The comfort of food-

I've had another week of classes pass me by. It's Thursday, the earliest of my mornings, and for some odd reason after class I was madly craving biscuits and gravy. So, I racked my brain to remember how my dad makes gravy. I looked through my English to Nederland dictionary to figure out how to buy sausage and flour in Nederland. I ended up having to buy bratwursts (it was fun squeezing them out of their skins into the skillet [sorry vegetarians]). I got it just fine. My meal was fabulous. It was the perfect comfort food to engorge myself with during this cold rainy day. Of course, it's not as cold as Iowa this morning. Recent information suggests it hasn't reached the freezing in Leiden yet, whereas it hasn't been above freezing yet in Pella. There was a massive amount of cold, stinging sleet hitting my face as I walked for supper last night in between classes. Anyway- like ass comfort meals that hit the spot, I took a nap.

I had a dream last night.

The bar manager was so happy to see me finally be able to drink in the bar. He told me he would buy all of my drunks, but that I would have to buy all my food, if I wanted any. After a series of drink, I had decided that the nachos would hit the spot. I walk to the other side of the bar (no idea why- I was certainly at Woody's, which doesn't have a double sided bar), to pick up my plate of nachos which were now ready. They looked horrid. I got the bill for the nachos, which totaled $2,000, and happily paid the price for the nachos. I ate the horrible plate of nachos thinking I was going to get my money worth, but they tasted just as bad as they looked.

I don't know what the nacho bit was about, but I'm really excited to come home and go to a bar. I can even go to a bar with my parents, if I like. They can no longer look negatively upon me drinking- because (hurrah) it's legal!

Some bad news- the dollar was at a two year high yesterday against the euro. I, stupidly, didn't withdraw money. I left that for today- to buy my worst and bakmeel. I should have thought ahead- the euro is back to $1.17, where it's been happily sitting for the last month. Let's hope for some more riots!