[Sorry it's been a couple of days - blame the Internet, not me. I'm going to go yell at Yvon and Ted in the office tomorrow... AGAIN...]

What is it with Utrecht on Saturday? I swear, all the crazies, like, come out of hiding just for that one day. I went to the station yesterday afternoon to meet Martin and while in the city we saw all kinds of things – a group of girls dressed in Halloween costumes, a guy running down the street while shouting something on his cell phone, some girls singing at the top of their lungs… Oh, but the crowning touch. While I was standing at the meeting place waiting for Martin’s train to get here, this guy came and stood next to me and started babbling about babysitting for twins. “Ik heb gisteravond op een tweeling gepast. Een tweeling. Twee meisjes. Het is leuk als je op een tweeling past.” And then he just walked away! LOL! He had one of those faces where you can sort of tell that something’s not ‘quite right’... I fear for those poor girls that he babysat... Anyway, crazy day. But we had Turkish pizzas – yum yum yum! - and I got a computer microphone, too – sweeeet!

Then Tristan came over and we went to see Lost in Translation, which was a very good movie - Scarlett Johansson is in it, the girl from The Horse Whisperer, and Bill Murray is of course always a winner. But T and I both agreed that there was a lot of 'symbolism' there, which we haven't completely figured out yet... has anyone seen it? Leave a comment!

Then today we went to McDonalds and the woman gave me a chocolate shake instead of orange juice. Had I known she was going to do that, I wouldn't have ordered the ice cream... :S (Lotte: thus I am not holding up my end of the bargain here, I'm afraid... LOL!) And then, since T had his big ol' American van, we went and picked up my bike from Zeist... then thought about going to the Veluwe, changed our minds, and ended up just going back to Rheyngaerde and watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding, laughing hysterically and then practically falling asleep. LOL!

Anyway, then I finally got online, and so Martin and I have been sitting here talking and making faces over the webcam for... uh... well, 57 pages in Word, so time-wise that's... *checking Plus features* ... four hours and 45 minutes, or somewhere close. Wow...

Anyway, I'm gonna go now - a few mails, then a shower, then BED!!! Plans tomorrow: class at 3, lots of difficult translating before and after, and hopefully a few nice conversations stuck in there. :) By the way, everybody wish a lot of luck and strength to Martin and Tristan, ok? I won't go into details, but they could both use some support right now...