Housewarming

Yesterday I went to a friend for a house warming get together. It was fun to meet up with 5 friends and speak my native tongue the whole evening. And it was a long evening because we only left at something past midnight. The house is lovely. Still somewhat empty but it will slowly slowly get filled up :) It must be great to own a house, even if you are mortgaged up to your eyeballs. There is no other way unfortunately. And if you are careful what you buy, make sure it is of good quality and like it then you can stay put for a few years and fill it up and decorate it very nicely. I like the open plan they have downstairs. Basically a sitting and dining room leading via an archway into the kitchen. White walls, cream carpet and pine parquet in the kitchen and the place is there ready to decorate it in whatever colour you want. Yes it will be nice to have a house of my own one day. And the dinner we had was fabulous. The first time I tasted parsnip - we had parsnip soup - and I really liked it. I must get some soup recipes and do some cooking... and then we talked and talked and talked and watched a move. Music and lyrics, an overly long chick flick. Not anything to write home about even though it was sweet. But they stretched it out too much. It could have been a good bit shorter and still delivered the whole plot.

By the time I got home the heating in the house was off. Luckily my bedroom stays relatively warm and I did not freeze to death. I slept maybe 6 hrs this night and this morning I had so much energy! Unbelievable. And now it is the weekend and I am so looking forward to it. I want to do some shopping which is not the necessary weekly grocery shopping and I want to go walking a bit provided it is not freezing cold. And I hope I manage to find some time and the will to do some work as well because I should put together the backbone of a paper by Thursday. Wish me luck! I'll need it.