Så mycket att göra så lite tid!!!!

So much to do, So little time. Isn't that the truth!!



Let me start out by saying, I'm sorry the last post was quite random and not very well organized or thought out. It was after we got back from Germany and I was in a hurry to get it done!! I will try to take some more time and thought into wiritng my blogs from now on!! :)



Monday I made dinner for my host family. I was so incredibly worried that i would either burn the house down or make some disgusting dish. But, it turned out to be delicious!! Camilla came over also, it was great to have her join us. For Dinner I made chicken enchalidas with salad and for dessert, brownies, swedish style. it turned out to be a great meal!! Uhoh, now ill be cooking once a week!!! I guess i need to start somewhere. My next feat is to try and make a loaf of bread. Thanks to Hanna S. I have become inspired to make my own, because her's was so good!



If you are wondering what the weather here is like.. it't typical fall weather for Sweden. Lots of rain and cold. Due to the fact that we are on the coast it is windy pretty much all the time. If the sun is out its not too cold but it has begun to get pretty darn cold. I think I need some better sweaters, because I didn't realize how cold it would get! The suprising thing tho, it almost never snows here. On the odd chance that it would snow, it will not last too long. So what do I have to look forward to??.. Rain Wind and Cold... goodie!

Enough about the weather, now about school!!!
Everyone has their off days, and yes I do have many. But, I try not to show it. Having friends in school and outside of school helps me so much I can't even begin to say how thankful I am. There are many days where I just wish I knew Swedish. Its so hard learning a new language. Especially one that I have never heard before I came here. So it can be very frustrating when someone is speaking swedish, I can understand some of what he or she is saying but I don't know how to put the words together to say anything back. The only thing that matters is that I keep trying, I need to stop being lazy and start speaking Swedish!!!
My tourism class will definately be helping with this. We are planning to go on a bus tour, showing elderly people the town of varberg. My area of intrest is the Kallbadhuset (the famous Bathhouse-was not my choice, but its an intresting topic). So we each had to do research on different topics and now we get to present them to the old people. Did I mention it's all in Swedish?? Let's just say that the technology today and the use of online translators are lifesavers. So now I have my text written of what I need to say, the only problem is... how do I say it? Looks like my friends will finally come in handy ;)
I think I am pretty lucky though, despite the fact that I don't know swedish, at least I don't really have to take any tests in school. Ok well the only classes the I would have to take a test in would be International Relations and French. But I like those classes so that is not too hard. I keep wondering how I will do next year in college, a year long break, then the hard work comes.. oy dö :( . Everything will work out though (thinking positively!)

Have I been homesick yet? Yes I will admit I have. But its not the kind where I sit at home and wallow in my sadness. It comes and comes every once in awhile. When we were in Germany I was a little homesick because it was a road trip, and usually I only go on roadtrips with my family and the McCormicks and its mostly to Colorado. Also, in the mornings it was different, waking up I would have one of my brothers jump on the bed to wake me up if we were staying in a hotel somewhere, we would turn the tv on wait for everyone to wake up and just go to breakfast in the hotel in our Pjs... so it was different to just wake up get ready and go meet everyone for breakfast because they were already there (early risers). Not that any of this is bad, its just different and I was a little homesick. I think the hardest time for me this year will be christmas but that is to be expected. it is usually a big holiday for most people and families get together and its just a great and cozy time. But i think with the help of my friends and extended family my homesickness will not be too bad at all. :)

This week I will be in Borås again for a rotary get together, we will be getting ready for the district conference. So i will be gone wednesday through saturday.
Yesterday I went to my second Rotary meeting, be proud dad!!! :) My friend Beata who went to Australia last year was doing her speech for the club. So now I have some ideas for when I do my speech but that is a reallyyy long time a way so im not going to worry about it just yet. But i will need to start worrying about my speech about the US.. not sure when i will be giving that speech yet but i think it will be soon, i talked to the president lady and she said we would be in touch. but who knows how long that could be.

The other day i recieved an e mail from my cousin Molly and attached was a picture of her two boys, she just told me what they were up to, the weather back home, and how the family was doing, and just little random things like that. I was so suprised to get this e mail! But it just brightned my day to know that im not forgotten back home!! I love hearing about how everyone is doing. I don't really get homesick from it, its just nice to hear how everyone is doing and how life is back home. So i encourage you reader to e mail me and i love getting pictures also!!!

Due to the fact that I will be gone this week and also next week, with only 3 days in school i will have my work laid out for me. So as you could predict i will not have much time to blog of what i have been up to. But after my trip to stockholm (next thursday through sunday) you will get to hear allllll about my trip! I can't wait to go!! it should be fun!! :) everyone has told me how lovely stockholm is so i look forward to it!!!

ta ta for now!!!!
hej dö!!! :)