i did nothing actually productive today, i feel good.

today, paula, wencke, and i were going to go shopping far away in the snow. we all decided we'd much rather go on a tropical island vacation. so, we did the next best thing and went to a zwembad instead. more specifically, we went to AQUADROOM. which, in english, is AquaDream.
it was lovely lovely. we went in the wave pool, and the hot tub, and the water slide. with the giant plastic palm trees, it almost felt real.
though, my favorite part of our trip was definitely the turkish steam bath we got. it was mentholated, so the whole thing was piping hot, and made my entire face and esophagus feel minty fresh. though, it did get in my eyes, which sort of felt like chopping an onion. nevertheless it was toasty warm, finally >w<
santa clause also made an appearance. just like we don't really understand sinterklaas, i am not fully convinced that the dutch understand santa clause. like, at all. anyway, he was wandering around the zwembad, ringing his bell, and passing out buttered pieces of almond-filled raison bread. which, i guess is a dutch christmas thing. i am okay with that, since bread filled with almond paste is DELICIOUS. if not slightly out of place in that situation.

sure, skinny and questionable aquadroom santa, i'd love a piece of kerststol.

anyway, after 3 hours chilling in our faux tropische paradise, we headed back home. what followed was a lovely day full of nothing and computering and television <3
we also hooked up the deep fryer and made some bitterballen. cos thats what you do on your day off, you deep fry shit. i decided that if thats where this day was headed, i was going to make cookies.
my grandma sent me a giant box of krusteaz chocolate crinkles mix for my birthday, which was perfect, since i wanted a cookie really badly, but didnt want to commit to actually putting in the effort to properly concoct cookies. i just mixed in the eggs and oil, stirred it all together, rolled some dough balls in powdered sugar, n baked for 12 minutes. what resulted was the brownie-y, cake-y glory i'd been craving for days.

thank you, grandma, for making my life oh so easy.
i ate 3 and then went the extra mile and made an ice cream sandwich. it was a good choice.

besides relaxing and my baking expeditions, the rest of the day was devoid of anything. i facebooked a little, tumblred a little, ate a burrito, did my nails. yknow. chillin. i also obsessively cleaned my piercing like 5 times, because i love it and never want it to leave me.
tomorrow, christophe, amy, jacque, and i are going out for the night C: which will be funfun. toodles!