Inspired by lovelies, I started a course on the Ugaritic language today. The language was spoken in the 12th century BC in the city of Ugarit, on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria. I'm really looking forward to reading the Ugarit texts in the original language, because they are connected to one of my main areas of interest, the birth of Jewish ( Read more... )

Mike told me today that yesterday, when he was out with his best friend, he had said to his friend that he's finally starting to accept the idea that our kids will be bilingual. His friend had been delighted, because he's Swedish-Finnish bilingual just like me. I'm of course really happy about this too! I wrote an entry on Noveber 28, 2005 about ( Read more... )

It's not necessarily a good idea to date someone 7 years older than you... Mike wants to have children, and he said that he'd love to have children after I've graduated from the university. Uh, no. I want to focus on my career after I graduate... And I haven't partied nearly enough! I have no idea when I'll want to have children, or even if I ( Read more... )

Wow, I don't know how to begin ( Read more... )