Everybody go download that song by Kane, “Dreamer.” I don’t know if it’s popular in the States too, but it should be: he wrote it two weeks before his wife died of cancer... and recorded it the day after. Tristan told me that about two months ago when it came on the radio when we were in the car.

Dutchies: ik heb advies nodig... als je iets echt wilt (en als het uiteindelijk jouw beslissing is), maar als je ouders er 100% tegenop staan... wat doe je dan? Hoe overtuig je ze dat je je eigen keuzen kan bepalen? (Familie Heij: dit is geen 8-dagen lentevakantie-reisje naar Nederland; anders was dit makkelijk beantwoord ;) maar dit gaat over mijn toekomst...)

I’m not doing much today... just writing my essay for DPDS and maybe studying for the exam a bit if I get really bored. Tomorrow I’m going to Emmen, so I’ll definitely have awesome Internet, and Sunday I get to swim :) and Monday I have my exam. Tuesday I go to Doetinchem to teach Wim, Wednesday I’m having dinner with Pauline and Anna, Thursday I’ll be doing last-minute packing, and Friday we leave for Spain! Somewhere in between there I’ll have to swing by Trans and drop off my exam translations.

Speaking of which, what in the world is a ‘zuivelzakjasje’? “Dairy pocket coat”? LOL! I have one opinion that it refers to the color of the coat, and I have another opinion that it’s just a cheap jacket... Olga, you and your family are the resident ‘taalexperts’... can I get a hint? LOL! (The sentence is “Zeeman, in zijn beige zuivelzakjasje, was bezig de kas op te maken.”)

The Staatsexamen results should be online the day I get back (the 16th), or maybe a couple days later than that, knowing Dutch bureaucracy. And then on the 19th, Monday, block 4 starts. I hope the people in there are just as nice as the ones in block 3...

Oh – and Idols comes on tomorrow night! Almost forgot. Eric better get tossed out this week, or I’m going to have a cow. I don’t know how he’s lasted this long. I think JK or Irma should win, and Marlies isn’t bad either... Boris is also extremely good, but he already sings professionally, according to Lotte. He’ll probably end up winning, and he would deserve it, but I sort of think someone else should get the chance, someone who really needs that boost to help them on their way...

Well, Scott has the Internet so I can’t post this, so I’ll stop now (it’s 11.57) and wait until I can post it. Toodles.