I'm Exhausted!

So I'm thinking I'm about to really get nervous!! I'm only going to be here 4 more months and its scary. I just saw the episode of when Whitney leaves Lauren to go to the city and they say there farewells...I can't believe I have to do that again. Its going to be soo hard!!!

Wednesday- School and Dinner at Charlottes stable

Thursday- School and Dinner with the girls(Vickan's farewell dinner, she's leaving for Thailand for 3 weeks!)

Friday-Only photography class at school:) work out(where i actually fell and hurt my foot), and later went to friends house where we danced for 3 and a half hours straight(don't ask how, i don't actally know myself)

Saturday- *Shopping* Dinner with Camilla, Nina, and Lina

Sunday- After a fun night bal träning in the morning and afterwards for the rest of the day, relax and sleep:) busybusy

P.S. It was warm today, it was +2 degrees celcius!

If theres any questions about my year in Sweden, you can leave a comment and ask:P

I'm Back..again:P

I met a famous man from Sweden on Saturday at the great Chocolate Festival, where I've never seen soo much chocolate in my entire life! CRAZY!!!

Last night me and three other exchange students through Rotary had dinner with the womens Rotary group. We got to share our experiences with them over lasagna and Toscakaka:)

The Past Week~

In the past week alot has happened! ALOT! in my opinion:P

Here are just a few of the things that have happened--->

• Work out
• Golf practice
• Chocalate Festival
• Eaten macaroni and chocolate chip cookies
• ...and Most Important---Nina's BIRTHDAY( Grattis Nina!!!!!)

P.S. Princess Viktoria got Engaged!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

I Love You SOO Much!!!

<3>

Fun Times

Quick Update on what happened tonight, before I go to bed. I went to the gym tonight with Viktoria for an hour and went in the opposite direction afterwards to go get my bike, that I get to use while i'm with my new family. So we walked about 20 minutes until I finally got my bike, then noticed that the bikes wheels had only little air in them so we went to fill them up. And since I'm so genius, my friend cut his hair and we were pretty much right where he lived so we rode our bikes by fast by his house. After I was ready to ride my bike home and about 5 meters from his house, I got a flat tire! Awesome, I know;) So in - degrees celcius I got walk to where I got the bike, leave it and walk to where the nearest bus could come and get me and wait another 10 minutes in - degrees celcius! LOVELY!!! Needless to say I was happy to be home by the time I got home:P Good times.... I would like to thank Viktoria for being there the entire time:D

Pizza, Sune, and Bring It On...

Last night I walked in my boots 35 minutes to Nathalies apartment to have dinner and fun with some of the girls on the elite golf team. We all had a blast! I came a little earlier to watch Mamma Mia(great movie)! Definitely alot of swedish stuff I need to do before I leave. Something called Sune, a movie from the early 90's approximately an hour was spent repeating lines from the movies. It was fun just listening though ..hihi... We even tried mocking spirit fingers and the intro cheer to Bring It On. It's big here too! I think it might of been the 15th time someone asked me if teenagers in the U.S. are really like the ones in My Super Sweet 16... Shows how much Sweden is being influenced by TV from the U.S. It not really a bad thing, but its not a great thing either.

^Nathalie, Me, och Jonna^

The Changing of Seasons

before^It's the same place, I promise!^after

I walked last night to the gym, it takes about 20 minutets, and on the way I passed the lake I used to ride my bike by. I thought it would be fun to compare pictures:) Last night we did Aerobics, nina, vickan and i. So much fun! It was like going to dance classes when I was a kid:P

Valentines' Decorations

Here in Linköping they made a cute idea at a bus stop, to call it "Puss-Hållplatts" meaning the kiss buss stop. I thought it was pretty cute:)

Relax

Yesterday was a day made for shopping with Nina! I have to begin looking for two dresses, well I would like to buy two. The most important one is a white summer dress for graduation. I dont really need it until may but its smart to start looking now;) The second dress is kind of optional. It's for my friends Big 18th Birthday. Its always fun to dress up. After a well spent day in town I cleaned my room, had dinner, and then had some friends over to watch a movie and just hang out:) And now I will be ending my Tuesday with going to the gym with Nina & Vickan...YAY!

A Lovely Sunday*

I'm really beginning to miss my ball partner... He hasn't been able to make to the last two now, today being the second. I just hope he feels better by next Sunday...cross your fingers;) It's getting kind of difficult for me(the dances are very technical), and i've made for every practice so far. To be on the more positive side of things, it's still blast to go to the practices. I've been lucky enough to practice with others that were also by themself. Thank goodness:P

^Picture from todays practice^

Last night I went to the LHC hockey game where it went kind of horrible, they scored, we scored, they scored and then they scored(again). Not to fun. It was fun with the company though. I went with my new family and ran into their friend Birgitta Bille. Fun fun. And then to finish the wonderful Valentines Day, a night spent with great friends(and Melodifestivalen(Eurovision)). PERFECT!

In just 1 hour and 30 minutes I will be in the gym working hard...Wish me luck;)

^A picture from outside my new home(this morning)..YAY for sun!^

^Did Someone Forget Their Glove?^

Lowest Temperature of the Day(yesterday): -9 degrees celcius

Yesterday was the first day of another break of the many breaks we have had this school year, something they call Sport Lov. I had photography class again and made some more copies. To one point the teacher said that I could leave, but I really wanted to stay:P I ended the day with a movie with Nina. Great Movie!! Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist-->

Some very cute pictures @ http://lilldabz.blogg.se/ ;)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

(Alla Hjärtans Dag)

^They've decorated the streets for Valentines Day in Linköping^

^Outside the window the schools flag was waving^

I only had two classes today, actually three but the third one I couldn't make it to because of the amazing rotary lunch we had today! Anders was able to get a man with cerebral palsy to come and a motivational speech. I say this alot, but I actually started crying at the end of his speech. He was 44 years old, lives alone, and can do everything on his own! He was simply fantastic!! We had physics before that, where me and two others brought snacks for fika. My new family offered to give two cakes they had made versus me baking... And to top that great act of kindness, the cakes were delicous:) I'll bake next time. I had some time tonight to go into town with Klara, before her and Lovisa go to Austria. Tonight me and 5 otheres got to go to the theater and see something called En Drömspel( a dream game)...i think;) Pure genius, I must say:P

^During group projects(oh, and one from physics)^

This morning I walked to school again:) I made it to school on time to take a little test on Hinduism vs. Budhism even though it didn't go really well for me, I still want to really learn about all the new religions in the world. It fascinates me. Yesterday I told you how I finished the miljö project well I'm wierd I know, but I thought like sharing with you how it looked. Hannah and Kajsa worked on the intelligent part of the project, while I worked on the decorative part of the project w/ definitely some help from Hannah:P Then we had the biology class where we dissected(pictures below). I walked home for an hour and walked back to school to make it on time for Svenska(swedish class). We had to read poems from our countries in our own language and explain what its about in swedish----------here's the poem I read( Life is Fine by Langston Hughes)-->

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.
But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!
I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.
I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.
But it was High up there! It was high!
So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

Warning: Grossness Ahead

Today we disected the lungs and heart of a goat. Here were some of the great memories of the time well spent....

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^This picture was taken at 10 in the morning with the sun shining its brightest!^

I slept in till about 9 this morning and woke up to see that the temperature outside was -4 degrees. I was ready for the sun... I walked to school today. Yay! It takes approximately 15 minutes to walk to school, pretty sweet I must say:) We had biology this morning where we named the parts of the heart. AwEsOMe b/c i learned it two years ago! Tomorrow will truely bring back the memories. We get the opportunity to disect lungs and hearts. Exciting i know;) I ended the day with my environmental(miljö) class, which ended around 4:30. We finished a project and now we don't have our next class till 3 weeks from now.

*I completely forgot to mention that I met a guy from Conneticut yesterday! Well, I met a guy from Conneticut yesterday! Fun!! He went to school at West Virginia(i think). I met him at H&M, I knew he was from USA after I saw him with a baseball hat and nike sneakers(not many people where those in Sweden) and then it helped when he started speaking english with someone who worked there. A story that you can share with friends and family:P

I loved the Grammy's

I've watched all the musicians play and there all ridiculously amazing...
*here were some of my favorites*

Today's been another long day. I'm not really understanding how the weather works? The sun shines, but it feels 10x's colder than yesterday...It's quite interesting:P I developed my first picture today(by myself)! Its really an awesome thing I must say.

^fun? at school? what?^

We didn't have biology today b/c theres a lab this week and it's broken up into two groups so I'll be going on Wednesday...Otherwise I would have that great six hours between Religion and Swedish on Wednesday. We finished the day off with Physics. I made a little stop into town, and went straight back home to change for Golf practice, which was tonight at 6:30. It was alot of fun today, I might even be looking forward to the next practice;)(did I mention we have to practice inside, it was 0 degrees outside)

Theme for this week: LOVE/KÄRLEK

This week the school I go to has a theme..Love! A wonderful theme;)

(P.S.- this is a real picture)

First Night in My New home

^My Bags(most of it;)...)^

So moving was huge mixture of feelings. I was sad to leave my first family, I grew really close with them and I am happy to move in with my new family. We had a "welcome to family" dinner tonight. Which was delicious. Now I'm unpacking getting myself comfortable in my new home, where I will be until June... Long time, but I know its going to go by in a flash. It's kind of scary to think about actually. The sun is starting to come out and it's making Sweden seem just that much more beautiful:) Tomorrow morning I get to walk to school. It turns out that the school is to close to take the bus and with all the slushy snow, its hard to ride my bike. But I'm excited about photography b/c I get to start getting my pictures ready to be made in the dark room(it even sounds cool:P)

^My New Room^

^Kola^