Hej!

I never got it together and planned a trip to Stockholm this weekend but oh well I will get there eventually. I have finished my room. I'll upload the pictures of the final product. It's definitely a "me" room. Crooked posters on the wall, no feng shui, pictures of Brody, and a world map. I made my first trip to IKEA this weekend and it was awesome. Such a big store and everything is wicked cheap. I got two cute little plants to have in my room to have some life. We will see how long I can keep them alive.

I am anxious waiting for school and hockey to start. School orientation is on Thursday and Friday and I have a hockey camp Saturday and Sunday. I am excited to see what the hockey will be like. School officially starts on Monday. We will see how well Union did...

The weather has been great besides one rainy day. Its the perfect temperature. 60's and sunny with a breeze. I am not looking forward to it changing to cold winter soon. I bought the bike I was borrowing from my Pakistani friend Ethan. I love it. I rode it into downtown yesterday to go to the bank and it is such a short ride. Took me like 7 minutes to get downtown. Everything is so close to where I live, it's great.

Karin is here now with her Italian boyfriend Dino who is adorable. He cooks real Italian food and I drool. I think it's funny because they speak English as a couple when it's not their main language. I would like to see a fight between them because I'm sure it sounds retarded :) But I guess that's kind of mean so I take that back...kind of. Her dog, Brille, is very cute. A mushing dog. I'm going to ask Karin if he can mush me to class in the winter...she is going to say no but I am going to ask anyway.

The coolest thing about Sweden is how chill it is. Everyone stays to themselves and doesn't get all up in you business and keeps their distance. Personal space is a big deal here. I love it because I don't like people and it is great not seeming like a standoff bitch because it is just the norm here. I don't have to talk to anyone and I can just do what I want and no one bothers you. I mean I like people but I also like to not have to talk to them if I don't have to.

One thing I forgot to add about the grass party I went to last Wednesday...Swedes break out in song randomly. Out of nowhere someone will start singing and everyone will join in because apparently there are songs that every Swede learns when they are younger and so everyone knows the same ones. I guess it would be similar to us knowing America, the Beautiful or something. I don't really know.

This was a random blog just because nothing really exciting has happened in the past few days. I have just been hanging out and doing little things here and there. Once the weekend comes I will have lots to say about school and hockey.

Enjoy your week friends/family. Miss/love