I finally got my license. I love UMF and am so glad I transferred even though it will take years to graduate. And I haven't seen leaves these colors in three years.

Things are great.

So I'm a student here now and even though I'm taking a class I don't need, my id doesn't work so I can't eat, and all the other kids at orientation were 3-4 years younger than me, I still truly love it here.

Can't wait for The psychology of Harry Potter with Dr. Quackenbush.

SO I'm here now, in Auburn, with a room of my own and classes to sign up for and permit tests to take. So much has happened and I've barely been here two weeks. My birthday was not spent as a birthday and I'm not sure I even want to celebrate. I think I might make it till my next birthday without even having a party, which would be ideal ( Read more... )

I just unpacked my life from four suitcases weighing no more than 50 lbs each. And then I stuffed things in little corners in my little room at my little house. So I'm here for good because I can't remember where anything is ( Read more... )

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During class my little teacher, who is shorter than I am and who is always smiling and glad was going over valency patterns with us. She gave us an example of what words could follow the verb take and they mostly began with an article, like I took a banana ( Read more... )

On allrecipes.com this month, they are featuring Easter recipes from all over the world. One of the comments under the Swedish "Limpu Bread" read:

"excellent recipe just like my mother use to make. Love Swiss forever."

Is her name Swiss? Is she saying Love, Swiss - forever. Or is she referring to Sweden, saying "I will love Switzerland forever"?

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...ridiculous quizzes. Even as I'm doing them I'm either busy flinching at grammatical errors (like the true snob that I am) or laughing. There is actually a quiz on there to help you figure out whether or not you're preggers ( Read more... )

Dear Sweden,
You've probably been hearing rumors and by now you must be quite upset that I didn't let you in on the info first. But it's true, I'm leaving you. Of course I have my reasons and I know you can't understand them because you're you.

It's just that I feel so let down. Maybe it's my fault. Maybe I had a milk and honey vision of what life ( Read more... )

While you Mainers fight your way through snow, here in Örebro we are enjoying warm and sunny weather. The other day people sat outside to eat their lunches and on the way to catch the bus home after class I saw this:

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