Ups 'n Downs

Today was a day with ups and downs. The big up was my first lecture in Tilburg. I really liked doing it, though I still have a lot of things to improve on, such as interacting with the audience. But still, it was definitely not bad for a first time.
Immediately after that I took the train to Etten-Leur to bring my macbook to the Apple dealer there to get it repaired. I already noticed some stains coming up when I was in Spain, but since Tuesday my dear macbook was also shutting itself down all the time. I managed to backup my data (by copying stuff to my iPod, and even burn some stuff on DVD, with an ice-pack underneath it). Best case scenario is that it's fixed next Tuesday, otherwise it's waiting for the parts until ?

After I dropped off my mac I went back to the train station to get to Leiden in time for my singing lesson. A journey which would normally take an hour and a half, so I would still have time to go into Naturalis to do some work, but it took me 3.5 hours because of a derailed freight train near Dordrecht. So I had to travel via Den Bosch and Utrecht, missed my connection in Utrecht etc...

Anyway, I got home, and cycling through Leiden slightly improved my mood. I just love the canals :)