The joys of jet lag part 3

Now I'm in the dog house because Sarah's sleep was interrupted throughout the night thanks to my insomnia. I feel a temporary move to Gent coming on...

Be nice, I'm a foreigner!

I think the Belgian authorities have it in for me just now.  I got randomly breathalised on Sunday for the first time and I've just received my first every speeding fine!!!

Do you think they'll accept my excuse that I'm still confused with the whole kilometre thing?!

Mag ik een afspraak maken aub?

I made my very first doc's appointment all in Dutch, no English, and all on my own. This is what the receptionist heard:

Jo: "Hi, I'd like to make an appointment please"

Rec: "Sure, when would you like to come over?"

Jo: "Em, around 6 on Tuesday afternoon. Can it be 6;30 please?"

Rec: "Yes, that's fine. What's your name?"

Jo: *cough* "Sorry ." *cough, splutter* "Excuse me, I have a penis stuck in my mouth*."

*Disclaimer - I actually said this line in English and I did say peanut but according to my work colleagues it sounded like penis lol! I didn't realise at the time and thought that I'd done really well lol.

Return to sender

So it would appear that I'm rather inept when it comes to the fine art of posting. I sent a slightly belated bday card to Annika last week to discover it in my letter box saying:

'Het juiste tarief is 2,40euros.'

In my defence Sarah -who is my consult for everything Belgie- said that it would be ok to post a regular card with a *postcard* stamp on it.

Apologies A, I'll lick, stick it and re-stamp it and get it on its way ;)

Oops!

Just spoke to my wee brother to check that he got his birthday card that I'd addressed to Johnnie-boy (that's what I always call him). This cracked me up, turned out that the hall porters had filed it under the surname 'B' for Boy - ROTFL!!! Poor Johnnie got his card a day late cos naturally he was looking under 'M!'

Johnnie, next time I'll be sure to put your full Sunday name down.