Mar/100
Rock Gask
On Saturday I went to the Rock Gask at V-Dala nation. Sarah and I went last semester and had a great time, so when we found out they were having another one we were the first ones in line (quite literally) to buy our tickets.
This gask is a bit different from others; it is not formal, there is a buffet (all you can eat and really good food!), and there is good live music while you are eating, and live music during the after party / club.
Among us who went include Sarah (CA), Katie (CA), Elaine (FL)- and Elaine’s fiance Thomas (Sweden).
All of us: Elaine, Thomas, Sarah, Me and Katie!
Jacob (TX), Mark (CA), Lisa (Sweden), Matt (England), Nicklas (Sweden), and Noemie (France) showed up for the after party.
I think I hang out with way too many Americans / Californians. But to be honest it is really hard not to. For example, a LOT of the students in my class are from California, the next majority being from China. And this division is horrible, but I find that the Chinese students tend to hang out with each other, the Americans with each other, etc. I think it is human nature to attach ourselves to people we are the most similar to.
So anyway, the gask was a lot of fun! During dinner we sat next to a French couple… I didn’t speak to them much but they seemed really nice.
The live music during dinner was good, although I wish the singer had sung in Swedish, as the lyrics kind of ruined her whole act. It was very emo and depressing.
I didn’t see much of the band that played during the after party, as we all went downstairs and lounged and had good conversation for a bit too long.
This just proves how short I am! Sarah, me and Katie 
I bought these killer heels for the gask — for 50 kronor! That’s like seven or eight bucks! Sweden does not have Payless Shoes or anything, and I find it is impossible to purchase anything for that little of money! So I wore my awesome heels for all of the dinner and the chatting downstairs, but then for dancing I changed into tennis shoes. Luckily I had the foresight to bring tennis shoes with me; I left them with coat check. If I hadn’t brought tennis shoes my feet probably would have died of pain.
I went home via bus with Jacob, Mark, Nicklas and Noemie at around 2:30am.
Overall great night. V-Dala really should have more of these informal gasks!
xoxo.
Mar/100
Let’s ponder:
When you want something you’ve never had,
you have to do something you’ve never done.
-unknown.
Feb/100
HAPPY
I’ve decided that I must be bipolar, since my mood swings seem to follow the symptoms. Or, if I’m not bipolar, then I must be super de duper – y happy that I’m NOT SICK ANYMORE!
I mean, okay, I’m still hacking and coughing quite a bit, but when I woke up this morning, I practically had my regular voice back! As the day went on my voice deteriorated a bit, but the fact of the matter is that I am feeling great! And I actually get to socialize with people in person – not just on Skype or Facebook!
Today my corridor had a massive cleaning day, and I even found that fun! Just being around others is great, really.
But I’m so happy to be not sick that I don’t want to work on a presentation that I have to give tomorrow. But I must, or I will be screwed. And I have to prepare for my seminar on Tuesday, cause my group is meeting tomorrow night. Effff.
Just wanna have fun =(.
haha.
Anyway, don’t really have much to say, but that I’m happy today!!
XOXO/
Feb/101
Bleh
So, still sick! Not super happy about this. I feel like I’ve wasted my whole week doing nothing! Although, I am lucky that I was able to do nothing all week; my schedule is so light here, and I know some awesome people who will write my name on the attendance sheet, so I didn’t have to go to any classes 
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At least today my throat really does not hurt that much, unless I go too long without liquids. However, I still sound horrible, but on the positive side, it does not hurt for me to speak that much anymore.
Today I have to go into town and pay my rent at Forex. Usually I will transfer money from my American account to my Swedish account, but that can take anywhere from a week to two weeks to be completed, and I definitely did not plan ahead, so I will just go into Forex and pay my rent there using my American credit card.
So I really should be getting ready to go out, but I’m not super excited about having to converse with people outside of my corridor with the current state of my vocal chords.
I just need to suck it up and do it. Gah.
And then this past Sunday when I went skiing, I biked to Uplands nation (where the bus picked us up), but then bussed it back to Flogsta after… so unfortunately, my bike is still sitting outside of Uplands. At least, I hope it is still there! My plan was to pick it up on Monday after class, but obviously, I was sick and didn’t do that. So I figured today I’ll bus it to town and then walk/ride my bike back. Dependent on how I feel of course. I’ll at least check if it is there, and if it is, I’ll lock it TO something, so that way it will be more difficult for someone to steal it.
Feb/100
Goals for the day:
Ever since Sunday night, when this horrible, kill me now sore throat began, I have laid around and done absolutely nothing. I even brought my laptop to my nightstand so I wouldn’t have to leave my bed, and my only form of exercise was walking down the corridor to the kitchen for tea and food.
So today, since my sore throat is STILL present, but yet doing better, I decided that I cannot spend a fourth day doing nothing.
On my to do list:
- clean up room
- take out trash (filled with tissues!)
- do laundry (sheets, towels, and jeans)
- go to ICA for more Kleenex (toilet paper is quickly rubbing the skin off of my nose)
- start working on Happiness presentation that I may (or may not) be giving this upcoming Monday