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....is the word of the week.
Need to:
- Finish poster
- Work more
- Do an AFS thing tomorrow
- Have coffee with Master students on Friday
- Go to a party on Saturday
- Do the dishes
- Do laundry
- Pack for Rome
- Apply for jobs
Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
Want to:
- Go skiing
- Have a moment without feeling guilty that I should be doing something else
I was finally seeing the light at the end of the Rome tunnel, just to realize that just up a head is yet another tunnel, even longer, called Masters Thesis.
I will be fine, just need to work through this stuff and I think lasagna and Italian wine might be just what the doctor ordered ;)
Thanks of the week goes to B, for taking me for a walk and dinner on Sunday and making me forget about all the things above, at least for a couple of hours.I am feeling:  stressed |
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..they are a changing
One of my closest and best friend has shacked up with a BOY, who is not a roommate!!!! Another friend is also moving in with her boyfriend. One good friend is planning a WEDDING. I am LIVING in Norway and working, More and more people around me seem to be in twos, either I am meeting couples or people are getting together. I have friends who are living almost all over the globe and they seem to keep on spreading. I keep seeing pictures of friends' babies or apartments. I am going to have a MASTERS DEGREE in just a few months.....
WHEN the hell did everybody become so f... grown up.
Anyways in other news, Rome is approaching faster than I would like. I have been soo busy, trying to balance as much time as possible at the lab, with work, AFS and partying. This has meant over 14 hour days, very little sleep, saturday nights at the lab. Partying has also been really busy, very often 2 parties a weekend. The highlight were last weekend with Torrablot, where Eiki Hauks tore off the roof with Gaggo West, rarely have I sung that loud. Another highlight was a Trønderfest with AK (a Aquamedicin masterstudent from school). Basically this was a redneck party Norwegian style with a LOT of alcohol, stupid songs, cheesy 80' singers. I supplied some brennivin and we finished the bottle, in addition to the homemade spirit mixed in coffee 50/50 and the Trønder tequila which I learned is 60 proof vodka. You dip a lemon in Nescafe on one side sugar on the other, shoot the vodka and suck the lemon. Deadly fun, I somehow made my way home at 5 AM. I have to say that the night before I was at a party with work and came back at 3 AM that night.
The spring plan is filling up quick:
*Mom is coming on tuesday, staying until friday
*I will be working hard until the 5th of March
*2 day conference in ROME then a few days to check out the city, travel tips welcomed
*Easter, my sister is coming for a visit, need plans, but we are going to see James Blunt
*April is kind of empty, as I need to finish my thesis before May 1st
*Once that is delivered I am off to Turkey with B
*After that I have to defend my thesis
*Graduating june 13th
*And then what.....?????I am feeling:  busy Playing right now: see above |
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...Icelandic style
Due to a series of events I find my self in Iceland this summer, but it hasn't been all bad since the weather has been much better here than in Norway, at least so far.
Going back was strange, I mean I don't live here anymore, I regard Oslo as my home, at least for now, even though I am in my room, sleeping in my bed with some of my things it does not feel like home. I miss Oslo, I miss the vibe there and of course I miss B more than I can describe. The pace here is soooo different, everything happens at the speed of light, here I talk, faster, work faster, walk faster and even think faster. Being back at work was strange but great, especially when I saw my paycheck but I have been working like a mad women, both to make enough money to support me through the fall and to make the time go faster. My new boss is amazing and I have a lot of freedom to work on some pet projects and next week I get to try my self at being the BOSS!!!
It is only 5 weeks until I go home now and I can't wait. I was okay with things before B came to visit, and just focused on my work and the fact that he was coming, after he left I got in a slump and it felt like ages until I would see him again, thankfully about a week after he left I found my focus again and started feeling better. Now I am so happy that next Sunday there will only be one month left.
Like I said B came for a visit and braved meeting ALL of my family (including my grandmothers sister) in about one week. It was soooo amazing having him here, if only for a week. We did the obligatory Golden Circle, with Gullfoss, Geysir, Þingvellir, Nesjavellir and ALL the museums in town. I really liked the museum tour since many of them I had not been to myself before. Saying goodbye was sooo hard, and I really did not want to let go of him at the airport.
Now I am in the middle of a crazy work session, I am working for over a month without a single day off, not even weekends, and in total I am working 95 hours extra on top of my 40 hour work week!!! That is the life of the poor student who has to work all summer to support him self over the winter.
When I get back home to Oslo I can't wait to see B, go shopping in HM, Indiska, do nothing in my room, start working on my project, work with AFS, meet the new students and just start my life again, cause right now a lot of it is on hold. When I get home I will miss my sister and my friends so until then I hope I can spend as much time as possible with them.
So I might not bee seen here much until I am back home ;)I am feeling: working Playing right now: the news |
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It has been AWESOME weather here lately, over 20°C and sunny, and me I have been stuck inside writing my paper on Þorramatur. Handed it in yesterday a little after noon (the deadline was not until midnight) and went out to play in the SUN!!! Started by going to the Zoological museum for the Against Nature? Exhibit about homosexuality in the animal kingdom. I have a post about this that I will post later, but in short, I was disappointed. I was also disappointed in the weather yesterday, cause after days of watching others play in the sun it was supposed to be my turn, but even though it was very warm the sun hid behind clouds. After the exhibit I met up with B and we walked around town, looked at this cute little area in the middle of the city where the houses are all tiny, old wooden houses and it feels like you stepped back in time, AMAZING!! We walked all the way home to be, where I ran in for the mini bbq and B got some food and then we headed for the riverbank where we sat, talked, grilled, drank beer and enjoyed the sun, that finally decided to make an appearance :) It was so great and I can totally not leave this place for the summer so I HAVE to get a job. On that front at least on Friday I have and interview with a client of a workagency, so that is good news, keep your fingers and toes crossed for me :)
See ya 'round gotta keep reading for my exam tomorrow
Jun. 6th, 2007 @ 07:34 pm
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...alone.
Ok, so I am not really THAT drunk, just had a beer with dinner and am sitting here with a vodka cocktail, but I have a reason, I am working myself up to the epilator. Usually I am fine with using it, hey I fell asleep during a wax once (in Thailand, and it included a massage), but I haven't used it in a while and I want to get all in one go, usually it takes about two goes to get nice and smooth and sometimes I even need a bonus round to get those last few straws.
I made it though my lecture yesterday, mostly by talking crap and adding a picture of an old microbiology tool from 1972. Hell I even got this comment from my teacher on the class bulletin board:
"Thank you everyone for your contribution to the Typing Symposium yesterday. I think it went well. Special mention to Sparrky for the Advanced Micro Course History of Bacteriology prize for the serology machine. I have loaded the lecture on clonality in bacteria and the review of the lab reports."
After the lecture I went home, cleaned my crap of the floor, made chili and enjoyed a few hours with B until he had to go to work :( Having a boyfriend that works night SUCKES, having a boyfriend that has every other week off however RULES, especially when I have a class break until may 7th.
As for the job situation, I got the information job, at least until they found out I had to take a month long break, then they kindly thanked me for showing up and told me I could call when I finish school. And I will even though they were mostly being polite. However I had another interview that went really well, so well that the guy called me during my lecture (I think) but he hasn't called back. Hopefully he will on monday, then I have a night and weekend job and will get some MONEY.
Little Women is starting and it is time to break out the epilator
My sister is coming in a few weeks, and the my mom, before that there is EUROVISION, I have found out the schedule for the pre-Eurovision show and was able to catch a rerun of the first show. Sadly it looks as my Eurovision partner-in-crime is returning to Iceland before Eurovision :( But the party must go on, even if it is only me Sabine and B, if any Eurovision fans are passing through in the 10th or 12th of may feel free to let me know and you will be invited to the party. And for the record I have every plan to go downtown after the show and request Eurovison songs at any bar we might enter......
Apr. 20th, 2007 @ 09:17 pm
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...time
This morning I had to turn the clock one hour towards summer, so that means even though my alarmclock said 8:00AM when I woke up it really was 9:00AM. And before you ask why I was up at 8 AM on a sunday, that is mostly cause I got a message from B who is turning from nightwatch so he had been up all night. Sadly though I was sort of half awake, this week has been so strange, most days I woke up before the alarm at 6:45. Those that know me know that I am NO morning person and getting up before 7 rarely happens, except before morning flights. A part of this can be attributed to the fact that I have been working in the lab from 8:30- at least 16:30 all week with my E.coli. I also think that part of this is the weather, it has been amazing the last week, temp arund 5-12 °C and sunny from 6AM to 7PM, the spring is certainly on the way.
I have not been very productive on the blogging scene lately, but that is only cause I have had too much else todo. Passed my statistics, am doing a 3 week microbe course, seeing B, working with AFS, trying to find a job, etc. Coming up after next week is 6 weeks off, I REALLY NEED TO FIND A JOB, still B has asked me to go with him to Voss, where he was raised and where is father lives. We are trying to figure out when we can go, but since i don't know if/when I will be working and his work schedule just changed this has been a challenge. Easter is approaching and I feel sad that I am away from my family, realized that Easter is family time and in some ways more so than Christmas, since there is less stress and demands. To add to my misery, B will be working all easter, I won't get a Noa easter egg (thankgod I saved the Noa Konfekt chocolate) and probably the only thing todo will be hiking with the rest of the Norwegians.
I can hardly believe that it has been over a year since I sent my application for the school here, then I was not shure what I was doing, now I am as happy as can be and do not regret my decision. After the six week holiday I start my final course this year and get ready to welcome my sister and mom, separately, can't wait to get a visit.
This week I bought my first actual furniture here, I replaced my TVbox nightstand with an actual nightstand, that I got cheap and a second  hand store by school. I had to have it tied up with a rope and then carry it on the buss and onwards home. One of my classmembers saw me and did not know what to think about seeing be carrying a table ??? Anyway, here is a small pick of my table, it is probably an old Ikea nightstand that has been painted, but I got it cheap and I like it and think it looks kinda oldish. I don't like the color though and I have plans to repaint it in a color that suits me and my room better, i also want to replace the handle on the drawer. But at least now I can slam my drink on my nightstand, the box was sort of starting to give in at the middle and would not have lasted for much longer.
Just to give you a heads up, there are blog entries saved on my computer too make up for the last month of radio silence, will post them soomn when I have a bit less todo, so be warned since they will be backdated.
Mar. 25th, 2007 @ 11:06 am
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Date number: 14
Boy: B
Date type: Forteenth date
Place: Mine
Activity: Feeding
Preparation time: 2 hours
Transportation time: 0 hours
Date duration: 2,5 hour
Total time spent: 4 hours
Topics discussed: Everything and anything
Things in common: I like him, he likes me :)
Impressions: mmmm
Highlight: He got to try the buns for desert, but I was not brave enough to stay in my costume
Date end: B had to run off too work :(
Another date: Of course, but B is working night this week
Feb. 21st, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
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....Oslo, part IX
Date number: 9
Boy: B a 31 year old illustrator/journalist
Date type: Eight date; seeing someone that works nights sucks.....
Place: Mine
Activity: Dinner, I cooked
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cleaning time: 1 1/2 hour, had to clean my room anyway and then do the dishes after dinner of course
Cooking time: 2 hours, made some salmon with blue cheese, salad and potatoes
Transportation time: 0 hours
Date duration: 2 1/2 hours
Total time spent: 7 hours
Topics discussed: Handball, work, allergies (we both have some), food, cooking, Icelandic (sounds a bit like arabic or spanish...)
Things in common: Allergy, we know nothing about sport
Impressions: It was soooo good to see him again, but the time was way too short :(
Highlight: Seeing how he carefully avoided the few sweet-potatoes, that were mixed in with the normal ones :)
Date end: He had to go to work, and in all honesty I should get back to my research protocol
Another date: Nothing decided but I expect to hear from him this weekend or in the beginning of next week, when he's off nights again
I got two John Mayer CD's today:
Try! with John Mayer trio, awesome blues/rock live album and John Mayer, The Village Sessions. Both are sooo great, especially The Village Sessions is the best, an acoustic version of all my favorite JM songs. The only thing that has been on my itunes today, except during the Iceland - Poland game, which we lost 33 - 35 :( Better luck on Saturday
Jan. 25th, 2007 @ 10:01 pm
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...blues
Right now I am longing for a BEER...or preferably B with some beers, but he's working the night shift this week. Might have a beer tomorrow while I watch the handball game btw Iceland and Tunisia.
Jan. 24th, 2007 @ 12:01 am
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....again
I arrived home on tuesday, more than 3 hours delayed but after a comfortable flight. It is so strange being back, everything is familiar but not something I am used to seeing. And I find myself missing Oslo. Yesterday I was reading Aftenposten and saw a picture of the Post house. I see this almost everywhere I go as it is downtown and there is a big star on top of it this Christmas season. Seeing this made me want to be back in my room at Bjolsen or somewhere in Oslo. Don't get me wrong being back is great, meeting all my friends, family, seeing and being with my sister. It is just that I have grown used to Oslo. To make things worse I am WORKING and then there is the boy.
Life can be so funny. For a long time I have been wanting to be dating or have a boyfriend at Christmas, having someone to save me from the inevitable question at the family dinners, someone to bail me out, when I have had enough. This year my wish finally came true......but life added a twist...making him from another place in another country. Yes, probably I will be spared the DREADED question, or at least I have sort of an answer, but the rest.....too bad.
Another funny thing is the autopilot....since I arrived I have had to answer how I am doing over there in Oslo like a BILLION times, and there will be at least another Gazillion times more. So now I have a pretty standard answer: "Great, it is really nice, I really like the city, the people and the atmosphere and I am really very happy being there. School is going great, at least until I get the results of my exam. Of course it is no fun being away from family and friends, but I have a nice crowd of people around me now, so that helps." This is all true, but I have just said it so often now, that even I have started wondering if it is true......
Coming soon....Icelandic Christmas traditions.
Dec. 23rd, 2006 @ 02:36 am
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