Brief update
Things are very busy – I’ve lived in my new place for 2 months and 8 people have already spent the night there (and sometimes we are three to the room). Mattson and I had a lovely visit for four days, very productive [you still owe me the strengths book] and now Dan is here through Friday. Then I am off to Cologne to play in a tournament. The Yaka girls invited me to play with their team, so I am now a Yaka (someone told me this in French and it was very confusing). This means Cologne this weekend, 8 Nations in Spain in a few weeks, European Club Championships in September and (drumroll please) 2010 Worlds in Prague! I am really happy. My French is coming along, supplemented by slang, verlan, and incredibly incomprehensible emails from the team. I regularly say “ouais”, which is like “yeah” (a more casual form of yes) but sounds strange coming from someone who doesn’t speak French very well. It’s a highly addictive word, though.
In any case – thanks for all the book recommendations, please keep them coming. If you’ve taken Myers-Briggs, tell me your personality type, Mattson has renewed my interest in such things. And go read Obama’s speech in Cairo.