I'm home
Jag är hemma! Eller jag har snart varit hemma en vecka. Flyget hem gick bra och jag träffade massa trevliga utbytisar på flygplatsen i New York så jag behövde inte döda 5 timmar ensam! Det var knäppt att prata svenska igen. Jag snubblade på orden och kunde inte riktigt prata normalt. Efter några timmar gick det bättre! Och efter några dagar är det som vanligt igen. Men jag drömmer fortfarande på engelska. Mamma ringde och väckte mig imorse och då svarade jag på engelska haha.
Det ändå som är annorlunda här i Sverige är typ att dom håller på att bygga om inne i stan och det är vägarbeten överallt. När jag klev in i mitt hus för första gången på 10,5 månader kändes det som att det var igår jag sist var hemma.. Galet vad tiden går fort!
Jag har inte så mycket mer att säga här på bloggen. Jag är hemma, mitt underbara utbytesår är över. Det var jobbigt att lämna USA, grinade som ett litet barn när jag gick igenom säkerhetskontrollen så snubben som stod där erbjöd mig näsdukar och han sa att jag fick ta så många som jag behövde... hehe.
Jag har med mig många fina minnen tillbaka till Sverige. Jag är glad att jag åkte, detta åt går inte att jämföras med någonting annat. Jag har vänner för livet på andra sidan Atlanten. Jag kommer åka tillbaka, for sure!!! Måste ju hälsa på min Sida (aka Paige). Love you girly! And I miss you buddy...
Jag önskar er som åker till hösten lycka till och försök göra det bästa av ert utbytesår! Ge inte upp när det går tungt, det kommer bli bättre! Det blir inte roligare än vad man gör det till.
Hejdå kära läsare som är sämst på att kommentera, men jag gillar er ändå <3
KEEP ON DREAMING EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART
YYAAAAAY SVENSKA NATIONALDAGEN
Hahah älskar alla dessa svenska problem! Så svenska nationaldagen idag, hur firade ni denna dag hemma? Känns som att man inte riktigt firar den i Sverige jämfört med 4th of July här!
I'm gonna go floating with Paige and some other people today. We're going to the Mackinaw river! I don't know how long it will take, I think it took like 7 hours last time they did it. It's currently 18°C but it's only 10.09am soooo it will get warmer! NICE. I only have 7 days left here, in 8 days I'll be in Sweden again. That's just weird and I don't know how to handle it.
Tjena hej
We only have 8 days, 192 hours, 11,520 minutes until Frida leaves us. No matter which way you measure her time that she has left, Frida is going to go back home to Sweden wayyy tooo soon! But I am sure for you Swedes, the time couldn't come sooner!!! But for us Americans, we are trying to savor every last minute that we can. I remember when she hit her half way mark here, and I just thought wow, that's going to suck when she leaves! But here it really is! Time is dwindling down.. Ahhh. :( Although I am super glad the Frida did decide to come live here in America for a year, that decision definitely made Tremont senior year soooo much more enjoyable!! From volleyball to the cruise to track. So many fun times that would never have occurred with out her here! Example, I never would have dreamed last year that I would have been sailing to the Bahamas with some Swedish girl! And it was the most fun thing EVER!
I also wouldn't have done track either! She talked me into that, and I'm so glad I did it because there are so many memories that were made! One thing I also never thought I would be doing is go to Chicago and stay in a hotel with a foreign family who speak Swedish the majority of the time! That was an experience for sure, and very fun to listen to also, even though I had no clue what they were saying, still cool! Also Frida has most definitely cultured us Americans a lot better. If you didn't know... We aren't very smart with what goes on around the world other than what our country is involved in, a also don't learn geography very well in Tremont.. When Frida first came her she asked me where I thought Sweden was... and well let’s just say I was a little off... I said Africa... Ooops! Don't judge. Anywaysssss. I'm sure you Swedes are super excited to get her back home, probably just as excited as we are sad for her to leave us here. However as I stated before, Frida leaves in 8 days, leaving the life that she has created here with her american family and her american friends, and is just going to leave it forever in just 8 short days. She really fit in here and we are going to miss her beyond belief. You Swedes take care of her when she gets back! And I plan to see all of you in 2013. So until then! :)
Love you Fridos. Du ar min svensk!
-Sida aka Paige
Exchange Student Problems
liten snabb uppdatering
Jag glömde inte mors dag, jag lovar!
Where is the sheet?!
Ikväll kom jag hem från Chicago! Vi hade det jättebra och idag vinkade jag av mamma och pappa som skulle flyga till Sverige igen. Det kändes bra att säga ses om 3 veckor istället för 10 månader! Nu är klockan 00.09 och jag har packat min väska igen för imorgon bitti bär det av till Indianapolis! Godnatt
Your lips keep trying to speak, but you just can't find the words
:)))))))))))
Jaghetasidakanvigåhemtimdey
GRATTIS ELIN TILL KÖRKORTET! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU :)
Last Day of High School
Sectionals track meet efter skolan.. nervooost
Hittade dom har bilderna pa min anvandare pa skoldatorn. Bilderna ar tagna innan jullovet nar jag och rachel skulle gora ett collage i web design class. Vi skulle gomma oss i bilderna men jag vet inte hur bra vi lyckades med det haha!
Still Have So Much To See & Doo
Framtidens Planer ar foljande:
Torsdag: track practice
Fredag: SECTIONALS WHAOOO and go to a fire afterwards
Lordag: going to a graduation party
Sondag: no plans yet
Mandag:GO TO CHICAGO AND PICK UP MY MOM AND DAD
Kommande veckor kommer jag ha fullt upp! Min coach sa att jag kommer vara en reserv for the 4x8 team som forhoppningsvis, mest troligt kommer ga till stade om dom springer bra pa fredag. Sa da kommer jag fa folja med till State!!! Sa himla roligt! Vi kommer bo i dorm room pa ett college! Kommer typ stanna dar tors-lordag och samma lordag har jag mitt graduation party. Pa sondagen efter ar det graduation! Sen ska jag visa mamma och pappa delar av det liv jag levt har i over 9 manader, det ska bli skoj!
Paige says hi
Story of My Life
In a couple of weeks we will reluctantly give our hugs and, fighting the tears, we will say goodbye to people who were once just names on a sheet of paper to return to people that we hugged and fought tears to say goodbye to before we ever left.
We will leave our best friends to return to our best friends.
We will go back to the places we came from, and go back to the same things we did last summer and every summer before.
We will come into town on that same familiar road, and even though it has been months, it will seem like only yesterday.
As you walk into your old bedroom, every emotion will pass through you as you reflect on the way your life has changed and the person you have become.
You suddenly realize that the things that were most important to you a year ago don't seem to matter so much anymore, and the things you hold highest now, no one at home will completely understand.
Who will you call first?
What will you do your first weekend home with your friends?
Where are you going to work?
Who will be at the party Saturday night?
What has everyone been up to in the past few months?
Who from school will you keep in touch with?
How long before you actually start missing people barging in without calling or knocking?
We now know the meaning of true friendship.
We know who we have kept in touch with over the past year and who we hold dearest to our hearts.
We've left our worlds to deal with the real world.
We've had our hearts broken, we've fallen in love, we've helped our best friends overcome eating disorders, depression, stress, and death. We've lit candles at the grotto and we've stayed up all night on the phone just to talk to a friend in need.
There have been times when we've felt so helpless being hours away from home when we know our families or friends needed us the most, and there are times when we know we have made a difference.
Just weeks from now we will leave.
No more going next door to do nothing for hours on end.
We will leave our friends whose random e-mails and phone calls will bring us to laughter and tears this summer, and hopefully years to come.
We will take our memories and dreams and put them away for now, saving them for our return to this world.
Just weeks from now we will arrive.
Just weeks from now we will unpack our bags and have dinner with our families. We will drive over to our best friend's house and do nothing for hours on end.
We will return to the same friends whose random emails and phone calls have brought us to laughter and tears over the year.
We will unpack old dreams and memories that have been put away for the past year.
In just weeks we will dig deep inside to find the strength and conviction to adjust to change and still keep each other close.
And somehow, in some way, we will find our place between these two worlds.
In just weeks.
Are you ready?....
Vet inte vem som skrev detta men det passar verkligen bra in!
