I surprised myself twice in the past forty-eight hours. 🙂

Yesterday afternoon, I went to my yearly dental check-up. I decided to rely on public transportation instead of cycling the five-kilometre route on my own. Too many ‘what ifs’. It took me a couple of minutes to walk from the house to the new bus stop. Except for the little goof of placing my lijnkaart on the wrong scanner (yep, it was that long ago), I had a fun twenty-minute bus ride getting driven to my destination. A short walk later, I was at my no-nonsense dentist, having my teeth checked and cleaned. After my dental appointment, I decided to cross another bridge to go to the bus stop located at the other side of Kortrijk. I was just in time to see the bridge getting raised on some badass hydraulics for a big cargo boat. Damn, I was impressed and wanted to say wow to people standing next to me, but I held it in. It was not the time to kampung out. Ha!

For the next fifteen minutes or so, I walked through the city, stopped at the library for points, gawked at things, and was constantly telling myself not to buy. I navigated myself easily to the designated bus stop and got home safely. Finding my way in the city of Kortrijk at such ease was little surprise number one.

This morning, I have to deliver some paperwork for D. At ten past nine, I was out of the house, on my bike and cycling to the insurer’s office. The bike ride would normally take about five minutes, but I decided to check out the street that the city is still working on, thinking maybe there might be a bike path. Nope, not risking my ass on that makeshift thingy…

At the insurance office, I handed over the required documents and tried my very best to voice our displeasure about the way that they are proccesing the car insurance. Heck, bitching was difficult when the person sitting across you is a soft-spoken kindly secretary doing her damn job. She said that they will do their best. I was evoking my faith in humanity and ALL my Sabahan patience-training at that moment.

So that was that. Little surprise number two – executing an errand by bike on my own.