I’ll be giving a lecture on Spring next Tuesday. I just finished my slides and they’re pretty okay, if I may say so myself. I’ve packed them full with Spring 2.0 material, so if you’re into Spring development and would like to get the latest on Spring 2.0, don’t miss this one! We also have a booth at which I’ll be hanging out during the week (I’ll be there until Thursday evening I think), so if you’re there, don’t hesitate to drop by!

Other than that I was supposed to play poker tonight with some friends, but unfortunate I was late with my slides, so had to work instead of trying to earn as much money off the backs of my friends as possible ;-).

Anyway, I did also have some time for fun today. This afternoon we had our 10th soccer match of the season or so. We just started this team and I never played in a competition before. I’m the goalkeeper and I’m kind of okay (at least, that’s what the opponents are always saying). The number don’t however, because we haven’t won a single match yet and all teams together have scored about 100 goals against us already :). We’re still having fun ;-).

Anyway, today was another match and the first half went kind of okay. It was 2-1 after the first 45 minutes. In the first half however, in a scrimmage with an opponent, I injured my wrist (my typing speed has reduced to about 30% of what it was, so it’s still okay, for those who know me ). I got the ball, but the opponent thought it was necessary to continue and try to kick the ball of my hands (no, I’m just kidding, he couldn’t really help it).

So the second half, I was out in the field, instead of in the goal. That was the first time ever I was in the field and they wanted me to be a striker. Striking, that’s what I did, I scored a goal after 5 minutes or so :-). It felt sooo good, I don’t think I’ll ever get back to being a goalie again…

My hand still hurts a lot though and that’s bad, not because of my reduced typing speed (I’m making less mistakes now), but also because I’m heading off to Cost Rica in a little over three weeks) for two weeks of surfing, so I hope it’ll heal fast, as I need to paddle a lot out there…

Okay, for those of you that’ll be dropping by in Antwerp, see you there. We’ll probably have drinks on both Tuesday and Wednesday in the city, if you want to join, drop me a line.