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I already told you that I have to write a blog for my university course.
Well here it is - about Latvian brands, logos, symbols and icons.

Today's post is about Latvians and their bikes. Drop by and read it :)

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Challenge of the Month

I already mentioned that this month's challenge will be hard for me. Maybe I exaggerated a little bit, however it is not far from truth.
Recently I have found a new hobby. Since I have always been "not what everyone else'' girl then also my hobby and even sport activities can't be too mainstream (have to laugh about this). When I was younger I played squash because no one else in my city did, now I have found my heart and time into go karts. Actually, Marcin brought me into it because he was too excited to try it out and now it has ended with regular trainings and trying to achieve the best results.
My personal challenge of the month will be to get 3sec off of my average score till now. It doesn't only mean to have regular driving practice, but also arm muscle trainings and running since it actually acquires some power and cardio in general.
We went today to have a short ride so I could check my result and it was 44,221 sec for a lap in our indoor carting center. Thus in the end of the April I should have at least 41 sec. I know this is still not the best (well the best ones have 37, 203sec) however I just started so it is not that bad for me as well.

If someone of you doesn't know what go karts mean, here you will have a short video to let you know.

And here is the place where I drive. The hill down is my favorite part!

While this is my personal challenge of the month, if you also want to join me achieving something in April and to do it together with me then find the score what you have in some sports and make them better. Running, gym or anything else what you do to keep yourself in good condition or what acquires some workout will work for this! :)

And let me know how is it going with you!

P.S.I will tell you tomorrow how was my challenge of the month in March!
P.S. I added the video with our place later cause I found the video and I had to use the situation :D

I know I know.. I must be a bad blogger if here has been so deadly silence for so long. But I have pretty good reason, so I will let myself excuse it and promise not to do it anymore!
So what have I been up to? Well, not much actually. I spent two miserable weeks in bed and barely being able to get out of it. I even didn't notice the moment when the spring came. Only thing what I noticed was Marcin coming home with a t-shirt from work and me saying that he has lost his mind. Did he? Ofcourse not, I just didn't notice the sun behind my dark blinds. (They were closed for most of the time in those two weeks).
When I just got better I got a visit from my Latvian friend and we had amazing birthday party at another Eastern European guys place where a lot of Latvians and Lithuaninas met. Well, for her it sure was one extra plus for Maastricht while choosing university.

I also decided to step back from my challange of the month for one day and went to airport to meet my mum while she had 12 hours between two flights. Excuse for me - I didn't meet her for 3 full month and it is a lot for both of us because mostly I go home every two month. However, I had an exam that day. (haha. Kinda old Amanda's style). But it was so wonderful day! We went to tulip gardens close by the airport, which is the BEST place to spend the first spring days. My mum was on her way back from Canada where it was already summer and now she got also a small peace of spring before going back to cold cold Latvia. (They called me today to inform that they got a snow! A snow while I am wearing flip-flops?!)

this is from last year, but you just have to see those fields. 

The rest of the time I have spent in deep studying coma. I have few papers to finish before next Thursday and I already can't wait the next uni period. We have a course about blogging so it seems like I will be forced to write (I bet I will hate it then because I usually don't like to do stuff because it is obligatory. Even though it is something what I like)

Anyhow, I already have some amazing stuff to share with you. Since I had so much time to spend with myself I got amazing ideas for some DIY and craft posts. Also tomorrow I will share my new challenge of the month which I have no smallest idea how I will handle, but well.. I guess that is the reason why I have these challenges!

I hope you all had amazing firs few weeks of the spring and you are all ready for summer. Specific note to students - I hope you are ready for last few hellish month of the school year - when you can't find good enough reason to stay inside while outside is so sunny and warm.

Spring illness.

While everyone is excited about the spring, I got so excited that I am spending last few days in the bed. I am unexplainably ill. I have no idea how could I have cached such a bad cold but I am lucky that this week I have two free days from school and I actually can try to catch up with my health and school work. 

Even though I hate to be ill, this time it is pretty funny. While the apartment is turning into a huge mess, I am slowly killing my intellect. (That’s what my best friend likes to say) - I am playing video games. And not any game, but Need for Speed. ME - who has never been into cars and I even don’t have drivers license. This is the most ridiculous thing in the world, however at least it keeps me in the bed (I always have problems with staying in the bed. I have to run and do something, and it just keeps me sicker than I should be) 

I am also filled with amazing ideas for some crafts, but I am trying to keep myself away from that so I could concentrate on my studies. I know if I will start, I won’t be able to stop (luckily, I am able to stop with the games) so these amazing ideas have to wait till April arrives.

I hope everyone else feels much better than me and is actually able to enjoy the first days of the spring!

Coming from countryliving.com I absolutely adore it 

Happy at work?!

Today my tutor showed us this video because of our assignment of immersion and flow in digital games. Even though I don't think it really works, maybe for someone it might be useful. I believe, that if you are good at what you do - you will enjoy it a little bit more. Also focusing might make you happier, however question is if you are able to focus on things which you don't like?! 

Of course, I believe that everyone should be able to do kind of job they love. Also I am for the old saying about true happiness in things you love, however, let's be honest.. There are moments in our lives when we are forced to do something we do not enjoy so much and what we would better never do.

Anyhow, since this month's challenge is about doing your best in work/school this might be kind of inspiring and helpful. Tell me what do you think. Do you believe these propositions are helpful?

It's Friday, I'm in Love

This will be really short list of things I love this Friday, because there is much too nice weather outside and I just feel like enjoying it as much as possible.

 ♥ It was 8th of March and it means - international women's day. I know it is not as popular in other countries as it is in Latvia, but I'm glad my lovely boyfriend remembered it (with a little help from me :D) So I got these amazing tulips from him in my room and it makes me smile every time when I look at them. It is also almost April, so the Netherlands will soon be filled with all the colors everywhere and I just love when wherever you go it is full with flowers.

 ♥ This week we also found time to have dinner in our favorite place - Napoli pizzeria. It's so Italia.

 ♥ My language shelf is also growing. Even though most of the language books are Marcin's, some are mine as well. This week I decided to master some German a bit and Marcin decided I should get back to my Italian. That's his face when waking me up and saying - it is time to study.

 ♥ I also got a small package from my mum. Lazy weekend with Latvian magazines - here I come.

Night vision

Since me and Marcin are having different time schedules lately, the bed is occupied form 12am till 12pm. I have always been the one who loves to sleep in and hates to wake up while he has turned on alarm even for holidays (he keeps telling that he has a lot to do). Even though I have started to try to wake up around 9am or 10am, it is still like a nightmare to me. Meanwhile Marcin wakes up at 6:30am and leaves to work. And since it would be insane to be awake only 12 hours a day, I am the one staying up late and finishing some projects and school work while my dearest is going to bed already at 12am. However in the end life never happens so perfectly and none of us gets enough sleep. Some mornings I have to wake up early as well (and it doesn’t help me to go to sleep early) and Marcin likes to do his crazy language addiction till late night.  

Anyhow, mostly he is in the bed before me and it gives me perfect timing to leave small surprises for his early morning. So this is what is going to wait for him in the morning.

 

I started this scarf before Christmas holidays, but it stayed unfinished because we left to visit my friends and family in Latvia for few weeks, and when we came back it was already warm enough to forget about winter fashion. Even when few weeks ago it again turned to the minus side of the thermometer I was too busy to sit down and have my daily dose of crafts.

Now when I already thought this scarf will have to wait until next winter it suddenly became cold. The last weekend was perfect spring weather and I almost packed al the winter jackets in the deepest corners of the closet (like I would have one – all the non-season cloth are going into boxes and into the shed) but today it suddenly boooom, and its cold! It was windy and freezing and I barely could move (I always think that not moving in cold makes me feel warmer than walking fast and moving each one of my body parts).

Anyhow, here it is. I took out the black wool and already started scarf, turned on some movies and finished it. Since Marcin mostly uses his bike to get to his work he really needed scarf already for a while, because the wind comes up here all the time and he keeps getting ill.

Since I won’t wake him up now, some more photos will come tomorrow. 

P.S. I’m sorry for so bad quality of the picture. Blackberry isn’t as good as I would like to.

P.P.S. Yes, we are actually talking English with each other since originally we are from different countries.

Hope you guys are having wonderful day tomorrow/today!