alwaysdreamer

Ida and I have been singing this song many times this weekend and it's really stuck in my head :) Enjoy!

A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover

Yesterday was my first day at work. There are 4 different sections; media, fashion, beauty and home interiors. That day I worked at beauty, the hardest one if you ask me. I had feared to start there cause everything is based on facts and knowledge and you really need to know what you're talking about when it comes to make up, skin products etc. Not so easy when it's your first day... But it worked out fine. Luckily I was wearing a sign saying "Praktikant" (=trainee), Phew. I organized the hair color section and a lady came up to me and asked for advice. This was my area! Hah, I've done everything you're not supposed to when it comes to haircoloring... :) And I really knew what I was talking about, and the lady was happy with my help. And while we were talking I noticed a small line forming up behind her. Even more people came to ask for my help. That felt kinda good :) Right now, the job is part time, but I hope eventually that it'll get full time cause I really enjoy this job.

This weekend Ida came to visit :) That was really nice since I hadn't seen her since California. So Idie (I know she doesn't like it when I call her that, but I can't help it :) and I spent almost the whole day at the piano. Singing and recording (and goofing around). And maybe I'll post some of it here or on my youtube account, we'll see :)

So tomorrow, my second day at work. I have to get up early, but I finnish early too :)
Peace out!
// martina

Today, a year ago I was in North Carolina experiencing  my very first Thanksgiving with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pies and all of that. Now, a year later I'm trying to get into the Thanksgiving kinda mood in a country where it's not celebrated... Not so easy. I'm wishing I had one of those tofurkey (vegetarian turkey made out of tofu), but I don't. So for now I'll settle for some mashed potatoes and green beans, but later, I'm going to the grocery store, and I'm getting some PIE! ...Or ice cream or whatever :P

Oh and also, I got a job today! Yay! It's not a full time job, yet at least, but it's the job I was interviewed for so I guess I didn't do that bad... ;) I'm really excited but also nervous. I'm starting tomorrow, wish me luck!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Phew, I did'nt know that looking for a job was like a full time job. I've been looking for a while now (well, a week. But I'm impatient) and I really want a job before christmas. There are two places where I think it might lead to something. But I'm still dreaming about my grocery store, so I'm gonna go there today.
Wish me luck!

There's something beautifuly magical about the first snow. Today was one of those days when everything starts out like crap, you know, when you're asking yourself 'Oh, is this gonna be one of those days, those days when nothing goes right?'. To save you the boring details of what 'crap' was, I'll cut to the chase. After some mental breakdowns I went to the piano for some peace of mind and after a couple of songs I saw something familiar in the corner of my eye. Snow. It was snowing! I felt like a kid again. This makes me wonder, will I ever grow out of getting so ridiculously happy about the first white snowflakes? Probably not. Isn't it strange how something so simple can make you forget about all the bad stuff for a while? I love it!

This is the time of year when I fall in love. This is my spring. I know I'm completely weird and about 6 months off or so, but I can't help it. It's always been like this. It starts out in September when you start putting on knitted sweaters, lighting candles, the leaves are falling, fire places etc. And then it just gets worse, and when the snow's here: I'm head over heals in love. With everything and everyone. I think I've only met one person in my whole life who also falls in love about a half year later everyone else. One. If you're another one, let me know! And I'll have someone to share this disorder with :)

In one month it's Christmas :) I have some unusual plans for this Christmas, I'll let you know when it's all figured out.
XoX

Song of the day:
Thriving Ivory - Angels on the moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S38-mjy5NtA

After my not-so-good driving yesterday I went out driving for about 50 minutes today. I drove my mom to work, and then drove around a little bit in Gothenburg. Ehm... I've been having some problems with adjusting to driving with stick shift cars. Well, the stick is not really the problem, it's the clutch that's been causing me grief. After driving a year without one, I now sometimes forget to use it. Like yesterday I was turning on the ignition (without using the clutch), the car just flew forward. It was pretty funny and I just started laughing. Luckily no one was around to see this freak show... Anyway, now I'm almost used to these cars. So hopefully no more flying.

Sitting here eating the best falafels ever! It's been a lazy day. Been writing a list of all the stores I where I wanna work. And then I talked to Emmie a little bit :) It was sooo nice to hear her voice again. I miss you, Emmie.

Alright, back to the piano. I also finished a song that I'm pretty hooked on right now. For a while. But whatever :)
Cheers!

Today I saw the sun for the first time since I got here. Oh, how pretty it was :) Later in the afternoon I went in to Gothenburg. After days in my room, unpacking I just had to get out for a while. It was really interesting walking around on the familiar streets with all the familiar stores. Even the people's faces seemed familiar. I've never thought about it before, but swedes look in a certain way. It was actually kind of fun to walking around and seeing everyting as if it was the first time. And even though I was only there for about an hour, I still saw 3 people I know. Out of all the 1 million people, what are the odds? And then I did some windows shopping. I don't know what it is about Sweden, but it's only here I'm able to do that. It never worked in the U.S... But I must say, I fell in love with Gothenburg all over again <3

Alright, I guess I had my break. Back to reality: unpacking...Fun.

Sitting here with my mac and cheese thinking about the U.S. Thinking about Sweden. Thinking even more about the U.S. The mac and cheese tastes different. Self pity. Sad.

So saaad.

It's 5.30am now and I've been awake since 2.58am (exactly). I guess I'm still on east coast time. Otherwise I haven't really had any problems with adjusting to the time difference. Not at all actually. I made up this little plan to avoid it.

Tuesday: Woke up at 7amI decided not to sleep that night, but to stay awake and pack instead. It wasn't hard actually, I wasn't tired at all..

Wednesday:  My flight was at 4.35pm (east cost time) and 10.35pm Swedish time. So I thought that it would be perfect to go to sleep on the plane, cause then it's actually night in Sweden. (Sorry if I'm confusing you with all the different time zones). And then as I got on the plane I got tired, as usual, so I turned my iPod on and went to sleep. Then when I woke up I felt very rested and wondered how long I've been sleeping. And since I haven't been wearing my watch lately, I've relied on my iPod. So I checked how many songs that have been playing since I fell a sleep... ONE and a half song. I guess the word power nap just got a whole new meaning...

And after this major beauty sleep I was wide awake and when I landed 12 hours later, there were no signs of me being tired. Was I high on something? High on traveling?

Thursday I' had gone 2,5 days without any sleep, and when the afternoon came I actually got tired, but I didn't wanna ruin the whole sleeping schedule by sleeping before the night so I stayed awake.

So when I remove all the time difference, on Thursday I'd been awake for 48+8=56 hours straight. And now I'm up, and awake. Thank god for my laptop. And now I'm gonna start watching the Sex and the City season collection, from the beginning. At least that'll keep me occupied for a while...

~kalinichta~