31 May 2004
"Happy" and "lucky" are the same word in Dutch.
Today I discovered that I have more money in my account than I thought I did.
I thought I had, like, four dollars.
But I have more than four dollars due to an temporary accounting glitch (i.e. I owe my sister some bling when I get home because she paid the phone bill for me.).
I immediately reverted to adolescence and bought:
Rainbow Chips Ahoy Deluxe from the expat grocery store plus rubber bands and index cards (for learning Dutch),
and a Supersized Whopper Value Meal from Burger King (I still can't believe I have to pay extra for ketchup),
and a frilly yellow shirt,
and dangly turquoise shell earrings that are borderline trashy,
and minutes for my cell phone,
and lots and lots of Coca-Cola (my host family is too healthy to buy soft drinks).
Oh, and Bacardi Limon malt liquor.
Just because the weather's so nice.
So now I'm fat and well-dressed and extremely, supremely happy.
betholindo at 15:14