Happy valentine's day

Today is Saturday, which actually feels like Sunday to me, because I don't have class on Fridays. I woke up, still feeling slightly sick (I've been close to death for a good five days now). Instead of rolling over and sleeping for a few more hours, which is always such a strong temptation, I realized that it was sunny today. I've learned to never take sun for granted; it will most likely be gone by the time you've gotten dressed and walked downstairs. I went around town this morning getting ready for Valentine's day. I think it's funny that I'm actually doing something for Valentine's day because a) I'm usually against really commercially prompted displays of affection, b) I don't usually like attention-y, celebratory occasions, and c) since we've been on the program, Justin and I haven't been totally "OMG we're dating PDA PDA PDA" so I feel like a lot of people don't even know we're dating, and since there are very few people who have someone to celebrate valentine's day with in the city, I think it's funny that I do/am.
I don't know if any of that made sense, but oh well.
I bought some yummy looking chocolates from this store that Renee, our program's resident director and only dutch person, said was amazing. They were kind of expensive, but she said they were worth every euro. I'm just making dinner. I bought steak, because who doesn't love meat and potatoes. On Thursday in Dutch class, we went over food words and grocery shopping, so I know that what I bought was beef, but when I got home, I translated the label on google translator (my best friend because a lot of dutch websites don't have english versions), and I got something called "roasting beef flaps." It's organic, and I made a tasty rub for them, so hopefully they'll taste good? Oh well, it's the thought that counts.

I've come to the realization that a week's worth of reading should not be left for six o'clock the night before your nine am class. All in all, my school schedule is pretty condensed into the middle of the week--which means that I actually have to use the times that I'm not going to class to do all of that work that no one mentioned.
I got a package the other day, which was really exciting, although it was just the books that I ordered online from amazon.co.uk. I saved a ton of money ordering them online, even with shipping and stuff, so that was nice. Instead of paying over 200 euro, I payed about 120 GPB.

Now that I've been productive today (?), I'm going to watch grey's anatomy online.
For everyone at home, if you want to talk to me, but skype is not your thing, or whatever, I have added money to my skype account, so I can call you directly on the phone. Send me an email and hopefully we'll chat, because so far, my dad is the only one who I've seen on skype. Even though it seems like he just leaves it on even when he isn't there, because he was supposedly on at 4 am his time this morning. Anyway, I think I might post some pictures, although they will probably only be from as far back as London. I've taken like three pictures since I've been here...oops.