Why NOW? We never have storms here, with thunder and lightning and all - really NEVER, maybe twice in the whole nine months I've been here - and I love storms and wish we'd have more of them... but why is there one NOW, two hours before I'm supposed to go horseback riding? I hope it's an indoor arena, but somehow I doubt it. Stop, goshdarnit, STOP!

Fairly productive day... major grocery shopping, went to the library and copied the article I have to present (so not only do I have to do a presentation in another language, but it has to be in large part about girls' sexuality?), and bought two new shirts from V&D which I am totally in love with. They're fairly simple, tank tops with hoods and with a short zipper at the neck. One orange, one royal blue. I had to have something orange for Koninginnedag and they had them in so many colors... red, orange, green, white, two shades of blue, black, hot pink... I wanted to buy the whole rack, but restrained myself to two. However, it turns out these belong to the rare, magic, Make-Jess-Look-Thinner Shirt Club, so I may be going back for that red one...

Other news of interest: e-mailed Emmeline and found out that they've got two enthusiastic people to teach Dutch next year, so I'm not needed... but I believe we're all going to be living in the same place, La Mancha, so she's giving my e-mail address to them so that we can meet here in Utrecht... that way they might not feel so totally alone when they get to Florida.

To-Do List (some things crossed out, others added)

order those books for Jeugdliteratuur
go to the library and copy the necessary articles for my presentation (and read the articles for next week's class)
do my Utrecht in the Middle Ages essay over again
go to the supermarket
get vitamins
e-mail some more translation bureaus
try to make contact with Faith about the Paris trip and figure out if I'll travel on the 10th or 11th of June
think about a topic for my final essay for Utrecht in the Middle Ages
give Irene (ticket girl) an ultimatum about the Marco tickets
meet Elske (new ticket girl) in Zwolle and exchange tickets
transfer money from American account to Dutch account
read the article I copied today
meet new UF Dutch teachers
develop new and exciting Rain-Stopping Power