Thursday, November 9th

K is discovering spontaneity, something that seldomly happens in my organized Dutch life (which, given the fact that my organized activities concern friends, is something I can tell you I am missing too). But, I went to the bar again this evening, met up with the nice French girl I had talked to last week and she asked whether I would like to join her and her friend for dinner. Another very hyptertalkative girl who seemed afraid of any silence joined us and it was fun (espeically when she took bites of her food now and then, or even went to the bathroom so we could get a word in edgeways...But she was new to connecticut and obviously lonely so I can feel for her - I guess we all express insecurity in different ways and she came and talked tome when I was suddenly, scarily, standing entirely alone with a whole bunch of people close by that I did not know). I like that kind of unexpected activity. Now I sit here with a cider and contemplate an odd kind of day. Perhaps I am working just a little too hard it occurred to me this afternoon. I actually managed to irritate J,and I can tell you, this is someone who never gets irritated (or at least never shows it). These IRB procedures about the ethics of my experiment are really getting to me. J got annoyed because I was being unnecessarily deceptive, I had completely had it because I have so much to do and he was giving me a pile of things to change and I wanted to get my revision of the proposal in asap. He told me to go out and enjoy the nice weather when we had finished - I told him it was unlikely I would be out of here while the weather is still nice.
So, I think tomorrow I will make sure I get some of the nice weather, I want to go for an hours run before going to the university (unfortunately). Only going there to keep an eye on my research assistants.
Oh and I ran into the IRB office at 1 minute to 5 and handed in my revision. Just hope I did not forget anything.. or do something silly with my consent forms... I did check everything but I had to change so many different things in so many different places I cannot guarantee it went well + I added a few things (thanks to J) and perhaps I should have justified why I added them? Now I am worried again... Hm, let's take another sip of cider and go and watch sex in the city..