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Meh, work is boring.
The last month can be summed up as wind band, horn, playing and national championship. It has totally dominated my life the last weeks in a nice way, but I suspect Tore grew a little tired in the end. The competition was on Saturday the 8th, and things felt real good on when we were finished, but I guess the other bands must have been really really good or the judges didn't like our music. 9th place in the top division means that next year we play with the division under us unless we win the qualification for the one open place in the top division (which is unlikely since one of the best bands in Norway are returning after a one year break to play in the unofficial world championship where they did it damn well). *sighs* Well, well, the only thing to do is to keep up the good playing and make sure we win the lower division next year so we get up to the top again. It is sad though, since we played better than ever, it feels more like losing a lottery, all the 6 lowest bands (of ten) was within 3 points on the scale, half a point more and we would have held our position from last year. Half a point less and we would have been the definite last band.
Enough music stuff. My economy stinks, but my mom is a real hero and deserves stars and hugs and cake and everything. She gave me money so I could both eat, get tickets home to grandma's 80th birthday, buy new shoes (all my winter shoes are falling apart), and most importantly: get tickets to England so I can visit Line and Frank in Falmouth. I'm really looking forward to visit them, I miss them both and I would love to see how they live and have some fun with them in their place.
Easter is here, and I'm still in Trondheim. Since I'm coming home for grandmas birthday just some weeks after easter, and I desperately need to get some hours at work I'll stay here the entire easter. Luckily I have Tore, so all the days without work is filled with all those this you do during easter, like skiing and cabins and oranges and easter eggs. But it will be strange to not be with mom and dad, and I don't have any easter decoration or anything. Grandma seems to be a little bit concerned about me and talked about sending me a yellow table thing (table cloth?), but I don't know. Maybe I'll paint some eggs.
Tore's car is feeling ill, we are crossing our fingers that it will survive until summer, but it seriously need some repairs. It isn't damaged or such, but the springs (suspension maybe? english car-vocabulary isn't my strongest side) isn't all to well, you can get seasick if the road is to bumpy and if we load it up with much stuff it has a quite low clearing over the ground (which sucks on bumpy spring roads..). Well, well, soon the ice is gone so I can find my bicycle again, it will make the cars' life easier until the weather is warm enough to fix it up without freezing to death and at that time maybe I and Tore have the money to pay for the stuff we need to repair it. (hope hope hope *crosses fingers and toes*)
School is going okayish, I had some mid-term exams recently and they went better han expected, but not "excellent". More like "close to acceptable". At least it is a good kick in the ass, I feel it is more important to read and study than I did before the tests.
I'll try to update here a bit more often, but my internet connection is shaky, and Tore's flat (where I mostly live) doesn't really have internet, just silly neighbors who have open wireless internet.
I'd better look more attentive at work now, the boss is coming soon
*hugs and happiness* -Si
The last month can be summed up as wind band, horn, playing and national championship. It has totally dominated my life the last weeks in a nice way, but I suspect Tore grew a little tired in the end. The competition was on Saturday the 8th, and things felt real good on when we were finished, but I guess the other bands must have been really really good or the judges didn't like our music. 9th place in the top division means that next year we play with the division under us unless we win the qualification for the one open place in the top division (which is unlikely since one of the best bands in Norway are returning after a one year break to play in the unofficial world championship where they did it damn well). *sighs* Well, well, the only thing to do is to keep up the good playing and make sure we win the lower division next year so we get up to the top again. It is sad though, since we played better than ever, it feels more like losing a lottery, all the 6 lowest bands (of ten) was within 3 points on the scale, half a point more and we would have held our position from last year. Half a point less and we would have been the definite last band.
Enough music stuff. My economy stinks, but my mom is a real hero and deserves stars and hugs and cake and everything. She gave me money so I could both eat, get tickets home to grandma's 80th birthday, buy new shoes (all my winter shoes are falling apart), and most importantly: get tickets to England so I can visit Line and Frank in Falmouth. I'm really looking forward to visit them, I miss them both and I would love to see how they live and have some fun with them in their place.
Easter is here, and I'm still in Trondheim. Since I'm coming home for grandmas birthday just some weeks after easter, and I desperately need to get some hours at work I'll stay here the entire easter. Luckily I have Tore, so all the days without work is filled with all those this you do during easter, like skiing and cabins and oranges and easter eggs. But it will be strange to not be with mom and dad, and I don't have any easter decoration or anything. Grandma seems to be a little bit concerned about me and talked about sending me a yellow table thing (table cloth?), but I don't know. Maybe I'll paint some eggs.
Tore's car is feeling ill, we are crossing our fingers that it will survive until summer, but it seriously need some repairs. It isn't damaged or such, but the springs (suspension maybe? english car-vocabulary isn't my strongest side) isn't all to well, you can get seasick if the road is to bumpy and if we load it up with much stuff it has a quite low clearing over the ground (which sucks on bumpy spring roads..). Well, well, soon the ice is gone so I can find my bicycle again, it will make the cars' life easier until the weather is warm enough to fix it up without freezing to death and at that time maybe I and Tore have the money to pay for the stuff we need to repair it. (hope hope hope *crosses fingers and toes*)
School is going okayish, I had some mid-term exams recently and they went better han expected, but not "excellent". More like "close to acceptable". At least it is a good kick in the ass, I feel it is more important to read and study than I did before the tests.
I'll try to update here a bit more often, but my internet connection is shaky, and Tore's flat (where I mostly live) doesn't really have internet, just silly neighbors who have open wireless internet.
I'd better look more attentive at work now, the boss is coming soon
*hugs and happiness* -Si