so tired yet so relieved!

I think this day was a day of writing history - at least a substantial part of the history of my life. Experiencing such a bonding love for language, such an ultimate striving for poetic words, such a great atmosphere: it made my heart racing and wishing for more.

This love for written language must be something deep inside of you. That you can be overjoyed with a group of words, quickly scribbled on a piece of paper, or with the way people put forward their message, carefully yet enthusiasticly. Not often do I meet a soulmate when it comes to these things. However, today that might have changed.

At the finals of the BBC Awards, it was as if we'd landed in some parallel universe with like-minded people. Word-loving people. World-loving people. It amazed me how internationally aimed everyone was - and moveover, it inspired me. How can you not enjoy a witty remark, a perfect observation, a sharp description of something, so that it opens your eyes and truly lets you see how things are? My eyes were certainly opened today.

So this waterfall of inspiration has been flooding upon me ever since. Words keep popping up in my head. Happiness catches me again and again. I'm so thankful I got to experience all of this, all the more because I wasn't alone. In these past hours, I noticed that however nice it might be having good things happening to you, it only gets better when you get to share all of it. Whether it was the excitement, the nerves, the joy, the doubts, the laughing or even the winning, the best part was running at my nearest friend and grasping her in a hug so tight we almost couldn't breathe (although I got quite some killer hugs from 2 little girls yesterday evening too, hehe). So thank you, Renate, for being my friend. :) Also a lot of thanks to all the other people who sympathized with us!

In two days, so much has happened. It was my radio debut, I had an awesome afternoon in The Hague with shopping and some kick-ass-take-away-money-wasting-coffee, went to a reception at the British embassy, laughed lots and lots with my dear friend, played games at her house, had some cake, talked a lot and laughed some more, watched a film, tried and discussed several outfits, visited Amsterdam, went to the BBC finals which were absolutely fantastic and also heard about winning the prize for the best school paper in Holland! There's only one adequate response to such an amazing day in life.

PAR-TAY!