DAY 1!

Besides it taking me 10 minutes to figure out how to work the luggage cart at the airport (you have to push down on the handle to unlock the wheels and the Swedish cartoon did NOT make sense) and seeing airport workers flying around on scooters (I knew my Razor scooter would have fit right in here), my first day here wasn't that bad of a culture shock. Oh, I can't read anything and I have no idea what anyone is saying also. But I did watch "300" last night and all English tv has Swedish subtitles so I have learned some good fighting words in Swedish :) I think the subtitles are really going to help with learning the language. It is true that once you get outside the cities (driving past Stockholm was unreal btw) the houses are all red and white set back in meadows surrounded by forest. It rained and is humid, my jew curls went CRAZY. 

I haven't explored much, that is on my list today, but my apartment is SWEET! I'm in a first floor flat with a huge room (pictures will come shortly) with a porch and a backyard and its right up against a forest. I looked out my living room window last night to see a student walking into her place wearing a dinosaur tail down the back of her back...like a big green one with spikes and everything. I'm gonna have to ask someone about that. Only one of my roommates is here (Deb from Boston) and she's a cool cat were gonna have a good time. Karin (the Swede) arrives in a couple days with her mushing dogs and we will all be a happy family. I wish Brody was here.

I dropped my stuff off at the rink and the arena is hugeeee. The ice looks way wider that any rink I've seen so that will be interesting. We stopped at a gas station to grab something to eat and my first Swedish meal was a roll with cheese and lettuce and a citrus mineral water...surprisingly tasty. I am making my first grocery shop today. I'm pumped to check that out. 

I have no furniture in my room so I need to get on that. I am hoping to pick up some cheap stuff people are giving away/selling...until then I shall be a minimalist. And I CAN'T wait for my first IKEA trip.

That's all I got for now, more to come soon. Either it hasn't hit me yet that I am in Sweden to settle in for a while or I just feel like home here but it is a very fresh, optimistic feeling in the air and I like it. Hope all is well in America bitchessssssssss :)

Love, 

Me