Allergies (Stonetable) by Adam

Yesterday I had the first of four weekly tests to determine what I’m allergic to. This consists of getting five pieces of jagged plastic twisted into the sensitive pasty flesh of my forearm and waiting for the wounds to erupt.

I had mild reactions to cat and dog (bad for me, but manageable). I also reacted to household dust and molds. The worst, though, was histamine. My body is producing enough of the stuff to create a welt the size of a small volcano.

Left arm:

Right arm:

Close up of the welt:

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Yesterday wore me out (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Wow! Between yesterday's interviews and my allergies, I'm completely worn out. Stupid allergies D: The interviews went quite nicely though!

In the morning I paid a visit to the Via Nova College in Utrecht. They're quite modest in size (the current student body weighs in at around 450 and next year's will be around 600) and they're very progressive in their didactics. I had a great talk with one of their team leaders and we're going to try and find a position that would be suitable for me. We're also exploring the SOS (Samen op Scholen) project, which would offer me the opportunity to work and study at the same time. I'm really enthused about the Via Nova!

My chat with Remco Verhoef of Red Five was rather fruitful! He's going to compile a list of tasks that they've had for a long while and that they'd like to hand over to a freelance admin. This ought to give me a few interesting jobs to fill any holes I'll have in my income. Besides, it'll be nice to at least stay involved with IT a -little- bit.

Finally, my chat at the SG Maarsbergen was short but sweet. Unfortunately the person I was meeting had to cancel our interview, due to personal circumstances. He did have about fifteen minutes to show me around the school though. Seriously, this is the kind of school that I wanted to go to as a kid: all kinds of beautiful machinery that reeks of diesel, large kitchens and bakeries and a few nicely stocked workshops. I'd love to teach maths over there, but unfortunately all they can offer me are one or two internships. I'm not going to write them off though, simply because their school seems awesome :D

Posted in: allergies , interviewing , school , sleep , worn out