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Woooh I just had a kind of "near-death-moment" when neither my blog or the page where I write these posts wanted to open...! And I just freaked out like I have 14 MONTHS OF WRITING on this blog and losing that just in one second like that.. woosh I'd have cried.

Right now my computer decided (by its own will) to cheer me up by playing my (right now) favvie song that reminds/makes me think of Sarah <333

Love you girl and I really miss talking to you ^^

This is for you<3



A totally wonderful song, going to learn to play the guitar along singing it tomorrow. And I've listened to it about 20 times in a row already this evening ^^

Then Agnes came here and joined us for dinner and we had fun just talking and I'm gonna miss her and the girls in my class sooo much this year.. Love to Agnes for coming home from her summerhouse over this weekend =)

Now I'm gonna fall asleep (yeah like that's gonna happen, I had three and half gigantic glasses of blueberry milkshake after dinner I'm still hyper) to the sweet sounds of "Better Together" by Jack Johnson <3

Sweet dreams!

Oh I just realised that earlier I got a comment from Solveig saying something like "is it unusual for rollercoasters in sweden to go upsidedown?" Well of course we have a lot of those, but what I thought was so freaky with "Insane" is that it doesn't just go upsidedown but it falls around uncontrolled depending on your weight....

Here's a clip with the swedish "celebrity/singer" Danny when he's testing it. Even though you might not understand the interview, please view it because it really shows how much you're just rolling around in it xD

I'm back I'm back =D

Sad news: We're expecting rain all of next week, so we decided to cancel the rest of the sailing and go home...

Good news: We had some amazing days at the islands at the very end of the Swedish archipelago (is that spelled right?) called "Svenska Högarna" aka The Swedish Hights. I've been swimming a lot and sailing and gosh it was fun <3

I'll write more tomorrow, and post some wonderful pictures too, I promise ^^

But right now it's really time to sleep, I'm tired and my very own bed is calling out for me ;-P

Just wanted to let you guys know that I'm home again =)

Today I've been working hard on Vivvi's present, and I'll take pics of it and put here later. Can't do it now, in case she would (against all odds because she never reads blogs) read this and see what she's gonna get tomorrow ^_^ It's still a week to her birthday, but still... Tomorrow is our goodbye for a year :'( *sobs*

I found this awsome text on Thea's blog, very thoughtful and deep... It's hers though, so no credit to me or anything. Below belongs to Thea =)

The Golden Year
A year has past and now we stand on the brink of returning to a world where we
are surrounded by the paradox of everything and yet nothing being the same. In
one month we will reluctantly give our hugs, and fighting the tears, say goodbye
to people who were once just names on a sheet of paper to return to the people
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 although 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've become. You suddenly realize that things that were
the most important to you a year ago, dont 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 at home with your
friends? where are you gonna work? who will be at the party on Saturday night?
what has everyone been up to the past few months? How long will it be
before you actually start missing people barging in without calling or knocking?
Then you start to realize how much things have changed, and you realize the
hardest part of being an exchange student is to balance the two completely
different worlds you now live in, trying desperately to hold on to everything while
trying to figure out what you have left behind. We now know the meaning of tru
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, depressing, stress, and death. We've lit candles at
the grotto, san marco or the vatican and we've stayed up all night on just to talk
to a friend in need. There have been times when we've felt so helpless being
hours away from home when you know your family or friends needed you the
most, and there have been times when we know we have made a difference.
One month from now we will leave. One month from now we will take down our
pictures and pack our clothes. No more going next door to do nothing for
hours. We will leave our friends whose random emails and phone calls
brought 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.

One month from now we will unpack our bags and have dinner with our families.
We will drive over to our best friend's house to do nothing for hours. 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 a long time. In one month 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, find our place between these two worlds.

In one month...are you ready?

Good morning
or should I say good night?

Vivvi slept here tonight too, and today we went to the gym together. It was great, I'm slightly tired in every muscle I have, I think, but it was worth it ^_^

I'm having a sort of a mental breakdown, because my brain is refusing to realise the truth about the people I love and will have to live without for a year. Like today when we found this really old CD from my childhood that's been gone for years, and me and my sister (Elsa) remembered all the lyrics by heart... Or when Vivvi and I stay up til 5 in the morning just laughing because I'm tired enough to lie under my sheets pretending to be a train or a cow or a pancake... Or when dad falls asleep in front of Midsumer Murders as always... Or when mum hugs me... Or when Selma looks at me with that special look only she can do... Or when Alfonz jumps into my bed and wants to play with me... Or when I play the piano and sing with Vivvi... Or when I play "Wallstreet" with Elsa, Vivvi and Såpa and I win (I did today!) heheh but I love it otherwise too... Or when my sister (Sara) jumps into my bed waaay too early in the morning shouting "Come on Lisa, I wanna show you this card trick I just learned"... Or when Magdalena hugs me tight saying things will work out fine... Or when Pauline and I go crazy singing and "plopping" (p.j.)... Or when Fritjof and Otto go mad at me for not having seen Star Wars... Or when Ida calls me "Sötnöt" and her eyes sparkle like only hers can do... Or when Laura and I study for hours and hours at the time... Or when all the girls in NV08G have picnic and Cornelia is too tired drunk or whatever to be up that early at all, the day after graduation... Or when Fredrik and I fight for life until I can't walk or talk or move at all... Or when Vivvi and I hug forever... Or when me and my sisters get together just the three of us and have really fun... Or when all the girls get together and watch "She's the man"... Or all the times we've stalked people (guys...) ... Or when Keena and I do Ethological Experiments in town... Or all the endless days I've spent with Tessan... Or when I sit up all night chatting with people about random stuff... Or when the friends meet and roast hot dogs by the water til it's completely dark outside, and longer... Or when I give someone a ride on my scooter... Or when my dogs go crazy with happiness just because I come home... Or when me and my sisters play football with Jacob, Emelie and Anna... Or all the times I've said "I'll miss you" and really meant it... Or that one time when I almost beat Adam in chess... Or whenever I get to babysit my niece and see me brother and his girlfriend... And all the new friends I've made the last year, you count the most. I've made more friends the last month than I did during all of my years in Käppala... That's gotta count for something.

All of these moments mean a lot to me, and I will miss you all.. Here are some pics, wonder if anyone on them even reads my blog..? If you do, please comment!! =D  
I really dunno if I should laugh when I remember or cry when I think forward <3 Klick on the pictures to watch..

Today I woke up from the thunder and for ONCE it was raining!!! Wow I was really surprised, and then the minute I woke up our neighbour's house alarm went off and the noise was sooo annoying. So finally I went over there (with the instructions of my neighbour on the phone) to get rid of the noise.

Yesterday was my boyfriend's birthday, and I spent the evening at his place celebrating. Otto was there too and lol he's so funny. The three of us had a great time, and I dunno why but I was really blonde and stupid and they had fun at my expense =P heheh

Soo.. here we go... HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!! ^_^
I hope you're having a great time, though I guess you're away to celebrate 4th of July (which is tomorrow wiiiie) but anyway. And I know a lot of people with birthdays in July! Vivvi, Fritjof, Pauline, Solveig, Chris.. just to mention a few. Also, I know A LOT of people with the same b-day as me =) Me, a friend's brother, another friend's sister, my teacher last year, Filippa, Maria... I know there are some more people, but can't remember anyone else right now. For all of us, 8th May Rocks ^^

Solveig, I made a new header yesterday and I'm glad you liked it =) Most people who are going abroad for an exchange year have a header that tells where they're going, and what year. That's because when getting in contact with a lot of people who are also going abroad, you read each other's blogs.. and I intend to keep on blogging while I'm living with you... so well... go check out the blogs that are marked as links on the list to the right, and there are some friends of mine and their blogs (Hedvig and Linda) who are going abroad... Gosh I'm babbling... ^^ I'm glad you liked it, and yeah I thought the pic of the "Main street" was kinda funny so I put it there too =P

And then we have the issue with the Swedish Breakfast... heheh This is what I and most Swedes have for breakfast:

Sour milk with cereals and maybe some fruit or berries


Bread with butter and cheese, ham or whatever you like =P


Coffee, tea or hot chocolate


Juice (i prefer orange juice but there's all kinds)


There are all kinds of breakfasts of course, but this is the ordinary base and then you add things you like, such as maybe make pancakes on sundays or whatever suits you ^^ Doesn't it look tasty? ;-)

That glass of juice surely made me thirsty, time for lunch! Heheh long live summer <3
Thanks for reading