Heey peeps!
What's going on?
I'm at home in the sofa enjoying an OC marathon... Totally cheesy, I know... But it's good to relax to.. :)
This morning...or noon... I went to Body Pump and Core.. Really nice!
Can't wait for tomorrow though... Afro Dance and Core on the menu! :)

Though, next week is a killer week... Only free on Wednesday... What an interesting life, right?
Work, work, work...

...I know that's spring is coming.. it's like right there, on the door step... But I'm just really longing for summer, the sun, warm days... I think it's from watching the OC all weekend... I really miss Cali...!
Not to mention bagels with creme cheese...!
I gotta find a decent bagel place here somewhere... Sure sucks that there's no Dunkin Donuts here... I'd so be there every morning..!

Well.. I'm gonna get back to the OC and then go to bed early...
Start at 6:01am tomorrow... :(

Nighty night!

Heeeey guys!
I am soooooo exhausted!!!
Yesterday was SUCH a long day!

We went to the car rental place straight after work... And picked up the car at around 10:30am...
Then we went straight to my place and started packing boxes in the car... It actually went pretty smoothly... It only was 17 boxes!
And then I burned some mixed CD's for the road (that is a must)... And then we hit the road!
...Pretty soon we realized we didn't have a map... but ey... That's half the fun, right? ;)
We just followed signs and hoped for the best...
Singing on choir to Ted Gärdestad - Jag vill ha en egen måne and other awesome music! We had a blast! I just wished I could drive too! :P

Anyway, we we're going to make a pit stop at IKEA... And decided to make it in Älmhult... Which was a good idea, cause I found the book case I wanted on discount!
We also stopped for lunch there... Yum! :)

Then we hit the road again... And we reached Nybro around 5pm-ish...
And un-loading the van went pretty fast too... Then we went to ICA to buy some food to bring on our way back... And it was a loooooooong way back....! But we still had a lot of fun! ;)

We didn't get back until like 10pm! And we still had A LOT of stuff to move from my apartment to the new one... But we we're sooo tired, we decided to just take the bed. (Good call)...
I slept sooooo good tonight!
But we still had to get up at 9am and continue moving stuff this morning... (YAWN!)
And I realized I have so so much crap!
...And I am soooo glad we're done!

I was supposed to clean the old apartment today, but I'm just too tired! I started organizing things here instead... And well, Now I'm updating my blog instead... You do the math ;)
Anyway, I'm gonna go to to African Dance soon! I'm way too tired to go, but I'm going anyway! :)
I know I'll feel better afterwards!

This is it for now, more later!
Take care!

MUAKS!

Yeah I should never have left my bed this morning...
It all started when I was on my way to the train... I sprained my ankle... It wasn't bad though... But that's when I felt like ''uh oh... not a good day ahead''.
You think it was that thought that made my day like crap? I dunno...

The trip up to Växjö was pretty smooth... Until people in Alvesta wanted to go with my train to Växjö, with SJ tickets... Instead of waiting for 20 minutes... I made an announcement in the speakers before we left that if you have SJ tickets for the 8:44 train, YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT ONE, cause those tickets aren't valid on my train. If you DO have them, you'll need to buy new tickets from me, with the additional cost of 100 SEK on board...
...And when I went to check tickets 2 people had to buy tickets... And were still mad at me for it...  Gosh...

Then a man yelled at me in Växjö... cause it didn't say on the door which wagon was which... (We JUST arrived, so the driver hadn't put it up yet...It did show after like a minute though...)
But he was really mad, and took it all out on me... pooor poor little me...
Then on the trip down to Malmö, people were just so rude!
They were mad at me for now having a coffée machine on board... or a coffée/snack cart... They were upset when I wanted to check their tickets... They went in to the first class section, and refused to pay the additional cost, and got mad when I asked them to move out to 2nd class... Cause there were like 20 people on board, TOPS!
NOT like it was crowded....! Siiiiiiiigh!
Then this black woman was just soooo weird! When I asked for her ticket she was staring MAD at me! She still gave me her ticket and it was totally ok.. No probs what so ever... But every time I passed her seat she stared MAD! I started to wonder if it said "POOP" on my forehead in capital letters....?
But I didn't want to say anything... She looked furious, and I didn't want to start World War III!

I was totally bummed out after that trip... and it was the first trip of the day. Promising start!
When I got to Malmö I found out that the train that was behind us had hit a person between Malmö and Lund... So there were no trains running between Malmö-Lund for like 2 hours or so...!
I had my break though, so I didn't care... But it was kind of creepy that I could so easily have been my train... :/
Selfish bastard to commit suicide by throwing him/her -self infront of a train....!

One nice surprise at work though...
My team leader called me in... and I was like '' Doh, what have I done now..."  But she gave me two movie tickets and was very pleased with me...! :)
My co-worker had written a letter to her saying I made outstanding announcements in the speakers the other day, both in Swedish and in English...
I didn't know what to say... But that totally made my day! :D It was so nice to be appreciated like that! :)

Then at 12:38 I was gonna go to Ängelholm... But the trains still weren't running between Malmö-Lund, so at first we were like 10 minutes delayed from Malmö Central, because we needed to get permission to go on another way... (Straight to Kävlinge from Malmö C)...
And when we did get to go... we drove for about 3 minutes then the signals were red... And we had to wait... FOR 20 MINUTES!
There was only one track and A LOT of trains had to share it... and that summarized MANY delays.....!
But when we finally did get to drive they told us that we could go to Lund after all, cause they were done... cleaning the tracks..
Which was good, cause there was one guy who was listening to his MP3 Player when I made the announcements that the train DID NOT go to Lund... And of course he was furious with me when I told him he'd have to go to Kävlinge and then go back to Lund from there... At least he was happy...

But after that, we stopped at every station on our way to Helsingborg, and people were just so angry! With me! It was all my fault! And I treat the customers of Skånetrafiken badly...
I was like '' You DO realize that someone DIED today, right..."
-"Still! You have costumers to take care of, you need to do a better job, We have other places to be at than being stuck at a fucking station or on this fucking train"...

OMG!!!!  I didn't know if I was gonna laugh or cry... ( I wanted to cry!)
We only got as far as Helsingborg, then we were cancelled the last bit to Ängelholm (not popular)... And many people thought we were the train to Gothenburg, but when I told them they had to change trains in Helsingborg (even less popular!!!)

Then we were supposed to leave Helsingborg at 2:27...But When the driver was going to change end of the train, the break system broke down... and we had to re-start the train a few times to get it working...
Promising start from Helsingborg...
The train was really full on the way down to Malmö, especially in Lund... There was a lot of people...
I was so tired in body and mind I just did NOT want to go on my last trip to Copenhagen Airport and back...
But I had to... so once in Malmö again I hurried over to that train.. And the trip to the airport went rather smoothly...
Except I met a girl who I had given a fine once before, and she totally flipped out and I ended up filing a police report on her... She didn't seem to remember me though... Which was good... Sooo not my day today!

BUT! On my way back...
I only had like 10 minutes in the Airport... But then I noticed that the train I was going with was supposed to have 2 sets of trains... but it only had one...and at this hour it was rush hours on the bridge... Fun fun!
When the train came, it was already PACKED with people...
After A LOT of effort I convinced some people to move... telling them a tiny white lie that I had another train to catch in Malmö, so I NEEDED to get on board...
I so DID NOT want to wait in the airport with all the other passengers that we needed to deny boarding the train, in lack of space...! They would have eaten me alive...
SO I was REALLY thankful to manage to get a teeny tiny spot on that train....
But when I arrived in Malmö I was soooo exhausted... I just wanted to hurry home and forget the whole day...!

And now I'm home, too tired to do ANYTHING!
I've comforted myself with some B&J's Phish food and a good movie...! I sooo needed that!
And other than that my entire body is aching from the work out yesterday...
Sunday's gonna be a blast, carrying boxes and all... Yay!  :P

Yeah, so I'm kind of suffering from finger cramps now.. so I'd better get going...
Can't wait for this day to be over!!
Nighty night!

MUAKS!

Hey hey, how's it going?
It's sure has been a crazy day!

I went down to work around 11:30am and printed a few documents... And then I ended up talking to a bunch of co-workers, which was really nice! :)
Then I went to City Akuten to get my vaccine... But hey! The doc said I didn't need to re-fill anything! I already had everything I needed! So he just gave me Dukoral  and the prescriptions for Malarone (Malaria tabletts)...

Then I went straight to the pharmacy to pick them up... But he only wrote down 1 pack (12 tabs..) And I was supposed to get 2... So I had to go back to the doc, and he gave me prescriptions for the second pack as well...

Then I went to Stadium to buy wristbands... And I ended up buying a pair of short and 2 t-shirts for work out... They're awesome! ... And I managed to spend 1000 SEK... (not good...) But I still love the clothes, so it's all good....!

Then I went to Hemköp at Triangeln to mail the phone and my visa application... All went smoothly...
After that I went to BodyArt, but my tattoo still wasn't done... Hopefully next week... I'm in no rush though... Cause I decided to do it when I get back from Kenya..!
But I'm still excited to see the final product! :)

Then I walked home and changed to go to BodyPump at 5:30pm...
It was a great session!! But I really need to build my muscles... I feel so weak right now...! :P
...Soooo... I decided to stay and wait for the BodyCombat session... And OMG! It was awesome! I loved it! Still felt totally stiff, but I didn't care... It felt great! :)

But I can't help but to be totally bummed out about not getting to go to AfroPowerDance on Saturday... :(
Oh well... Monday Monday Monday! :)

Well guys, I have to go to bed, I have to get up at 5am tomorrow... :/
Long day....! 10 ½ hours...

Nighty night!

MUAKS!

I just watched "Die weisse massai" (The white masai)... And now I'm all sentimental...!
Even though it's a German movie, and y'all know how I feel about German... (Yeah, not too crazy about it...)...
Anyway, I just love it... It is such a great story... and the fact that it's based on a true story makes it even better...!
And when I see Carola with her child Sarai... I just feel... Gosh.. I want that... I want to adopt an African girl...




....That's a little further in to the future though... As for right now... It made me miss Kenya even more...
And I just can't wait to go back! It's going to be so so so WONDERFUL!
I have talked to Gloria, and she talked to her sister in Mombasa.... So I'll be going there too! :) That will be really exciting!
Something else I'm really looking forward to is to go to Kiserian to meet Mary's family and meet the masai people...!
I don't think I can smile more than what I'm doing right now... Just thinking about my trip, I can't wait!



Am I nervous about going alone?...
No not really... I mean... Okay, maybe it's not the ideal situation for a mzungo girl to go to Kenya alone...
But I won't be alone while I'm there...! I'll be with some of the best people in the world :)
I am just SOOOO bummed out that Gloria won't be there! It will NOT be the same without her!



Oh, and how's the Swahili going, you may ask?
Haha, could be better...! I wish I knew someone who could teach me!
Where's Kintu when I need him!?...Okay, so he's in South Africa, but still! He's just adorable though...!
He called me Masai Blanca on MSN! Haha, yeah, for sure I am! ;)

There's this guy at work, I think I've written about him before... his name is Johan and he has been in Kenya, when he studied at the school I've also applied for (Österlens Folkhögskola)...
And he told me he went by train between Nairobi and Mombasa... and just hearing him talking about it... Made me want to try it out! Maybe just one way though... it takes SEVERAL hours to go there... Can't remember really, but 17-ish?

Well, while I'm all sentimental and stuff, I'm gonna continue cleaning out my wardrobe... (No, I'm not done yet....!)
But before I go I want you all to sit down and relax... And listen to this AMAZING song... It totally brings me right back to Africa... And some other memories too... But anyhow... Press PLAY dear friends!
Enjoy!

Evenin' glorious guys!
How's it going ?

I fell asleep on the couch earlier today... Only for half an hour, but still, it was enough for me to be wide awake now... When I should be considering to go to bed... Great work!

I did start going through my wardrobe, yet again...! And now I have an even bigger pile of clothes to bring to Kenya...!
I'll continue with that tomorrow..!

Right now I'm just chillin'... Talking to friends... Listening to music... Right now WMP is playing "Hawthrone Heights - Ohio is for lovers". Lovely :)

Seriously... I'm getting up at 4-ish am tomorrow... I need to sleep..
Counting sheep is a myth..!

Well, good luck to the rest of you to get some sleep!
More soon!

Nighty night!

MUAKS!