still in the cinema. Julia’s boyfriend was also visiting and they decided to make a trip to the highlands for Christmas. They asked us to come with them but we were both poor and had no money.
But we had the flat for the two of us and that was also nice. On Christmas day we took it easy, we walked in the park and began making dinner at 4. We made al sort of tapas and it took a long time to prepare them. It was fun though and we watched the Dr. Who Christmas special while eating dinner. After that we suddenly realized we totally forgot the presents! So we did that a bit late. I’ve got an Edinburgh travel guide and music box, a book about taxidermy & dead animals, a horror comic book, underpants with glitters and cupcakes, and lip gloss. So cool!
On Boxing Day we did nothing special, I’ve made some homework and we prepared for the flight back to Holland. I was again a bit nervous. But it went very smooth together with Maarten. In the plane I wasn’t afraid anymore, I didn’t even shake!
My parents were waiting for me at the airport in Germany and it was so nice to see them again. Big hugs and kisses and my dad even lifted me of the ground with my suitcase still dangling in my hand, haha! We stepped in the car and the first thing we got was a ‘friet speciaal’ (those are French fries with mayonnaise, spiced ketchup and onions). I was so longing for that!
That evening we had another Christmas. My parents waited for me hehe and again I got a lot of presents; make up, wool, ink pen, art book, writing paper, chocolate, drawing book, socks, and a lot of clothes.
New Years Eve
First the plan was to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the family. But Maarten joined with a friend and Manon also had a boyfriend and in the end we were with more people. We’ve had a nice big Greek dinner and played Xbox games and poker and soon it was 12 twelve o’clock. My dad had the nice traditional firework tree but it wasn’t as loud as normal. But the other firework was beautiful! We went also to my uncle and aunt, they live a couple of street away. It was nice to see them again. We’ve stayed there for a while watching the big smoky fire my uncle had made. Once back we played poker till 6 with my dad and went to bed.

Flight back
I had to go back alone to Edinburgh. Nobody had the time or money to support me during my flight and I wanted to try it alone. Because last time went so well. I was scared though but I know the airport (it’s very small). I was early and waited to board the plane. After a while people were already standing in line and that made me nervous so I went to join them. I’ve a priority ticket and that means that you can board first. That’s convenient for me because I can choose first where to sit and I want a place in front.
So after standing 30 minutes we finally could board the plane. I was the first yay! We had to wait outside until the people were done with checking the airplane. It took longer and longer and more people were coming to have a look. After a while we had to go inside again, but the people standing in the back saw their change to cut in the line. So it was pushing to get inside and because I was first, I was also the last one inside and got squished against the glass doors. People around me were angry and panicking and that made me scared too so I called my dad. He told me to wait there. After some more time (I can’t keep track of time because I’m a bit fuzzy of the fear pills) the airport people said the flight was canceled and we had to wait for a new airplane. I wanted to call my dad again but I was out of call credit. With my last 50 eurocent I found a paid phone and told my dad the news. They would wait on the airport until I was in the air.
After a while they announced it was boarding time again and I went to stand in line. But now they didn’t use the priority cards anymore! I was again in panic because all those people in front of me and afraid I couldn’t sit in the front. While walking to the airplane I saw my parents outside waving to me. In the airplane I noticed that the front seats where still empty and in the end I had a seat in front, yay. The flight itself was less stressful. I was a bit shaky and had stomach pain but I had everything under control. Maybe someday I’ll be cured of my flight fear!

School
Not much happened with my own animation project because of the holidays and the visits. But I’ve made an animation for a documentary about Alzheimer. I had to animate shriveling brain, pretty awesome! It was a last minute project but so much fun!

Animation for the documentary of Daniel Jewell