Tonight I am going to do something very silly: I will take the train to Amsterdam to have dinner with Maria, who’s there on business. So the evening will probably be 1/3 ride up, 1/3 time there, and 1/3 time back – or else I’ll get far too late tonight, which I’ll regret tomorrow. Either way, it should be worth it.
I feel a little guilty for taking off early today when I have so little time left here – I mostly haven’t been working especially long hours – but I have a few documents to review so I’ll go over them on the train (probably while knitting). (On second thought, probably not. I’m up to the heel.)
Last night was drinks and dinner from a project I’m working on; tonight is Amsterdam; Friday one of the rowers invited me to her house for dinner. Last week was the opposite proportion: two work dinners, one with someone who is (I hope) becoming a friend (a coworker, but she joined my old department after I left it). I will miss having a social life when I get back to Taiwan! (Yes, I know some people do not class work activities as “social life”. Those are generally people with other options.)