R.I.P. Mac, and other tales

This weekend, with absolutely no warning or reason, my Mac completely crashed. I came home to find the screen frozen in place, and when I rebooted it was unable to find the hard drive, instead choosing to show me a folder with a blinking question mark. GRACK. Thankfully, I backed everything from law school up right before I left Boston, and apparently iTunes will be able to reinstate my music (only the purchased files, though). My parents and I are working on figuring out how to repair the computer, or what to replace it with, so in the meantime I will be posting from here at work. Photos will be delayed!

Other than that chaos, my weekend was lovely. I spent Friday relaxing and mentally preparing for a dinner at my senior trial attorney's house Saturday night. I managed to bike to his house near the beach in a skirt and heels, all while balancing a bouquet of floppy lisianthus on the handlebars, so I have earned my Dutch stripes. The dinner was very nice, with another attorney from the Tribunal attending with her parents and sister in tow.

Sunday was a fantastic day, as Maggie and her boyfriend Ben were in Den Haag! It was a bit surreal to see familiar Boston faces here in town, and I am so happy that they were able to stop by while touring through Munich and Amsterdam. The entire time that Maggie and I have been friends, I was living in my ridiculous shoebox apartment on Beacon Street, so my lovely flat here with huge windows and a fluffy bed was a happy sight for her as well. We had dinner outside on the Fred, a shopping street near my place, and sat around in the twilight that lasted until nearly 10:00. She brought me an amazing care package, full of things that I miss from the states, which I am still pawing through today.