It seems I can't keep up with this blog when life gets a bit busier. It's been almost a month! A busy, joyfull month though. October 9 was my birthday, and I had a great little party with most of my friends. I don't have pictures of the party, as I don't have a camera here. But you can believe me if I say we had fun!

During the following weekend, I went on a trip with all my roommates. We enjoyed it so much! It was good to get to know each other. We talked about religion a lot, as the place where we live is a "christian" house. Most people believe, but there are a few that don't know yet what to believe. It was great we could just relax and talk about our faith, because everyone is interested, so no one was "the wierd christian one". I guess I didn't get enough sleep during that weekend, as I fell ill the next week. That was quite irritating, as I wanted to work on my thesis, and I don't often feel like I 'want' to work on it. I got better by the weekend though.

On saterday, I went to Sluis with my dad. Sluis is a little old town just across the border in the Netherlands. It's known for its shops. So, we did some shopping, and afterwards we had a nice lunch. I really enjoyed spending time with my dad. But as always, it was good to say goodbye too. It's hard to keep up a conversationw with him. He likes to do things, while I like to talk when we are together.

In the afternoon, I went to the sea with the family. It was too cold to go in, but we enjoyed just walking along the shore and throwing sticks for the dog. It was the first time Siem saw the sea, and it was so funny to see his reaction! He just keep looking in total awe at the waves (tiny ones) rolling in. We put him down on the sand to walk, but he didn't want to, so we let him sit down, and he was intriged with the sand. He explored for a few minutes, and than he decided it was safe to walk. We went home late in the afternoon and enjoyed a good detective on the tv.

The next wednesday, I lead the music in Ichtus. It's the second time I did it, and I think I can say with certainty that I don't like it. I don't think I'm good at it either, so I won't do it again. I'm more a biblestudy leader, I feel comfortable doing that, and people say I'm good at it. So I think I'll focus on that.

Last weekend, I went to an Ichtusweekend. It was fun, but I didn't agree with a lot they said. There was a lot of "Jesus wants us to be happy and healthy", "If you focus on God you just can't get a depression", "just pray and you will get a Lambourghini/ win the lottery...". Those were things said by the students, not by the staff, but it still kind of "ruined" my weekend. It was fun to talk to friends I hadn't talked to in a while though.

So what I'm going to do this week?
Tomorrow, I'm going to my promotor to talk about my thesis. We decided that the second Jewish War would be an interesting topic to write about. So I'm working on that. In the evening, I will go to Ichtus. It will be a games evening, as we don't expect a lot of people to show up. In Belgium, november first is an official holiday, and we won't have classes on the first or the second. Most people will go home wednesday for a nice long weekend.

Thursday, I will be going to the Flanders Evangelical Family Day. I look forward to it, as almost all evangelicals in Flanders will be there, and I will see a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time. My sister and her husband are coming too, and I'm looking forward to that too. I will go home in the late evening.

Friday, I'm going to the bookfair in Antwerp. This is a huge fair, and my mother has to be there often as she has to sign books and hold lectures, so I can just come along and look for nice books in the huge halls. I'm so looking forward to the millions of books! I will probably go again on sunday.

Sunday evening, I'll come back to Leuven, so I can work a whole week on my thesis.

As you can see, I'm having a lot (too much?) of fun around here. Hope you're having fun too!