I am alone!

I get word from my host, go speed-dating and prepare for the weekend.
I am the first in the office this morning! I guess I will go ahead and do something as unproductive as writing this blog :)
Yesterday I got news from my host. I can stay in the apartment until the 27th. She already moved out, so I have the whole place for myself. I am looking so much forward to being able to keep the kitchen clean!

With Orionis the new members are no longer in monstergroups, but we still need a group to belong to. This time, we can form the groups ourselves. They are called Jaarclubs (year-clubs) and last for the remainder of the first year with Orionis. If you still want to belong to a smaller group after the first year, you should join a 'Commissie' (Orionis department) or a 'Dispuut' (Not sure what they do). To get the best opportunities for forming a Jaarclub with some nice people we went speed-dating. I didn't expect much from it, so I was positively surprised. In the beginning we had a fair amount of time and did it in a 'double-date' style. That was nice, as we could relax and just enjoy something that seemed like a natural setting. But at another bar (we moved around in groups and met other groups in bars around the area) we did some very fast 1 to 1 speed-dating and I found that to be quite exhausting. A new name every couple a minutes, a basic story from each of us and goodbye. Then a new person is looking expectantly at you... It's not like you can say "Sorry, I'm not interested in hearing about you, can we just relax and drink our beers?". Anyway, I went home as soon as the event was over, because I wanted to get some sleep before the weekend.
This weekend I am going to sail a competition in the Skûtje. I have heard there will be around 30 Skûtjes present and even though they are huge, old ships, they are very competitive and they are all very similar. There are some fairly strict class-rules and I find that quite impressive, considering how big they are. I think it will be a lot of fun.

Now I better get started working... Although I am still alone in the office!