Dear Percin

Thanks for your letter. It is always a pleasure to read. Leuven indeed has traffic jams, many too. Especially the Bondgenotenlaan is always jammed during rush hour. Somehow truckdrivers find this the right moment to unload their goods for the shops.

My day was quite interesting as well. It all started yesterday. After talking to you, I talked to Dragan a bit, then called Ivonne, sent Tena an sms, after which she called me. And the circle was round again. Today at work was as usual, with the difference that a colleague more or less got fired which of course caused the necessary gossip and excitement. We now are only women in the office, except for the boss. Great success. One colleague probably has Swine Flu so we're all washing hands 10 times per day and super cautious on vitamins and sleep.

Did my part of bureaucracy battling as well. Brussels-centre won't register me until I cancel the registration process in Schaarbeek. Schaarbeek of course doesn't really understand how does this thing work, e-mail? I don't quite understand yet how working people manage to take care of their municipality papers, bankaccounts, insurances, ... I'd need a whole week off to arrange it all!

So yeah. Watched the new Woody Allen this evening. Very nice.

See you tomorrow in Leuven?

Love,
Robin

Sunday morning in the house...

A certain person: "I kissed a Mexican guy last night"

A certain other person: "But what about the Mexican flu?"

A certain person: "D'OH!"

Mexican times

Yesterday I was quite convinced to be the first case in Belgium with the Swine Flu (aka H1N1). With all other CD members out on meetings or traveling, Ivonne and I took a recovery day which consisted basically of shopping for fruits etc. She did some gardening, I sent out the website poll. Dragan came back from Paris and tried to relax and watch some TV, until I came to bother him about a workshop to be given at the EU Russia conference. Bedtime: 1.00 am. 

Today we were supposed to have CD meeting at 10.00 am, but somehow most of the CD was now infected with Swine Flu and in coma. Percin was up on time and went to the conference to help them out. Dragan and I also joined for a few hours to give a workshop on advocacy methods for youth. Me mostly as background decoration, but OK. 

Coming back to the house, I cooked dinner, something Mexican, to celebrate the fact that I probably don't have Swine Flu but a normal one, and am feeling much better now. 

Ivonne said several times that she particularly liked the tortilla chips, which I didn't make, but came straight out of a bag. She still has something to learn about appreciation. 

Now it's almost 10 pm. Everybody is still in the office. CD-elect Denis came by to say hi and deal with some visa issues. We are listening to eurovision songs. Norway is particularly popular, though Percin keeps cheering for the Turkish entry which is in fact a Belgian girl. 

One more calm day tomorrow (though with a LOT of work, uffff) and then again a crazy weekend with way too many visitors.