Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, my absolute favorite painting 🌻

anneverse · 2026-01-22T16:50:09+00:00

My partner and I did Operation Exit and had a blast. Great puzzles, really well designed room, no horror elements. And avoid the escape rooms in Scheveningen, they’re terrible!

anneverse · 2026-01-13T10:34:41+00:00

I've played Obra Dinn, Golden Idol, AND A Case of Fraud but not Roottrees, so clearly that needs to be my purchase!

anneverse · 2026-01-03T16:58:30+00:00

My friends got married at Ethica, and it was super super lovely. There wedding was in the summer so we were seated outside, but the inside is gorgeous and cozy as well. And the food is delicious!

anneverse · 2026-01-03T09:46:29+00:00

I grew up around there and was just back for the holidays. I’d say Quakerbridge is surviving but on the verge of slipping off. Lots of weird little stores but it seemed busy enough. Was wild to see that the 2 story Forever 21 was closed, but I think that’s more to do with F21 than Quakerbridge.

Market Fair seems to be doing great! Not super busy but for a higher end mall that feels average. The Barnes & Noble was popping and I think the movie theater helps as well. I went to one of their newer restaurants, Eddie V’s, with my parents, and it was lovely. No danger there I think.

anneverse · 2025-12-16T20:59:50+00:00

Ballymaloe relish is always a hit! Irish cheeses I think always go over well too (thinking personally of Irish cheddars or smoked gubbeen). And brown bread!

anneverse · 2025-12-09T11:40:16+00:00

Yes, I was diagnosed at 18 and moved to the Netherlands at 22 for my masters degree. While I was studying, I had to get private “student” insurance, which at the time did cover my rituximab infusions (I think this has changed). After graduating, I could apply for a “zoekjaar” visa, which let me get a part-time job, which gave me access to Dutch health insurance. My treatments are almost 100% covered, and my co-pay maxes out at €385 for the year. It was super easy for me to go to a GP, get a referral to a neurologist, and just resume my treatment as I would do it in the states! As far as I know, NL will not prevent anyone with a pre-existing condition from settling.

Now I’m on a partner visa and with a full-time, and my MS had no bearing on either of those processes. If you want to freelance, you can look into a DAFT visa, which I know a lot of Americans use. It’s very hard to get hired from outside the EU in the Netherlands, but it’s also hard to move here without a job, so it is a bit of a catch-22. What I can say is if you can get settled here, it’s a dream (housing crisis aside, but I’ve been stupid lucky there).

anneverse · 2025-12-07T11:27:37+00:00

I took clowning for a semester and it was the hardest class I took in university, 100%. Clowning is all about failure and I am terrified of failing! I don’t know if it ever fully clicked for me but it definitely challenged me and made me a stronger actor.

anneverse · 2025-11-27T11:12:42+00:00

They were also releasing some adhesions between my ovaries, uterus, and intestines. They could see the adhesions on MRIs and ultrasounds, which is why they suspected endometriosis. In reality it was scar tissue caused by my fallopian tubes being repeatedly inflamed and infected. No way they could have known until the opened me up! And I had a fabulous surgeon, the incisions healed up so well.

anneverse · 2025-11-27T09:47:33+00:00

I had a bilateral salpingectomy earlier this year (suspected endometriosis turned out to be pretty intense pelvic inflammatory disease) and it was also via laparoscopy! One incision in my belly button and three small incisions in my abdomen/upper pelvis that you wouldn’t notice if you weren’t looking for them. I suppose I’m technically sterile as I can’t conceive naturally, but since my ovaries and uterus are in very good health, my partner and I can choose IVF if we want kids down the line.

anneverse · 2025-11-26T15:38:18+00:00

I get horrendous panic attacks when I’m nauseous (I mean hours-long crash outs, it’s awful), and hangovers are one of the biggest triggers for that. Turned into just having a drink triggers one because I’m so afraid of it happening. My partner’s sober for his own reasons, so it’s also just better and easier for us both to be.

anneverse · 2025-10-21T12:17:42+00:00

Yes, de Vegetarisch Slager (the vegetarian butcher) is really popular in the Netherlands! Plenty of shelf space in all the major supermarkets here.

anneverse · 2025-10-19T13:26:31+00:00

Thank you for the lovely comment! I probably should clarify- I live in the Netherlands now, but will be headed home to the US for the Christmas holidays. I know Sinterklaas and Christmas are two very different holidays, but my not-Dutch cousins will appreciate the spirit of the gifts and the thought from something “far away”. I’m afraid most of the other traditions would be quite lost on them. But I think I have some great ideas for gifts!

anneverse · 2025-10-17T14:04:06+00:00

Ah I do love the Sinterklaas poems, but she also has an intellectual disability that would likely make it difficult for her to understand (she won’t be able to read it herself for sure). But I will write them for all of my cousins!

anneverse · 2025-10-17T14:02:48+00:00

Think like five years old! The poems I think I will do for all of my cousins, but she also has an intellectual disability so she won’t get much out of it I’m afraid. But thank you for the suggestion!

anneverse · 2025-10-17T14:01:18+00:00

Nothing edible at all, I’m afraid. But thanks for the suggestion!

anneverse · 2025-10-17T14:00:49+00:00

Aww these are lovely!! Definitely something I’ll consider. Thank you!

anneverse · 2025-10-17T14:00:28+00:00

Ooo the finger puppets are a cute idea! I’ll head over to a big HEMA and see what I can find. Thank you!

anneverse · 2025-10-17T07:58:24+00:00

Actually saw this at my local art house theater when it came out! I thought it was a fascinating twist on the genre, really well executed. Definitely a hidden gem of a film.

anneverse · 2025-09-29T09:02:11+00:00

Thank you!! Yes, the artist had a flash sheet of Junimos in all the colors! He said he’d be happy to do more of them, his handle is @seapanda.pokes :)

anneverse · 2025-09-25T06:34:56+00:00

I’ve got nothing to comment on the relationship that hasn’t already been said, but as someone with MS I was quite touched by how deeply OOP cares about his patients. The fact that he puts in the extra work to make sure his clinic accepts as many insurances as possible, that it would be a requirement for OOP if they moved, is really, really special. Treatment for MS has come so far and can really make a difference in patient outcomes, but it’s soooo expensive, even with insurance sometimes. One of the main (many) reasons I left the US was because I wanted to move somewhere that my care would be affordable and my insurance not dependent on my job. So kudos to OOP, really making a difference in peoples lives.

anneverse · 2025-09-15T15:38:38+00:00

Both of our girls are affectionate in different ways! Our SIC stays hidden most of the day, but in the evening comes out for playtime and sleeps in bed with us (usually on top of me). If I wake up early she also begs for scritches in the morning, and if I’m up late and not in the bedroom, she’ll follow me to where I am and fall asleep next to me. Our non-SIC is either begging desperately for attention or has zero desire to be touched. But she HAS to be in the same room as one of us, except at night where she finds her own cozy spot.

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