{"id":11927,"date":"2026-07-31T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leiden365.nl\/blog\/?p=11927"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:49:06","slug":"july-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leiden365.nl\/blog\/2026\/07\/31\/july-26\/","title":{"rendered":"July ’26 – Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month I was the ‘Rodriguez’. In Spain the statement carries a mix of humor, resignation, and a tiny wink of freedom. It\u2019s the classic situation where someone stays behind working while the rest of the family goes on vacation. After taking the kids to the Netherlands<\/a>, I brought them to their mother for some weeks at the beach in Torrevieja. After a weekend I returned home to fulfill my obligations, and so I ended up de Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

As the Rodriguez, there\u2019s the routine of going to work every day. After that, it\u2019s keeping the house in order, cleaning, cooking, washing clothes, drying, folding and storing, tidying up, take care of the pets and everything else that comes along. Ana even tried to give me an extra task: painting the entire house. Fortunately, I managed to diplomatically avoid that one. And if I do happen to find a bit of scarce free time, it usually goes into cleaning the car, dusting the shelves, reorganizing the kids\u2019 toys, cleaning the windows, and so on.<\/p>\n

With all these tasks, it\u2019s unlikely I\u2019ll have any time left for myself, but if it does happen, I might still squeeze in a bit of enjoyment: a movie, a series, some music, playing around with my laptop, some exercise, a walk in the woods, working on my game, experimenting with my blog<\/a>, an outing with the guys, a bit of shopping, building a LEGO set… The small freedoms of a Rodriguez, hidden between the responsibilities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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