Time for an update

Hey, I haven't blogged in a while. So here's what has been going on:
I spent a wonderful week at home with my parents and sister. It was soooooooo relaxing! Cecilia came to visit me and we had lots of fun. We spent a lot of time hanging on the couch watching movies and Friends! Cecilia was the perfect guest!
Lately I've been thinking about doing a DTS......in the States! I really wanna experience living in another country for a while. And why not the States? I found a cool DTS in Denver, Colorado.
If I'm really going through with this, then I'll come to the USA in september 2006!
Yeah, that's still a long time from now. But I like the idea.
I told my parents about this idea and the expression on my dad's face just said: "Oh no, she's gonna need more money from us!"
But the plan is to make all the money I need myself. So hopefully I can find a good job after working in the Shelter.
So, yesterday I tried to put pictures from my digital camera unto a CD. That was torture! It took me two hours to succeed! Somehow all my pictures got erased from my memory disc, that was not supposed to happen! But luckily I have them on a CD now. And now I have some room on my memory disc for pictures of all the Shelter people that are leaving.
Yep, it's that time again. This week is a non-stop goodbye party! Lots of people are leaving. And lots of new people are coming! Some new Dutch people as well! That's cool. I think nationalities will be a little more diverse now. All the Americans will be replaced by Germans, Swiss, Dutch, Jamaican and African people. Can't wait to meet them!
That's my update for now.
So, how've you been?

When the pee stinks!

The hills are alive,
with the sound of music!

Oh, I love that movie! It's cheesy, I know.
But it's a part of my life. I must have seen that movie at least once a year since I was 4 years old.

A while ago I was singing songs from The Sound of Music at reception with Laurissa. We had lots of fun, but I'm not sure what the guests thought about it.

A few days ago one of my friends here, Cecilia, saw the movie for the first time. She made me laugh when she told me that she thought the lyrics of the song "My favourite things" were:
"When the dog bites,
when the pee stinks!"

Hahaha!

Yep, that movie is definitely one of my favourite things!

Feeling Old!

Okay, this new cleaner we have at our hostel keeps calling me 'ma'am'. I don't really like that.
It actually makes me feel quite uncomfortable (and old).
A few days ago I was looking in the mirror and I felt I looked different. I would like to use the words "more mature" but what I really felt was "old".
I try to convince myself that I only looked older because I was tired. But I found myself asking some people here if they thought I looked older than when I got here 4 months ago.
I will see my parents next week and then I'll ask them. They don't see me that often so they should be able to tell the difference, if there is any. I hope not...

Holiday

In a week from today I will have 7 days off and I will go home to Franeker!
I've been pretty tired lately and I had a stressful week so I'm really looking forward to it.
Can't wait to spend time watching Gilmore Girls, Friends and MTV and I really wanna illegally download some songs on my dad's computer (please don't lecture me, I know it's wrong!).
And ofcourse I will hang out and drink tea with my sister until 3 o'clock in the morning.

So, I got a new roommate this week. Her name is Francien and she's from Friesland!
She could very well be the most Frisian person I know. And she likes to clean! Our room is gonna be so tidy for the next four weeks!