Geez, I should really update more often. Last time was a month ago...

Been busy with a lot of things, last weeks mainly Exodus preparations. Writing articles for the IC newspaper, preparing other paper props, attending plot meetings etc. Meanwhile I worked on my 'vintage' outfit, though I think it'll turn out less vintage than I intended. The jacket is from a new pattern I ordered from naaaipatronen.nl and made from an old curtain and a bedsheet. That's the vintage about it, I think. I still need to sew the lining to the outer part. And I want to make a matching skirt. And all of this before this Friday because I want to wear it to the wedding of Theo and Jessie. Aaahh! I need more time!

Had a few very nice balfolks at the end of February. On the 28th one here in Enschede at a very nice location. Too bad that the building is officially closed, it has such nice rooms with wooden floors. Another balfolk at the 1st of March in Utrecht. I've been recorded on film, while dancing with Martin, for 'De kei van Utrecht' a contest for amateur art. I was wearing my harem pants with a panel/petal skirt over it that I put together on the afternoon of the 28th (yes, last minute). It's very comfy dancing in those pants.

Been to a show of Herman van Veen on the 27th of February. I was invited by Matthijs' mother, who follows Herman for a long time now. The show was great; lots of humor and Herman has a very beautiful singing voice. After the show we went to meet him and talk for a bit.

Had bicycle dinner (fietsdiner) with Musilon. I had to prepare the main course together with Rob and Sandra. Had a starter of salad and garlic bread, main course of hot chicken (hete kip) with a tomato-cucomber-bean salad and finished up with self-made tiramisu. Matthijs (who followed another cycle tour and had other dishes) and I decided not to go to the cafe afterwards because we had to get up early the next day to go to Amsterdam for work. And I was coughing and afraid to really get sick.

Also visited my grandpa in the nursing-home (is that really the word for verzorgingstehuis??) in Amersfoort, together with my father and grandmother. It was sad to see him sitting there asleep in a comfortable chair, feet on a footstool of which he had no idea where it came from (which he kept saying). Sad too to see all the other patients. One woman was constantly humming and walking along the corridor, she didn't notice when one of her slippers almost slid off and just walked on. My granddad at some point started crying because he was aware that he couldn't remember who had visited him the day before. It was very sad to leave him again, knowing that he wouldn't remember the visit for long and not remember that grandma had promised him to visit again soon. I truely hope that I'll die before I get dementia...

Now I'm still tired from Exodus VI, which was last weekend. Had very little stress and a very relaxed packing up at the end of the event. Weather was great, which was very nice for the huge tent we put up and for the spirits of people. Had the coolest prop ever: a camera obscura made by Matthijs in which a real (out of character) camera could be put to actually use the camera as a camera. The newspapers were received well and filled, next to the fluff that I wrote, with IC articles written by Marlies' gossip journalist.
The location had a crappy kitchen with a defective dishwasher, so I opted to do the dishes on Saturday evening while the players were watching the IC video presentation of the movie auditions and a video about the Sarrochan priestess that was being examined at the 'Academische Centrales'. The video's were plot and I didn't want the players to miss it because they had to wash their plates. So I took over. Unfortunately the sink was very low and I had to stand there like a sumo wrestler with my legs wide to save myself from terrible back-aches.

Next up: wedding of Theo and Jessie on Friday (some Musili will sing 'Come what may' there), perhaps a balfolk in Wageningen on Sunday, Celtwood in the second weekend of April, Musilon study weekend in the third week and then the larp season starts again.

Now I need to get back to work and put on some music to get the melody of 'We are the world' out of my head. We sang that song, with different text, this weekend and it really keeps repeating.