I have exciting stuff to say. Today I have changed my bed sheets, I have started laundry, I have made dinner and cleaned the house!

hehehe now maybe you can understand why these posts are getting longer in between. :)

Naw, last week I helped Wim and the guys with the tuin...shoveled lots of sand. Makes me a stronger person with all this muscle (watch out, i can shovel sand). Naw was also just good to feel useful...with something that did not necessarily involve children. Except for Vera. Everything involves Vera, to an extent. Sand was no exception:

And now, after much work by the guys, it is really looking great. They took out the bricks, raised the level, and put tile in place of it. They will be adding plants but as of now here it looks:

Look now and see how tired this old man is:

Also at Central Station I heard this loud live music so I of course went to take a look. Annoying French students were playing horns and commanding people to dance. Which of course no one did. They just wanted to watch annoying French kids play instruments. Ah but it was fun music, well done. I knew they were French by their clothes. I knew it before they even talked. HA

Michiel is becoming quite attached to me. Told me his views on marriage: "If you are married you only have half a heart. If you are not married you have a complete heart. Because when you're married you must give half your heart to the other person. I will never get married because I need a whole heart. Are you married Ashley? Ashley are you married?"Me: "No I am completely not married."Michiel"Lucky! Stay that way" Ah he cares about my heart. :) 

Also I went to his football training last week and he won't stop talking about it. He is quite proud of himself, and proud to show off to me. He tells all the neighbor kids that I played football in America and always asks me to play with them. It's gotten to the point that he is not excited to play football with anyone unless I'm there. He asked Äshley when I come to America can I watch you play in the stadium? Have you ever played in the stadium?"Sorry to disappoint Michiel, nope. When we play it's always Ajax vs Feyenoord. Although he never remembers that until I remind him. Sometimes I'm Barcelona. Sometimes I'm PSV. Anyway. Enough football talk.

Other news. GertJan and Marlies bought a new house in Utrecht. It went alot faster than they had thought. It is a beautiful house. It is also old. So there's lots of improvements to be done before they can really move into it, but they said something about early October or so. Really went fast. So in one year I would have lived in three places: Amsterdam, Schiedam, and Utrecht. Yeah Imma be a busy duck getting ready maybe I think.

For those who have asked, nope I'm still not sure when I come back. I haven't expanded my ticket yet...waiting on a few things before I decide on the date. But you'll hear me.

Don't know what else to say...
I changed my bed sheets, made dinner and washed dishes, and now I'm going to do more laundry. Ta ta