I had 2 weeks vacation and that's why I didn't write a blog. Today is my dog Hunter's birthday!!!! He turned 17 years old. Another year, and then he can have alcohol. When Hunter was born, he was the only puppy, which made him very big. He was born with an emergency cesarean, just like me. The vet was named the Hunter of her last name, and Hunter was named after it. But his family tree name is Cullinan it's a jewel of a dog. Cullinan is the largest rough diamond ever found and that's what this big puppy is named after. My mother saved Hunter when he was 1 year old for a week. He lived with a woman in a small apartment who assaulted him and left him in his pen 12 hours a day. He was allowed twice a day a round around the flat and that's why Hunter has a very big bladder and he pees huge puddles. He also got to drink once a day and then he immediately drank his whole water tank. My mother taught him to drink quietly so he wouldn't throw up any more water. Now he just turned 17 years!!! Hunter loves food and steals you if you can. He loves tomatoes. His favorite food is Spaghetti with tomato sauce. I give him a meat face sometimes and he's super happy. One time I came in with a meat face in the shopping bag and he was already super happy.

During the holidays I was told that my sailing camp is not going on this summer. I was very sorry, because I was so looking forward to it. It was my birthday present. But mom and dad found another sailing camp at the sailing school where I used to do splash courses in the optimist. You don't sleep here and go home at night. Last week I spent 4 days at sailing camp with 1.5 meters away with ease. Because instead of a keelboat, I went in a one-man boat. I sailed in an RS Tera. The weather was not very nice, because it was blowing very hard so I often turned over and had to swim. Luckily, I was wearing a wetsuit. A wetsuit is super tight that I find annoying. At the sailing school I had to walk a certain route and we had to sanitize our hands every time we arrived, at lunch and on departure. The instructor was in my own motorboat and I had to sanitize my own boat every day. That was a lot of work, but it was safe to do. I found it very exhausting. Was very tired, that's because of my chronic fatigue. If the weather would be a bit nicer then it was less difficult for me, but I moved well and used all my muscles so the physio is probably very proud of me. I received my water sports passport at the end of the week and got my CWO 1. I'm very proud of it!

You know what else I'm really proud of? I bought a boat yesterday. It is a BM 16m2 with a deck tent. I can go wandering this summer. My father also made an offer on the same boat with trailer and he was accepted as well. Now we can go on a wandering trip with two boats. We got a men's boat and a women's boat. The men's boat is going to be called Hunter, and that's my boat. He gets an engine on the back. The women's boat is going to be called Magom. That was the name our little sister made up for our old rabbit. Emma used to call pickles magom. Why don't we know, but we think it's a funny name. My boat doesn't look great right now, but if I fix it, I can sell it for a lot of money. I have seen that if they are nicely painted, these boats can be worth more than €10.000, -. So I can sell it later and buy a cabin for it or make hundreds of euros profit. Daddy's going to help me, because he's a very good boat repair. But for now I'm not gonna sell it at all, I'm just going to sail. In the summer holidays I want to make a wandering trip through Zeeland. Then we can keep our distance from other people, which is safe for my brother. In Zeeland you sometimes have seals and porpoises next to your boat and you can enjoy crab fishing.

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