Voorpret
VOR-pret
n.The pleasure taken in anticipating something before it happens.
Dutch — 'pre-fun'Established linguistic term
The Nine Weeks Before
The trip was in April and Sanne started the spreadsheet in January.
Her husband, who is Portuguese and married her anyway, watched this happen for the fourth consecutive year and finally said something.
"You know we could just go."
"We are just going."
"Sanne. There is a tab called Contingency Restaurants."
"There are two," said Sanne. "There's a tab for if it rains."
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Here is the thing João took eleven years to understand, and only understood when she was ill in 2022 and could not do it.