Eventually I will update regularly
All day long I see things out of the ordinary. I compose entries in my head and giggle over things I want to share...but by the end of a day of chasing around a kid and having to concentrate on translating language in order to be able to buy bread...I just don't wanna. So I brought the kid upstairs with me this morning so that I could try to make an entry before the day wears me down. I'll break down larger topics into their own entries cuz I hate reading LJ novels myself.

Interesting point about copyright law here in the Netherlands...you are allowed to download *but not use* anything. Right now I'm downloading (but not using, of course) quite a lot of cool things. ;)

My first week or so here it was in the 90's with high humidity and I felt like I was melting because most houses here don't have any kind of air conditioning. Right after that, the country went back to its normal rainy self. It's mid-August and 63 degrees F outside right now with a light drizzle. People probably think I don't own any other shirt than my Dresden Dolls hoodie cuz it's too freaking cold for me not to wear a hoodie all the damn time.

The Kid and I are getting along well. She's started coming up to me randomly and giving me hugs and kisses and telling me she thinks I'm nice. In exchange, I have taught her how to disco dance while singing Shake Your Booty.

I've decided to wait on rugby for now. It's fun and it's my kind of game, but my knee had not healed sufficiently from roller derby apparently. It hurts and feels weak when I sprint, and well, rugby is constant sprinting. So the Dutch Boi and I are getting gym memberships this week. I'll get in better shape and strengthen my leg around my knee before I go back to rugby.

Tomorrow night we will have another couple over for dinner and drinks. It's an American lady who is getting married to another Dutch boi from this town soon. She's been really anxious to meet me and it makes me wonder if she thinks we're going to be best friends now based solely on the fact that we're probably the only two Americans in this particular town. I've only chatted a tiny bit with her online and thus far she doesn't really seem like someone I would be interested in being friends with anyhow. It makes me rather leery about tomorrow. We'll see. It does mean I need to do some heavy duty cleaning up here. The upstairs is ours and we've made a nice cozy place, really. The large bedroom we've split down the middle with a hugeass bookcase, filled to the brim with (98% my) books. On one side is the bed and computers/desks. The other is a sleeper couch, coffee table and all the entertainment stuffs. Dutch Boi has it set up so that we can also play stuff on his computer and watch it cozied up on the couch at the other end of the room.

Oh, and most importantly, I have finished applying for residency. So I have a temporary permit affixed to my passport allowing me to stay in the country up to 6 months while my application is being processed. We can also now make an appointment to start the marriage scheduling process.
Now, however, it is time to head out to the open air market downtown (more on that later). I seriously miss all my friends...my HoBots (go see them play this Saturday!!)...and sushi. God, I miss sushi.