Hi! Okay so once again, I am so very sorry
that I haven’t been faithful in updating my Blog, but this time it was actually
do to technical difficulties of the user—me. I somehow misplaced my password,
but today worked hard to receive it again! So I am setting a new goal in which
I don’t let things slip right by like I have this past month. I also promise
that other entries won’t be like this one, I will state the date and
interesting activities on such a day, but the entries after this will be more
in depth, cross my heart:) I hope you enjoy!
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| love in a box. |
Wednesday, August 22: Wow, September is
almost over, that’s embarrassing—On August 22, I received my first care package
from home! It was a joyous day. I had actually gone in two days earlier to ICA
Supermarket (the Postal point for my specific zipcode) because I knew, by
tracking the package that it was almost to Tromsø. But Ashley and I excitedly
walked down to ICA to pick it up. We came back to open it, and it felt like
Christmas. I received some affectionate cards, Tupperware, Tide pods,
batteries, tights—so I could be trendier, and lots of yummy goodies; including
Grandma C’s delicious molasses cookies. I went to bed that night a very happy
girl, with a happy tummy mind you.
Thursday, August 23: This day was
beautiful. I remember waking up and smiling seeing how nice it was. This
day was also the first day of Artic Norway—Aspects of History, again a small,
cozy class with a lively professor.
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| a pretty morning on the way to school :) |
Friday, August 24: On this day, Ashley,
Holly (Canada) and I made brownie cookies! It was quite the treat. After
cookies, Ashley and I ventured down to the city center to volunteer for
DebutUke, which I described in a previous post. And I can tell you that my
favorite part was definitely the free meal! We showed up early and the workers
at Driv were very nice, chicken nuggets and fries! It was wonderful to have a
warm meal. Volunteering was –interesting. There were about a handful of
Norwegians and only like four ISU students helping out. Our task was to cut out
circles out of pieces of paper, tape a string to the back, and place in a pile.
You can bet it was just as thrilling as it sounds. And the other people were
kind of ignoring anything we asked in English, awfully boring and awkward. So
Ashley, our friend Tina (Germany) and I left after we put our two hours in.
That night a group of friends got together to celebrate our friends, Rudi (from
California) for her birthday. It was really fun getting together with people
and fun to meet others and we can’t forget, the delicious cake that Bill made!
Saturday, August 25: Ashley and I went into
volunteer again in the early afternoon. We were served beef stew with potatoes.
Yum! We again did the tedious work of taping a string to paper circles, put in
two hours and left.
Sunday, August 26: It was an incredible Sunday. I spent
most of my morning and early afternoon watching four episodes of New Girl,
starring Zooey Deschanel it quickly became a favorite TV show, which the second
season premiers in tomorrow!! But then I clocked in SIX amazing hours Skyping
my sisters, parents, Matt, and Ali. It was cool, because if Mom and I started a
conversation, then Michaela would add on in Fargo, and then Britt in Minot, and
so on:) It was soooo great:)
Monday, August 27: I went to the grocery store :)
Tuesday, August 28: There was a UN meeting
at the university where we were served free pizza:) and watched a film, The
Iron Wall, discussing the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
focusing on the existence and expansion of Israeli settlements.
Wednesday, August 29: I had my first Social
Psychology lecture, hehe.
Thursday, August 30: Attended history
class, and had a wonderful lively dinner with some friends—some Italians in
specific decided to make Carbonara the “right” way, it was delicious. It was also exceptionally pretty this day, while I was thinking of my fellow
Cobbers starting their first day of classes back in Moorhead.
Friday, August 31: Attended psych class,
and then that evening Ashley, Leonard, and I went into the city centre to go to
an art exhibit. It was lovely! There was free wine and bubblywater, I took the
wine of course and we walked around the handful of perspective exhibits. It was
called Am I Making Up What Really Happened? It was very neat and left me
feeling extremely sophisticated, all I needed was a pair of pumps and a nice,
suited gentleman on my arm to become tiptop!
Welp, that was the remainder of August! I
will continue on with the entirety of September in another post :)
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