Home Sweet Home

So my lack of updated blogs have not gone unnoticed, and you have let me know (thanks girlies) I will do my best to start updating again. I do lots of fun things with my absolute best friends in Utah... so hopefully I'll have enough to write to keep you all entertained!

Right now I am actually home in Michigan!! Its been an amazing visit home! Friday night was Kara Walters wedding. It was a fantastic night, beautiful wedding and lots of Deephers! High lights of the night. Waiter spilling water on me. Nick's cousin AND little brother creeping on us all. Cousin Mark... that girl over there (Kathryn Eby!) told me I should ask you to dance. KAT! Anyway, one was not enough and I was stuck SLOW DANCING to Journey with him... Don't Stop Believing. IS THAT EVEN A SLOW SONG?! haha very funny. Another highlight... being reunited with my DJ friend Kevin. I met him a couple years ago when I was working the wedding circuit (aka Emerald City Design). Not gunna lie, we flirted it up in the past... BUT didn't mean he needed to creep on me all night from the DJ booth! Awkward first conversation... 'I'm really glad you're here tonight.' Me: 'Uh ya, me too. We like to dance' AWKWARD! LOL The night was awesome though. Lots of dancing and seeing old friends.

Today I got breakfast with my favorite married couple Luke and Jenny. I love love love them. They are two of the most fantastic individuals I am honored to know. Its always fun to catch up with them, talking about embarassing (usually dating) stories, struggles and accomplishments. The rest of the day was spent at UMD for Bid day. I'm not gunna lie. I was extremely emotional today! Pref ceremony reminded me of my time in the sorority and the sisterhood I am apart of. You girls mean more to me than I could ever express. Thank you so much for always thinking of me, the calls, texts, wall posts... etc. I never feel as far away as I am. This weekend has been really special seeing so many of you. I am really excited for our new members too. They are gorgeous! Great job this year girls!

Tonight was a really fun night with the family. Dinner at the MacShack... just cant get enough! The usual Euchre game night.... and some extra time with my momma :)

Tomorrow is Best Friend day with Kelly :) Monday is home to Utah :( I really love it there, but being home reminds me of all my good memories in Michigan! Oh well, guess I just need to really enjoy the next two days!

Tennis Night

So last night I went on a really fun date. My date Cale (hey I'm writing about you in my blog, better than my journal!) works as a tennis instructor and made arrangements for us to play after hours at the club he works at. There were three couples... and needless to say, it was a really good time! It made me miss the summers of playing tennis with Luke, Tim and Joe. It also made me wonder how I had gotten SO rusty in a year! I was a mess! But Cale has assured me he's going to help improve my game, with a minimal fee ;-)

After church I drove 40 minutes to visit my cousin Michelle and her family. I adore them! They're so wonderful to me, and their kids are just the best! It was my first time to their house, which was beautiful. I was originally going to move in with them... and should have! Alee made me an 'Art Book' with pictures she drew for me while I was over. Tavo made me a folding box... don't ask, but it was cute. And the two youngest boys were just winning me over with their coy smiles and funny phrases. I hope to go over there more, I really want their family to know me and vice versa!

Tonight we were lucky to hear John Bytheway speak. For my friends not familiar with who he is, hes a member of the same church as me who has published books and CDs. He's a great public speaker, really funny. It was a treat to hear him speak in person and I was really touched by his message. The topic was having hope in these last days.

One Week to go!

Worst blog ever... haha So did I write about my upcoming trips... going to be home in one week! WOOO I'm really excited for Alum ritual, my dads birthday and seeing you all! There is nothing exciting to write about... I went on a good first date tonight. So woo for that, but its not like I can write about it... that wouldn't be creepy haha Yesterday I decorated a cake with my friend Sarah from work. She taught me how to make those frosting roses... so we covered a whole round cake in them. It looked pretty baller... one step closer to dominating the wedding industry I suppose haha I had a small Easter brunch on Saturday with Ashley, Greg and Joel... we decorated Easter eggs and ate pancakes. Fun. Cute... mmmm I got a new job... but haven't started it yet. Don't want to write too much about it until its official... more to come I guess. I'm sorry, I'm gunna keep this blog going as long as possible... but the stories aren't like the ones in Sweden! Corrigan, I'm sorry! It's just a struggle! haha

Love you guys, see you soon!

Across the USA!

Hi All! So its been 2 weeks since my last post. Whats new?? I've got a few friends I've been spending a lot of time with... Greg, Joel and my roommate Ashley. On St. Patrick's day we went to a dueling piano bar which was a lot of fun. Saturday night we watched movie at a blood bank haha Greg works there so we watched The Bucket List in the huge comfy seat (3/4s of us actually feel asleep they're so comfy) and ate all the snacks meant for the patients! So I'm usually with them if I'm not at work or with Whitney and Jon. Tomorrow is our other roommates birthday so we're taking her to dinner. I'm getting lunch with my friend Kenzie tomorrow. Drum role.... we're going to Cafe Rio. People FREAK OUT here when they hear I've never eaten there... so tomorrow is the day. I guess I'll write about it if its worth while.

So its funny, nothing too exciting has been happening here... but I'm writing because I've booked two trips I'm really excited for! I'm coming home for a visit April 15th-21st and going to visit Nick Evans in Palo Alta, CA mid-May!! One of the trips was free because I used my frequent flier miles (you can imagine I had a lot haha) I'm just so excited for both of the trips! I miss you guys so much... see you in April!! I'll write when more exciting things happen...

New Car

Hi!! So good news... I believe any day now my loan for my car will come from the bank and then I will be driving my new baby!!! Its a 2008 Mazda 3... Dark dark charcoal gray (aka black) with lots of perks! Low miles, I-pod hook up, volume control in the steering wheel, plus things I haven't even explored yet! I've already named him, yes its my first male car. His is The Prince, Prince for short. Roxanne and Hildegarde shall never be forgotten... but I'm pretty excited. Here are some pictures!


I also have a second interview for a job here, so I'll keep everyone posted once I know how that goes.

Lets see what I've been up to these past few days. Car and work stuff of course, last night Whitney and Jon had me and a guy over for dinner and games. It was pretty hilarious... I just don't recommend 4-person Catch Phrase unless you're ready for a heated game haha. Update on my cheesecake: it was a 'Mexican Cheesecake' and I attempted to make it Dulce de Leche style also... HOWEVER I used store bought carmel since I couldn't find any dulce de leche. It smelled like syrup lol (maple syrup) but I'm still please I baked it right. Tonight I had a great night at work... and tomorrow Amanda (my cousin) and I are heading to South Jordan to visit our cousin Michelle and her adorable family. I should probably go to sleep so I can wake up in time! Have a great night everyone. Love you!!

Cheesecake and Miss yous

Hey! So tonight after work I came home and made Dulce de Leche cheesecake for tomorrow's dinner. I'm taking a gentleman friend to meet Whitney and Jon. She's making us dinner (enchiladas) so I'm providing dessert. First time making cheesecake... and it looks pretty good, hope it taste good too!

So I had an interview today at a treatment center to work as a mentor. I felt really good going in, but there were so many other applicants that I guess I'll have to wait and see.

I really miss my friends from home. Its different than how I missed you guys when I was in Sweden... this time I miss you because I just know how amazing you all are... and I hate being so far away from everything going on. I know what I'm doing out here, but sometimes I just wonder "what am i doing out here" so I'm just feelin a tiny (only a tiny) bit down, thinking of the people not here with me, or... in other words that I'm not there with. Miss and love you guys.

XOXO Al

Long overdue.

hey blog readers. its been a little while. so ive been really busy and really happy. Two weeks ago i went though training at Macaroni Grill and I've been working on my own this past week. I like the people I work with a lot. Most of the girls are around my age, but all married... I figure they can set me up with their husbands' hot single friends. just kidding...

So what have I been so busy with you ask? I've made some great new friends that I spend a lot of my evenings with; Kara and Victoria who both live in an apartment right above mine. There are a lot of activities through the congregation I'm in at my church, and they're pretty fun! The girls are there too... so we always go together. We play a lot of games out here in Utah... but I like games so I'm not complaining. The only games I don't like are the kind with guys... they arent even 'games' but everyone are telling me about these stupid Utah rules... like not being able to date someone more than two times if you're not really interested, or you have to say yes to a first date... if you had fun on the date you text him thank you... and the list goes on and on. Its like, I'm not from here so why do I have to act like I am? Anyway I've gone on a lot of dates since getting out here... and I love it. Its hard though because of course I just wanna date one person... I'm a commitment type of person, so being single is hard for me...

Hey, just so ya'll know... I miss my Deephers so so much. I think about you girls all the time. Sorry to not write in a while... i just can't exactly put into words everything thats happening here. You guys can thank Allison for putting my butt in gear to get a post up. LOVE U ALL!

Friends and Family

So that birthday party was fun... too many yummy desserts! But I did meet a ton of people. The other girls that live in my stairwell are pretty awesome. They came over to watch Teen Mom with me (um, I don't even watch that show) and last night we went to this fresh-made-in-front-of-you Mexican place for dinner. Today my cousin Amanda and I got together for lunch. We had a pretty good time catching up and we're hanging out this weekend with her bf and his friend... so should be a good time! Tonight I went shopping with Whitney and some future co-workers, and then had a Grays night with homemade Blondies... whoa, yum.

So lets be honest... if I keep blogging like this, I'm gunna lose all my readers. So I have an idea of a topic to blog about... but I'll wait and see if anyone is even checking this still... til then... XOXO

New Beginnings

Hey all! So I'm going to try my best to update you on my past few days here. So to begin, I've been really happy here so far. Each day it seems that I've done something fun. I've met up with old friends and began making new. Travis (a friend from forever ago) had Whitney, Jon and me over for dinner on Sunday night. So that was fun... yesterday I got to see my friend Rhys and we drove to Park City where the Sundance Film Festival is going on! I see Whitney basically every day, and even when I don't we talk constantly. I went for my first free manicure today (as provided by the apartments). The girl Jamie who runs the Spa was super sweet. She even invited me to a birthday party at her place tonight for her roommate. So I'm excited to get to know her and meet some other people. Thursday I'm getting lunch with my cousin Amanda (we went to China together if you want a visual). She actually lives in the apartments across the street from mine. What are the odds!

So I really did like my apartment... now I'm not so sure haha. My one roommate Lizette and I hit it off right away. We talk every morning/night, super comfortable even though I've only been here since Friday. Anyway, shes moving out tomorrow! Way bummed about it. So the girl thats moving in seems fun and sweet... but I'm still bummed. And my apartment may be possessed, not sure yet. Something freaky happened last night... and then some really freaky talk was going around... but I sure hope that's not the case! But irregardless I don't like being alone here anymore, which is often during the day. I'll write more, if it becomes more evident that there is a problem...

Sooo I'm excited about tonight and I'll write about any fun encounters I have. Take care! And remember I have my phone so call/text me whenever!

New Adventures

So its been almost a month since my last post. I came home for Whitney's wedding the first weekend of January and spent 3 weeks visiting friends and family. I was thrown an amazing coming home party, went to the 20th anniversary party and watched the Bachelor, Idol and Biggest Loser during many girl nights. During my visit home I decided not to return to Sweden because I wasn't happy and myself there. I made the decision to move to the other place I had talked about going to, Utah.

So yesterday I flew out here. Flying over the mountains during this time of year was breathtaking. It felt like I was in another world... the snow covering the mountains, frozen lakes and land... I'd never seen anything like it before. I've really learned to appreciate the beauty in our own country since learning about the differences and similarities between the U.S and Europe... So anyway Whitney picked me up and has been a saint helping me get settled. The apartment complex I'm moving into is awesome... there is free tanning, fitness center, hair cuts, manicures, pedicures and facials. I found out today that you only get one of the free spa service per month... which makes more sense. So there were problems with the room I was originally supposed to move into (basically one of my potential room mates had moved into my room...) luckily the leasing office isn't going to keep me in that apartment, because I would have been the roommate that got the girl kicked from the big bedroom to the smaller one. Then they sent me over to another room in another apartment. As Whitney and I walked up the stairs, we noticed a weird baby-like blanket hanging in the window. Uh oh... my new roommates were going to be freaks. We walk in and there are dirty dishes everywhere... gross. Luckily those girls were also breaking the rooms and had moved people in that weren't supposed to be there. The girl that told me the rooms were all full was this big girl in her full out PJs at 5pm, it was bizarre. So I decided to wait until today and I will move into a completely different room. Hopefully #3 is the lucky charm!

So last night Whitney and I went to Target to buy bedding for me (I only spent $25 on a full cute bed set... score)! Whitney has been amazing giving me extra blankets and pots/pans etc for my new place. But the best gift of all... the hot pink snuggie! I think she's crazy for giving it up but I'm not complaining! We headed to Macaroni Grille for dinner to see Jon and to check out my future employment. I'm pretty excited to get back into serving. All the people seemed way cool... and less of your usual stereotypical servers. I must say, Whitney and Jon's place is gorgeous. I had seen it over Skype but it just didn't do it justice. Whitney has the place decorated extremely well... it all coordinates beautifully. I'm really happy for them! So back to the evening... during Grays Anatomy we made Monster Cookies... I had never had them before and they are delicious! Here is the recipe (below)!

So to wrap up, I hope I am moving in today. Whitney is letting me borrow her car since she will be at work. I am going to explore the area and hopefully find cheap cups/plates/etc. I'm pretty excited for this new adventure, but I still get really sad thinking about not being in Sweden and not seeing Jonas every day. I know everything will work out how its supposed to... but it still gets me down sometimes. So I plan on writing about my experience out here... because as my aunt said, Utah is just as much of a culture shock as Sweden was... so I will write about it and hopefully keep entertaining many of you like before!

Monster Cookies:

Yield:3 dozen
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook10 min
Total:23 min

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 12-ounce jar creamy peanut butter
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1/2 cup multi-colored chocolate candies
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup raisins, optional
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 1/2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.

In a very large mixing bowl, combine the eggs and sugars. Mix well. Add the salt, vanilla, peanut butter, and butter. Mix well. Stir in the chocolate candies, chocolate chips, raisins, if using, baking soda, and oatmeal. Drop by tablespoons 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Do not overbake. Let stand for about 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool. When cool, store in large resealable plastic bags.

Home from Berlin

Hi!! We're back from Berlin safe and sound. I'm gunna try my best to write all of the fun/interesting stuff that happened! (Longest post to date!)

Arriving/Full Day 1: So to start our trip Judith and Anders picked us up from the airport giving us our first lesson in the Berlin subway system. We were pros by the end of the trip! We arrived late Tuesday night, so after some tea and snacks we went to bed. Hmmm must not have gone to bed early enough because we slept til 1pm that first day. But when we finally got up and out when went to see some sites. We first went to the Brandenburg Gate. According to Judith the statue was stolen from Napoleon and later retrived and brought back to Berlin. Down the street from the gate is the Jewish Memorial. There are 2,711 concrete blocks to honor the Jews killed throughout Europe during the wars. We also walked through a Christmas market which I really liked. It was fun to see all the German foods, and lit up booths. There was a huge ice hill for kids to inter tube down... too cold for any of us to try. The market was right near the Sony Center... which is one of the main city centers. We wanted to buy tickets for New Years day for Avatar in 3D... anyway the Sony Center was cool because back after the war, the war was built around this part of town which had originally been a thriving city area... but was then cut off from the wall. As soon as the wall went down in '89 they made plans to build up the area again to make it a thriving entertainment area like it originally had been. ANYWAY after we bought our tickets Judith left us (Jonas, Anders and myself) because she had to study at school. So we were left on our own to find a museum we had been recommended by Anna's (Jonas' sister) boyfriend. It was the Stasi Museum. Well we got to the right subway station... but then couldn't find the museum for the life of us. We walked around for awhile before asking a woman working at a pharmacy. Well we had to ask two more people before we were able to find the well hid building. The museum was in the actual Stasi headquarters (Ministry for State Security as they called it). Stasi is the name for the police in East Germany after the war. They spied on their own people (hello, they were controlled by Russia, surprise surprise) to ensure no one was trying to leave... which was basically everyone (well not really). The museum was good because it helped me understand the history after the war much better, but the museum exhibits were only in German which was a bummer... so we had to piece a lot of it together ourselves. A few cool things we saw were how they spied on people (cameras in birdhouses, microphones in watering cans, and machine guns in briefcases) and we could walk through the original offices of the last minister of State Security (Erich Mielke) and also see a jail cell and straight jackets... anyway intense stuff. After this full day of sightseeing we met back up with Judith, grabbed some dinner, Judith and I went to the solarium and then headed home for the night. So the tanning salon was a riot. This super tan, super old woman wearing really tight clothes explained to me how to use the tanning bed with charades twice, even though I understood the first time. Get this, we had to lay a plastic sheet over the bed to lay on... weird! Anyway it was really funny... even Judith had never done that before.

Day 2: This was Thursday, so the day of New Years Eve... once again we didn't get much of an early start but we tried to do some shopping... but found that all of the stores were closed by the time we had gotten to them. So Judith and I went to the grocery store to pick up some food to make pizzas at the preparty we were attending. Big mistake! All of Germany was doing the same... the lines were INSANE. We stood in line for an hour... not even kidding, and it was a big store, like Kroger) The really nice German lady in front of us told us we could put our stuff in her cart. Isn't that nice?? She kept trying to speak German to me as well... I think its funny that they know I don't understand but keep talking anyway... well the guys met up with us right before we checked out to grab a few things for themselves as well. So once we got home we got ready to go out for the night. Jonas and I had to repack our things because we were going to be staying the rest of our trip at this apartment where the party was at. We met up with Megan and Greg at the station near the party. I cried a little when I saw Megan... it was so overwhelming to have a friend from home. I spent most of the preparty catching up with Megan and Greg... I don't think we missed much because all the Germans were playing a card game... but kept speaking German even when none of us understood. We left around 10:45 to head to the party and to meet up with Chris and his group. We must have taken awhile... because we got to the party with 15 minutes before midnight. We decided to stay outside rather than try to go in. Best decision ever... at midnight fireworks went off from every direction around us. It was the coolest thing ever. Some of them were the big fireworks that the city put on... but then all the others were being lit by people a couple feet from us in every direction. It felt really dangerous... but was worth it!! After we finished celebrating outside we went in and just had a great time dancing. The music was just how I like it, none of that techno crap. There were some funny characters that were with Chris' group of friends... especially one French guy. He started by asking me if I was latina and telling his friend I was from Mexico when I said Michigan LOL then he was always lurking by us girls... but he couldn't speak much English and kept asking us to speak Spanish with him... sorry buddy I can't keep my Swedish and Spanish separate. At one point in the night he kept asking to take pictures of me and Megan... even though we told him it was okay, we didn't need any. Well the flash didn't work when he took it, so I just tried to pretend it did. Well he kept pestering us about the camera so I pretended I thought he wanted me to take pictures of him... thats why there are so many weird pictures of him on facebook. Anyway that didn't really work and we finally had to show him the picture didn't take... and try to escape. A few of our friends who will remain nameless got too drunk making for an interesting trip home. But we all made it to our places, feeling content with the great night we had.

Day 3: Well everyone slept in til after 2pm... no joke. Jonas and I didn't start our day til 3pm. We got some yummy yummy Subway and met Judith and Anders at the movies for Avatar in 3D!! Okay I was a skeptic before we saw it. But I'm soo glad we did!! I loved it. I think it was one of the greatest movies I've ever seen! It was beautifully made and an amazing story. Afterwards we went to the nearby mall and grabbed food and a warm drink. I had white hot chocolate... it felt like a great day even though we didn't do much.

Day 4: Everyone met up to spend the day shopping. Megan and Greg met us too (yay) The girls and boys separated so Judith could take us to more girly shopping. So when we were getting off the train, Judith led and I went to kiss Jonas goodbye and Megan did the same with Greg... well Judith realized that she hadn't kissed Anders and turned her head, contemplating whether to do the same. Well as she did this she misstepped and feel into the gap between the train and station!! I screamed and ran over to her to help. She was getting out pretty easily... but it all happened so fast. The guys ran off the train too to see if she was okay. It really was one of the scariest things I've seen, because while acting fast, in the same second I was imagining her leg being cut off... so scary! She was okay, just bruised the next day. Anyway the shopping area was really nice. This area of houses were turned into little shops. We found a few cute ones, but nothing was really calling out at me. All three of us bought clearance winter hats at H&M Divided (the hip, funkier H&M)... and the girls made some jewelry at this really funky awesome bead shop. It was very Betsy Johnson-esk. Jewelry made from bows, plastic animal figures, funky beads... really cool. There were gold spray painted mannequins on the walls wearing the jewelry... and me and Megans favorite was a dead stuffed squirrel wearing a funky broach coker and headpiece. We wanted to take the pictures but it was forbidden and the shop was small enough that they'd known we did it... and we didn't want to get kicked out! Megan made a cool skull charm to put on a gold chain at home... although I really liked the store, there was nothing I had to have. We met up with the guys shortly after this and had a kinda silly lunch at restaurant in a small shopping mall. We said it was the Big Boy of Germany... and they prepared all of our food in microwaves. It was cheap... so none of us really complained, even though Megan's tortellini had some cold spots... oops! Ew lol. But they had an awesome dessert selection so the Swedes indulged. After sitting for awhile we headed to the permanent Salvator Dali exhibit near the Sony Center. I saw a lot more of his work that I never knew he did... we had a pretty good time in the exhibit since Dali's art gave us a lot of stuff to talk about or laugh at. After we showed Megan and Greg parts of the Sony Center and Christmas market then walked to see the Brandenburg Gate at night. We stopped into some cheesy tourist shops per the American's requests. Enough time had passed that we were going to grab a fika (Greg really liked using his new word haha although like me, doesn't drink coffee) but fika turned into dinner, because we went to a place that Judith had been recommending... called Va Piano... and Italian version of Panera. OMG sooo cool. The interior was really warm and cozy. They give you a card, so you put all of your drinks, food or dessert of the card and then just pay it all at the end. We stayed there for a long time, eating yummy pizzas and dessert. Not to mention the free handful of gummy bears on the way out! We all said our goodbyes and headed home. Chris was leaving early the next morning and Megan and Greg weren't sure if they'd be meeting up with us for the flee market, so we said goodbye to them too encase.

Day 5 (last day): It seems like we had a lot of great days, and this was no exception. We met up at Judith's early (well early for us since we had to include travel time) and brought breakfast with us. I finally caved in a took half of a croissant type thing with Nutella inside. Nutella is a German product and if you haven't tried it... I would suggest you do! It doesn't make much sense to me... since its basically spreading chocolate on bread, but its really hazelnut and chocolate. It smells and tastes just like the filling of my favorite packaged cookies in Sweden... so I knew I'd like it. But I had been avoiding all the stands of Nutella crepes and Nutella pastries... but it was our last day. So not only did I eat the Nutella croissant, I took a knife full and spread on extra haha. After breakfast we headed to a flee market that is only open on Sundays. Although it was now the coldest day yet, it was a lot of fun. I found this really pretty sparkly earrings (clipon, oh geezs) that look a lot like a pair my grandma wears. Me and Verda setting fashion standards one day at a time... haha. And some stuff for my dad. So on Sundays ALL the stores are closed in Germany... even the malls. So I was kinda bummed since I had never found anything fun for myself... oops I thought too soon. We started to walk back to the subway and I noticed a really cool shop open. We were freezing so everyone was willing to go inside. Alright, it was amazing. A mix of Bella Mia and Forever 21... but prices worst than either. Oh well... I found 5 dresses I loved, but narrowed it down to two. Some of the only shopping I've done in the past 5 months. Jonas bought one for me for a Christmas present (its what he knew I wanted him to do) and I forked out the cash for the other... actually Anders had to loan me the money since I was out of Euros and this was going to be our last purchase... so no need to take out more. Anyway I'm in love. The store was called Who Shot Bambi and was a German store, perfect!! I had kept us there for quiet awhile and by the time we got back to Judith's flat we had enough time to relax before heading to the airport. Judith went above and beyond to make our trip amazing, which it was. So at the airport the airline we were flying with was similar to Ryan Air, very strict about carry on. The guy even made me put my bag in that box they always have near the gate, but you never really care about. I was sure it wasn't going to fit... but it did! I showed that jerk. But then I was afraid I couldn't get it out... but obviously I did. So we were a little stressed, because this carrier, EasyJet tends to be late... and after our scheduled time to land we only had 25 minutes to make our bus (there were no trains running that late to Jonas' mom). And to make matters worst the plane WAS late, but not late enough... and so we made it. I slept most of the way home since it was so late, and we didn't get to Halmsted until after midnight. Henrik was nice enough to pick us up and drive us the 30 minutes back home. Whew! Lots of traveling... but not as much as I'll be doing Wednesday/Thursday.

So I have to leave late Wednesday night by train to Copenhagen and spend the night in the airport since my flight leaves early in the morning, but too early to make any of the morning trains. Bummer. I will be flying from Copenhagen to Oslo to DC (I think) to Detroit!! I can't believe I'm coming home. Anyway, this might be my last post before I come home. If it is, I'll see you back home!