I miss my weirdo muppets
Finally continued with my scrapbooking and I must say I'm making progress. I'm at September now (sort of.. I kinda forgot about haven't started with August). And I found this picture. I miss you guys!
♥
SJP
If there's a scent in heaven, this is what it smells like.
Looking throught the glass
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.
So saaad.
Sleepless in Mölndal
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~
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~
Back from the year of my life
Alright, I'm back now. Not back home, but back in Sweden. Sorry but it's just way to early to call this home. It feels extremly wierd being back. Back to walking these familiar streets, hearing people speaking Swedish everywhere and the whole Swedish culture where "lagom" is the word. It's quite different after living in the country where everything is either black or white, not grey like it is here. I remember in the beginning of my year how annoying I thought it was with all these contradictions. But like with most things in life, you get used to it. The same with the american food, habits and culture.
And I must say that it was with huge sadness I entered the plane and left Boston behind my back. It's too hard to sum up my whole year in one blog. This was the year that made me grow up, for real. And getting to know myself better, and finding out a lot of things I didn't even know about me. I didn't give up, I stayed the whole year. I remember in the beginning that it was not what I imagined. But that's when I realized that this year's gonna be whatever I want it to be. I had dreamed about this for way too long to not make the best out of it. So that's what I did, and I must say, this year has changed my life. Cliché? Yes, but oh, so true.
But of course there are ups and downs, but in the end, the "ups" are what I remember (unless you remind me, so don't ... hehe ;) So, now I have a lot of things to get used to and a lot of poeple to miss, so that will keep me occupied for a while. And then I'll write some about the trip too, so stay tuned :) Until then, ciao!
~martina~
California here we come!
Now my year as an au pair is coming to an end. I've worked my last day and am now heading toward California. But first: all those goodbyes. I went to Boston for the last time today. And I had to say goodbye to my friends Karin and Frida. It's so hard, I already miss them. And tonight my family is throwing a goodbye party for me, I'm gonna cry so much. I can't believe I'm gonna leave my home and my family. Cause that's what it feels like. But right now I'm gonna think about tomorrow. Ida and I are going to LA where we're gonna stay a week and then go on our suntrek tour and after that explore San Francisco for a couple of days. Caaaaaalifornia <3
