Update: Sunday 27 Jan

Did I show you my orchid? This is my orchid.

Today I bought a pretty blue pot for it. Oh, and it has 3 flowers which are not pictured here because they hadn't bloomed yet, but now they have and they keep falling over because they are too heavy.  I don't think I'm going to replant it in the blue pot though, at least not yet. I just needed the pot to keep the water off the floor since it's living in my apartment. I don't have any dirt to replant it with… And I don't want to damage it…  It's my new pet, I'd be heartbroken if it died!

I actually got it for free. Last week, we had our class project, and the PR & catering committee had to arrange to have some nice decorations and they thought flowers would be perfect. So one of my classmate's friends happens to own a flower business and offered to give us free flowers. Little did we know that not only are they orchids but they are potted. So about 10 of the girls in my class got to take an orchid home. I was the first one to grab one, because I really wanted one.

So we had part 2 of our Harry Potter marathon last night, we watched the last four movies. They wanted me to bring salsa again but I didn't want to make it, so instead I made dip. Like the french onion dip that you can make with Lipton onion soup mix, except onion soup mix is for lazy people so I made it from scratch. I had a lot of shallots left from making the salsa, so I caramelized them and threw them in sour cream with salt and pepper and garlic powder and celery salt. I am never buying shallots again. The way my eyes burned when chopping them, it so wasn't worth that. The dip was really good (actually I still have a little left and it has "dip mushrooms in me" written all over it) but I had to open the window and door to get fresh air in the room, plus step away from my cutting board several times. And that was after I let them soak in icy water.

Oooh, speaking of cutting boards. I went to ikea today. It's the first time I've been to ikea in the Netherlands. That's where I bought the pot for my orchid. Along with that pot I bought a new knife (it's amazing. I really missed cutting with sharp knives) and a sauce pan with a lid. The pans DUWO gave us are so thin and cheap that I can't cook anything in them without it burning to the side of the pan all the time. And forget cooking rice. That stuff is horrible to clean off the bottom of a pan. The only thing they've been good for is boiling things. Which is okay if you boil a lot of things but I like to make things that don't involve boiling everything. Thing thing thing. Anyway, apparently people like those really thin pans around here because it's practically all they sell in most of the places I've looked.

So, I have a new roommate Margaux. She is apparently uncomfortable sharing a room, she asked if she could move into the living room. She said she doesn't want to wake me up in the mornings when she gets up. Pfft, I just spent five months living with Snorey Sara. If you're not waking me up four times a night with your snoring, you're all right in my book. Alicia told her she did not think it was a good idea for her to move into the living room.

Honestly though, Alicia is a spoiled brat. She threw a fit when Sara had her bed in there, because she wanted to sit in there in a chair with a blanket and read a book. Oh seriously Alicia? We moved the chairs out of the living room to make room for Sara's bed, one was in Alicia's room. She could have done that there. But, whatever. Sara's theory was that Alicia is used to always getting everything she wants at home. She literally threw a tantrum when Sara said she would not move out of that room just for that reason. Stomped her feet and whined about "but I want to use it" etc. Sara brought up the fact that Alicia has a room private room for herself and it's only fair to let the two of us have a little alone time every once in a while. She stomped out and slammed the door. Same with how she doesn't do her share of cleaning the apartment, including cleaning up her own dishes after she cooks. She piles them in the sink for several hours. If she drops or drips anything on the floor, she leaves it there for whoever's turn it is to clean. Unless it's her turn to clean, of course. Then it stays there for a week unless I clean it up because I don't feel like we should even have "turns" to clean, we should all just clean up after ourselves and/or clean things when we notice that they are dirty. Believe it or not, that's what I do anyway. Turn or no turn.

Anyway, I haven't really talked to Margaux much. Her father was here for the weekend, he left tonight and then she and I ate dinner together. Classes start again tomorrow. I don't want to go...