Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen... I am over a fifth of the way home! All of this writing at every opportunity has exacted its toll on the Venema household, however, so felt obliged to roll up my sleeves to clean house and do laundry today. There are limits to how many dust bunnys a person can tolerate, and we were all down to our skivvies.
Maddy and Sonia entertained themselves with the facepaint kit for far longer than I had dared to hope - I managed to vaccuum two floors and scrub the bathroom before they appeared before me as clowns. They had taken turns doing eachother's faces, and the result was interesting indeed - Sonia's face tended towards cubism, and Maddy looked like she had met Jackson Pollack in person. Fantastic!
The ladies Louise and Birgit are still waiting on the train to arrive in Leiden - the granddaughter interrupted to tell a story told to her by Louise. Persistant, this grandaughter. Her voice is probably closest to my own, but I am starting to see where we are different and so she is becoming more of a real person on the page. Sanne, she is called. She was very useful today in helping me out of a corner I had backed myself into with Birgit. None of this, of course, will make any sense to any one reading this, but when my novel is on the shelves in your neighborhood bookstore, all will become clear... ; )
Quote of the Day:
"Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, then pretty soon you get it."
– Wally "Famous" Amos
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