Söndag Februari 3, 2008
What a wonderful week! Two of my courses were dropped and I am hoping to know the replacements soon, but I have started two courses now which are Swedish and United Nations. The UN course will only meet 3 times which I think is fabulous. As of now I have one class remaining. It’s my responsibility to read the literature and my notes.
Last night we celebrated Doris (Germany) 22nd birthday. We began our night in Normalm (student housing) and then went to the Kårhuset which is the student house located in the city center. The Kårhuset used to be very popular but not as much now. It’s possible that people want to stay in and stay warm.
Today some of us went to Sidsjön (Side lake). We started off my hiking up the mountain in the snow. I was so excited to see a foot of snow! It was like a dream coming true for me! I have never seen over 7 inches. It made for a remarkable moment in my life. Then the real excitement came when we took a shortcut over the frozen lake. The lake is very large and very frozen, thank goodness. I was a bit apprehensive at first but we all made it. We had a barbeque which I loved. One day I saw some people outside of my window at the picnic table in the snow. I thought they were goofy. Now I am happy to have had that experience and from now on I will not judge anyone eating hotdogs in the snow when the temperature is about 20 or so.
Just by the lake there is a Ski slope. I was amazed to watch people, small children in particular. I have never skied, but I would like to. I might start off with langlaufing which is cross country skiing. Speaking of, I was in the track and a man almost ran me over! I could tell he would not have shown mercy if he had!
After the sun faded out of the sky we started heading back to the city. We went by bus and I was thankful for that. All of my limbs were frozen. It sure was an excellent day, but I would love to be at a Superbowl party tonight. Also, I would like to wish my brother Jeremy a Happy Birthday for tomorrow, the 4th.
