a night of hygge-ness
Last night I had people over for dinner at my kollegium. I was kind of nervous, because I didn't ask people who lived here if it was okay until two hours before 5 of my American friends infiltrated the kitchen, but they were fine with it! As always, indifferent to everyone, but whatever.
Vicki cooked some mean marinara, and Ali brought the most amazing dessert I have ever had - real baklava. Honey, wheat and nuts globbed together = wonderful. We ate till we couldn't eat anymore, and talked until after midnight about everything under the sun. I haven't laughed that hard for a long, long time.
Turns out that I wasn't the only one having a hard time keeping my spirits up last week. All of us are feeling the depression of late February's grey days. I feel like I haven't seen the sun for two months. I swear I could sleep all day today if I wanted to. And I just might. We must have some hibernation instinct in us.
I think it's kind of great that while I'm still having a ton of fun here, I miss the house. Knowing that I left and really want to come back means that I actually found a place that I love and people that I love. It's a strange feeling when a place my friends and I made home actually replaces that meaning of home for me. Don't worry Mom, I still miss the Anoka house and you and the family and the DOGS, but it's cool knowing that I'm not still stuck in Anoka and have moved on.
Speaking of dogs, my family is apparently the only one that places so much importance on them! Everyone looks at me like I'm crazy when I get excited about seeing a dog...but I know Derek would understand ;) OH! Speaking of, I was getting on the metro elevator and out comes a girl with a bike and a puppy perched in the bike basket!! How adorable is that?? A couple of us have decided that most of the dogs here are big, beautiful breeds with amazing manners.
Yep, I'm going to end an entry talking about dogs...
Vicki cooked some mean marinara, and Ali brought the most amazing dessert I have ever had - real baklava. Honey, wheat and nuts globbed together = wonderful. We ate till we couldn't eat anymore, and talked until after midnight about everything under the sun. I haven't laughed that hard for a long, long time.
Turns out that I wasn't the only one having a hard time keeping my spirits up last week. All of us are feeling the depression of late February's grey days. I feel like I haven't seen the sun for two months. I swear I could sleep all day today if I wanted to. And I just might. We must have some hibernation instinct in us.
I think it's kind of great that while I'm still having a ton of fun here, I miss the house. Knowing that I left and really want to come back means that I actually found a place that I love and people that I love. It's a strange feeling when a place my friends and I made home actually replaces that meaning of home for me. Don't worry Mom, I still miss the Anoka house and you and the family and the DOGS, but it's cool knowing that I'm not still stuck in Anoka and have moved on.
Speaking of dogs, my family is apparently the only one that places so much importance on them! Everyone looks at me like I'm crazy when I get excited about seeing a dog...but I know Derek would understand ;) OH! Speaking of, I was getting on the metro elevator and out comes a girl with a bike and a puppy perched in the bike basket!! How adorable is that?? A couple of us have decided that most of the dogs here are big, beautiful breeds with amazing manners.
Yep, I'm going to end an entry talking about dogs...