This week I went to my first "kraamvisite" ever, meaning I went to one of my best friends houses and looked at her first baby, a little boy called Jonne. So sweet, I was allowed to hold him, he looked at me a little and made some odd face movements and hiccuped and spat out his milk. I could have taken him home with me! And the day after I got the sms that another baby was born, this time Anne, baby girl of Juliane and John. So we are really growing up, buying houses and having children.
Not much news otherwise, our red couch arrived, and we found it a little bulky. It took so much getting used to that I fell on top of Bernard while trying to get onto it as he was trying to eat his soup, that was nearly first marks on our couch, oh no. This weekend I play a friend tournament, with yes, well guessed, a good friend. Sandra and I are joining in at my tennis club. We have never played together, looking forward, just hope the weather gets better, it is really horrible! And next week I go visit Gaby in Frankfurt. Leave on Thursday and stay until Monday. Can't wait, I know we will have a great time. Probably get really drunk one evening, but luckily have enough time for some hangover free shopping and perhaps a nice country hike or jog. I look forward.
This evening my mother came by, and finally reached our house after a long detour. Was a nice evening, just the three of us, B, her and I. Father had a cooking course instead.

One can question whether it is such a good idea to log onto the computer at 10 pm when you are trying to have an early night - and this was not a log on to do my blog but to keep up to date with people asking for questionnaires. I have put questionnaires on internet, thanks to IRB Doug who has sat on my IRB proposal so long that the CT participant pool had closed before I could even attempt to print some questionnaires to hand out (after 4 months). Anyway, this internet business is scary. I use a system that saves data for me, so I feel quite a loss of control because i don;t quite understand the system yet - it has raised my blood pressure a number of times today, feel like I have just run half a mile everytime I've looked at the thing. The helpdesk is great: "no we have never had this problem, thank you for reporting it, we will keep an eye on it" or "you must be doing something wrong, this should not happen". "Oh, thanks, that is very useful!"
Have our housewarming tomorrow and I still have not managed to reach my mother to ask her what to prepare in the way of food. Someone asked how/where we are going to fit 40 people. In the living room thinks me, our living room is enormous. A little more thought and I realize our living room seems enormous because a. I have never had my own before b. it is so empty. But ehrm, indeed perhaps it cannot fit that many people. We will solve that tomorrow... Our house is proving very expensive, we always feel so sorry for the people who have to deliver to us on the third floor (e.g., the grocery man this week: 4 crates of beer, 12 bottles of wine, 21 bottles of soft drinks etc.) that we give them big tips - they thank us with an exhausted and sweaty grin!
Attempt to go to bed?

We made it. Did not go down a class!! Not thanks to me, but anyway.