Studying, shopping, family gatherings and enter facebook!
So! Last week was supposed to be a-studyin'-galore week, I was supposed to get up early, study, then draw, and then probably have time to see one or two episodes of some anime with my sisters! But nothing of the kind happened; I was feeling sort of down, so I mostly wasted my time playing neopets for no real reason. I did go shopping like three times; on Monday with Lina, to look at shoes and shirts. We didn't buy anything. I went on Wednesday with my mother, to look at the same shoes and an outfit for the party. We did buy shoes, an outfit, and also an 80's style jeans skirt which I fell in love with. On Thursday, I went back to that same place with Sara, to exchange the jeans skirt for one a size smaller (I'm used to larger sizes since my hips are pretty wide, but apparently my waist is not-so-wide and I was forced to wear a smaller size!) and also a shirt + tank top which go well with the skirt.
We also went to Elfa to try to buy resistors, but ... they didn't have the kind I needed anymore. T_T They USED to, but not anymore. I needed something around 800 kOhm, 5 Watt. In school they had 820 kOhm but only quarter-watt, which was useless, and in the store, the hell, they had 5-watt resistors up to FIFTEEN kOhm! BAHHHH! I had looked in their catalogue before-though I think it was last year's-and there they had the 5-watt, 820 kOhm resistors. This year's catalogue-no. I was super-frustrated. I brought a catalogue with me home, anyway; and it was really giant, it was a hard-cover catalogue the size of my physics book. o.O;
Anyway, the party. My Aunt Görel turned 50 last month, so now she was having a party together with one of her old friends who turned 50 at about the same time, Birgit. Never had met her before. She really could dance, though, Birgit; I was really jealous. When she and one of the old guys who also could dance, they danced together, us youngins were all suitably impressed and awed. Anyway. It was this big party, the dresscode was "the most glittery stuff you have", and so the one guy turned up in a silver sequin tuxedo and another had a gold sequin top hat. There were several very handsome-looking boys of about seven in stark black suits and glitter hairspray. My cousins were all rather oddly dressed by my standards; Jorun had a frilly ballerina skirt and a kind of wide-sleeved hoodie, Tove had her grandfather's tuxedo top and a frilly short skirt and fishnets, and Sigrid had what she referred to as a "Tinkerbell dress", and that was rather what it looked like. It was very shiny. =P I looked rather sober and boring!
Anyway, I was quite happy to be seeing my cousins; the ones I listed and the rest of them. Nadine had her boyfriend of, apparently, a few weeks, there with her. Estrid was sadly not there, as she is still in Canada. In addition to my cousins there were some girls there who were apparently my "step-cousins", since at least one of my aunts, Tyra, is divorced (since ten years or so, apparently, though I only caught wind of this like one or two years ago. o.O;). I think they were named Kristina and Louise or something, not sure. We spent time eating and hanging out first, then eating more, then trying on each other's clothes while the adults ate even more (we held out for far longer than the little kids did, but apparently we're still not adults =P), and then we ate some more but this time it was yummy chocolate cake! And then, it was time for dancing!
They had some band there, and Birgit owned the dance floor, like I said, and I danced with my cousins (mostly with Tove, some with Sigrid, and some with step-cousin Kristina). I also danced briefly with my uncle Magnus, but he soon tired of trying to teach me to dance and follow properly. =P Before the night was over-which it was at, like, 1:30 or so-I made sure to acquire the msn and facebook addresses of my cousins. Apparently almost all of them have facebook, so I guess it was lucky that I recently decided to get a facebook account. I'm taking it in use, now, and shall be able to keep up with my cousins. *nods* We decided we'd meet sometime during the summer, with or without the old geezers, before we all start scattering all over the place, starting with me (me being the eldest cousin).
So last night when I came home (at about 10 PM, after a long and excessively shaky train ride) I proceeded to add all my cousins to facebook, and also a substantial part of my classmates, whom I found on there. I did NOT find Lena, which sort of surprised me, as I had been almost certain that she was on there. Maybe she got rid of her account or something? I did find Izzy, and Clara, and Madeleine. Anyway. If anyone feels left out, feel free to add me on there, I would gladly keep track of everyone I know. =P
Anyway; now, I'm off to study physics. After I probably take another ibuprofen, as my cramps are bothering me. T_T And when Lena comes around I shall have to question her about this sudden absence of her facebook account. Myes.
We also went to Elfa to try to buy resistors, but ... they didn't have the kind I needed anymore. T_T They USED to, but not anymore. I needed something around 800 kOhm, 5 Watt. In school they had 820 kOhm but only quarter-watt, which was useless, and in the store, the hell, they had 5-watt resistors up to FIFTEEN kOhm! BAHHHH! I had looked in their catalogue before-though I think it was last year's-and there they had the 5-watt, 820 kOhm resistors. This year's catalogue-no. I was super-frustrated. I brought a catalogue with me home, anyway; and it was really giant, it was a hard-cover catalogue the size of my physics book. o.O;
Anyway, the party. My Aunt Görel turned 50 last month, so now she was having a party together with one of her old friends who turned 50 at about the same time, Birgit. Never had met her before. She really could dance, though, Birgit; I was really jealous. When she and one of the old guys who also could dance, they danced together, us youngins were all suitably impressed and awed. Anyway. It was this big party, the dresscode was "the most glittery stuff you have", and so the one guy turned up in a silver sequin tuxedo and another had a gold sequin top hat. There were several very handsome-looking boys of about seven in stark black suits and glitter hairspray. My cousins were all rather oddly dressed by my standards; Jorun had a frilly ballerina skirt and a kind of wide-sleeved hoodie, Tove had her grandfather's tuxedo top and a frilly short skirt and fishnets, and Sigrid had what she referred to as a "Tinkerbell dress", and that was rather what it looked like. It was very shiny. =P I looked rather sober and boring!
Anyway, I was quite happy to be seeing my cousins; the ones I listed and the rest of them. Nadine had her boyfriend of, apparently, a few weeks, there with her. Estrid was sadly not there, as she is still in Canada. In addition to my cousins there were some girls there who were apparently my "step-cousins", since at least one of my aunts, Tyra, is divorced (since ten years or so, apparently, though I only caught wind of this like one or two years ago. o.O;). I think they were named Kristina and Louise or something, not sure. We spent time eating and hanging out first, then eating more, then trying on each other's clothes while the adults ate even more (we held out for far longer than the little kids did, but apparently we're still not adults =P), and then we ate some more but this time it was yummy chocolate cake! And then, it was time for dancing!
They had some band there, and Birgit owned the dance floor, like I said, and I danced with my cousins (mostly with Tove, some with Sigrid, and some with step-cousin Kristina). I also danced briefly with my uncle Magnus, but he soon tired of trying to teach me to dance and follow properly. =P Before the night was over-which it was at, like, 1:30 or so-I made sure to acquire the msn and facebook addresses of my cousins. Apparently almost all of them have facebook, so I guess it was lucky that I recently decided to get a facebook account. I'm taking it in use, now, and shall be able to keep up with my cousins. *nods* We decided we'd meet sometime during the summer, with or without the old geezers, before we all start scattering all over the place, starting with me (me being the eldest cousin).
So last night when I came home (at about 10 PM, after a long and excessively shaky train ride) I proceeded to add all my cousins to facebook, and also a substantial part of my classmates, whom I found on there. I did NOT find Lena, which sort of surprised me, as I had been almost certain that she was on there. Maybe she got rid of her account or something? I did find Izzy, and Clara, and Madeleine. Anyway. If anyone feels left out, feel free to add me on there, I would gladly keep track of everyone I know. =P
Anyway; now, I'm off to study physics. After I probably take another ibuprofen, as my cramps are bothering me. T_T And when Lena comes around I shall have to question her about this sudden absence of her facebook account. Myes.