Oh Laura. This is tough. I'm sorry.

Steph, lots of surgery~ma!

and back to memememe

Thank you, all! I still can't grasp that this is happening. I've been wanting to do it for so long, and then, for some reason, it's happening. And after years of shit, it's kind of overwhelming to get news that is so good.

keep something that smells like you in the carrier with him

Oh, the little guy gets something better. He gets to fly with me in the cabin, and the rest of the plane can hear his freedom serenades for five hours. And then, since the airline doesn't fly directly to Belgium, we get to take and Uber *that costs more than the flight* from Amsterdam to Belgium, with same very annoyed cat that by that time will be for 3 more hours in a carrier. Can't wait.

My brother is moving to Brussels for 8 months as soon as they sort out his security clearance, so if (when) I visit him, I would love to try to see you!

I'd love to see you too! I'll be in Leuven, so it's very doable!

What are your digital humanities plans? There are so many fascinating projects out there.

Yes, and coming from archives and metadata librarianship I feel like I have a specific angle here. What's interesting for me in data about people is that humans don't dwell in nice and neat categories, and I don't want to arrange us into such categories. So I want to focus on oral histories and testimonies. I've been listening to and taking oral history interviews for years now. Following the war, I want to focus on how survivors are finding a way to tell their stories after everything they know has been shattered. I'm very interested in knowing if DH methods can spot or help us understand better how people are beginning to shape new stories and narratives. I know that I am still at a loss for words after everything that has taken place and is still taking place here. So I'm wondering if I can learn something about how people talk about their new lives. And for mental health reasons, I'm planning to work only with interviews from wars that have ended.