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thingsThisWeek #021

26 May 2025 ·

This is another thingsThisWeek which I wrote on Monday morning instead of Sunday afternoon. We celebrated my youngest’s 14th birthday yesterday, and because of this (and the Grand Prix of Monaco, and the Indy 500), I didn’t spend time behind my computer.

I hope you enjoy reading my reflections on last week.

  • I went out for lunch on Monday afternoon with two former colleagues with whom I worked between 2006 and 2016. It was great seeing each other again and learning about how our professional and personal lives have progressed in the past 9 years. Fun fact: We had lunch at a place where we used to go regularly back in the day. It was fun to experience how nothing had changed there at all.
  • I spent the entire week working from the Netherlands, which was a nice change.
  • I didn’t do any running from Monday to Friday to give my body some extra time to recover from the previous week.
  • My son won the championship in his field hockey league on Saturday, and my daughter strengthened her lead position in her league. With three more weeks to go, there is a high likelihood that her team will also win their championship.
  • The fathers of two of my friends passed away this week. One on Monday and one on Wednesday. 😢

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Camiel Schoonens

I am a husband and proud father to three children, an Apple fanboy, a runner, a reader, and a photography lover. In my spare time, I’m always looking for a software or hardware side project to tinker with.

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