Right about now, over there in the Netherlands, a princess of that country is getting a surprise birthday party thrown for her by the other various Crown Heads of European countries. As part of the festivities, my sister’s dance company will be performing, with my sister in a big role. Yay! This is a bit of a comeback for sisty, who has been down with injuries for a while and has been soldiering through physical rehab with the kind of will that my only sister and a few fictional action heroes can pull out. So here’s hoping her knee is doing okay. After the performance the dance company is to mingle with the Crown Heads, who reportedly number into the low hundreds.

(note that I have withheld this blog post until evening Netherlands time so as not to ruin the surprise.)