April 30/08
Last day of April, a pretty good month overall, but a pretty overwhelming one to say the least. There were a lot of decisions to make, a number of which I still have to make, but live remains exciting and busy, to say the least.
Today was Valborgsmässoafton (sp?) in Sweden, which as I had been previously informed, is a pretty special day here. It involves the welcoming of spring with speeches, music and FIRE!! Well, not just fire, but a big fire in the middle of the the river in Linköping along with a big fireworks display. There were a lot of people there and it was a pretty impressive display. Was very happy to be there, but of course forgot my camera and therefore have no pictures to upload...
I know its been awhile since I wrote here, but its been tough remembering to keep up with any sort of blog. I am now moved back in with the Jacobsson family until June when I am considering going to Taizé in France for a week before the journey back to Canada. That decision will come in the next few days...depends on dates and money, but not so much the 2nd..one should always find money for the things that are most important!
Its nice to be back in a busy house again, but all the privacy and independence went out the window pretty much immedietly..thats ok though, its only for a month and it should be fun here. (as long as the drumset in my room doesnt get played at 6am tooo often)
Looking for a summer job now, anyone with any ideas please let me know..I've applied to Roger Neilson's hockey camp and had a telephone interview with them, but have not had any follow up..(which is strange because they pretty much offered me a job on the phone)
Well, I guess the biggest news this week (or month for that matter) was my surprise invitation to write an entrance exam/test to a Swedish language course which will qualify me to study in Swedish afterwards. It was a surprise, not because I didn't expect it, but because I expected to write this test in August, and received an email three days before the test date saying it would be this past Monday...ahhh!!! (this kind of felt like them saying 'here, you have three days to learn a new language and then you must travel several hundred kilometers to write a test and do an oral interview) Anyways, I went and wrote the test and did the interview and overall got a good feeling about it...I'm really hoping for this, so wish me luck!!
So, I guess thats all I'll add for now...there are millions of other things to write but I am tired and can't think of them all right now, so I'll just say life is good, Sweden is great and I look forward spending spring here, summer in Canada and everything that follows after that (ill let you all know good or bad the results of the test..ive got my fingers crossed (canada) am holding my thumbs (sweden)...pretty hard to do both these things at once!
Take care and keep in touch...always great to hear what is going on with all of you!
posted by willy @ 11:47 p.m.
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