Spring is DEFINITELY arriving!!!!

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......!!!!!!!!!
That's pretty much how I feel these days. The mini tour gave me so much energy, and my body doesn't seem to want to slow down any time soon! Wuite annyoing when you need to do homework and you can't even focus for more than 5 mintues at a time - at the most!

- Well, Monday there was definitely a change in the weather - sun is melting the snow creating water puddles all over! Had a voice methods test today - which I totally had forgotten about! Oops... I studied for an hour before, and I will pass it (I hope) but the grade won't be superb! Or who knows, it might be fine, haha....
Went to Tessa in the afternoon, she had Annema-abstinences, hihi.... Stayed at hers until 4.30am to finish my paper - it took me 7 hours to write 2 pages and one paragraph. This is how my body is working these days. And no, I'm not on drugs or drinking coffee...!!!!

- Tuesday I thought I would be dead beat, but noooooooo, still the same bzzzzzzzzzz-feeling. And frankly, it's getting to the point where it very annoying, at least when I need to do homework. But at least I don't have much truoble getting up in the morning! *hihi*
Had a spanish test, which I think went alright, except the essay at the end. I started making stuff up, haha.... So we'll see! Tried doing homework, didn't work out too well for long, but got my stuff done at least. Even got time to cut Paul's hair! *proud*
Weather is getting warmer and warmer, weeeeeee, it'll probably be gone by the time we get back from tour, cause I am soon going on a tooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

- Wednesday I woke up at 5am to pack the rest of my stuff. Weather is getting warmer and windier, not sure I like the wind too much, hehe.
Had my final presentation in Music methods for the classroom, got an A! :D Well, ok, fine, I shouldn't have problems getting an A in this class, but I'm still happy about it :)
Was invited to Jillians to have dinner with her and her mom and Fran (who made Apfelstrudel, yum!). We had a delicious tex-mex meal! Pictures here:




- Thursday I worked out in the morning, had cello whereas my teacher told me a carried myself elegantly - that totally made my day!!! - worked on an essay/analysis, had tutoring. STILL feel hyper, but can focus a little more at least, hehe. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Friday in conducting: First of of all, got an A- on conducting an arrangement of Per spelmann, hehe... TEhn Dr. Clausen said: Guess what, we're leaving this afternoon at 4pm instead of tmorrow morning at 5am!!! So I worked out (to unwind) and packed and left! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, ON A TOUUUUUUUUUUUUUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(That's all for now because of the tour, wait for update!)

Spring is coming!

My oh my.... This week has flown!
I haven't really been doing a whole lot, just messing around doing my usual stuff, hehe... The weather has been GORGEOUS, sunny and freezing, but no wind, I really like it!

Tessa "dragged me" to HoDo Wednesday night, and we had a good time as always! Met a few people, a cute older man and a couple of guys:


I was starting to get sick that day, and going out probably didn't help! But I had some branco fervent or whatever, herb stuff, it bet it helped! *hihi* Let's hope this cold will be like the one I had before Christmas concerts, that was good. SHort and mild. Yup.



Then came THE WEEKEND!
Minitour with the choir, we went to Hibbing and Brainerd and it was fun! Wish I had been totally healthy, but I coped. Had had little sleep to, so I figured I'd be dead by the end of the weekend, as I was sure not to get any while on tour, hehe... But instead the opposite happened! Let's take it from the beginning:

We hopped on the bus Saturday morning and drove up to Hibbing where we got dinner at the church that hosted us, did our concert and went home to our host families. Concert was alright although we seemed a little insecure some places. And the location - if you don't know Hibbing high school, you should. It loos like something from a movie from the 1800's, my GOODNESS!!!!!!!! Wow. Apparently the miners in town wanted only the best for their children - they have chandalears from france and stuff... Unbelievable.
Now, living with host families can be weird, but the people we stayed with were amazing. We got great, healthy(er) food, they played fabulous background music and were very interested in hearing about us and telling us about them. A great night!

The next morning we got a great breakfast, a little lunch and a little Bailys, haha...... I told the old man I liked Bailys on the rocks (it came up) and he fetched a cool bottle he kept in the fridge and said "here you go!" Of course we declined as we are not allowed to consume alchohol during the trip (representatives for the school and so on), besides, I'd say no no matter, that was just too weird, haha...
Anyway, we drove off towards Brainerd, a little sleepy, so I slept a little. At Brainerd we had a nice lunch, although I wasn't very hungry for some reason. Oh, and by the way: We all have choir duties on the tour, and I am in the skit-group whoa re suppsoed to entertain after each meal. Right. So Sunday I was a blue bull. We had a pretty decent concert, got standing ovation and had a little reception after to meet with some kids.
On the way back I got to talking with a nice guy in the choir, Paul, we talked for the 2-3 hours it took us to get back! This is what I love about tours - you get to meet and know new people - and you know how I love that!! Kjirsten and I (A friend from across tha hall and in choir and class, hehe) ended up watching a couple of movies at his place (he lives above us in the same building) and talked until 1am - who needs sleep, right..? Haha........


So, this was a very nice start of our tour and a great end before a new week! And if you are wondering why I don't have any pics from the tour - I forgot my camera at Tessa's and couldn't get a hold of her before we left!!! But I'll be asking around for pictures, and I borrowed Sara's camera (another friend from choir and Tessa), so just be pacient!!

Life is FAB by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Last week

Time flies fast when you're having fun - or when you're just super-busy, hehe.... This is for the week from the 5th until the 11th of February!

Monday.... Hm........ Yeah, what happened Monday? Not much I think! *hihi*

Tuesday I went swimming with Tessa I think. Or maybe not...? Don't remember, haha... what a great week!!!! :P

Wednesday I had two tests, in Spanish and music methods. They both seemd to go fairly good, so no worries there! I also went to a meeting with LeadNow - when I have been to 6 of those meetings, I will receive a certificate that says I am fit to lead, hihi... I'm being such a good girl! ;)

Thursday we surprised a Sri Lanka'n friend with a cake and stuff at midnight, as her birthday was Friday, that was fun! No real party, it was a weekday after all, hehe.


Friday we had a "formal" birthday party for Buddhinie, we went to a great mongolian restaurant, much like Mr. Hong back home with stuff you can pick on your own and watch them cook. GREAT food!!!



After that Tessa and I went to HoDo as usual, hihi... We met some Ukranian and Russian people, and I met a funny hairdresser and stuff, I had a good time as usual! Don't know if there's much more to say about that night really. We stayed until everyone was gone as usual too, cabs har hard to get a hold of, goodness grief! But it's all good when you don't have to pay a dime, hihi....


Saturday I was picked up by Don (Lyle's cousin) and drove down to Alexandria where I was to sing at Lyle's church Sunday. We went to "The Mousetrap" (by Agatha Christie) that night at the local theatre, and a funny thing happened: the man handing out programs had a "lusekofte" on! So I started talking and it turned out he had lived 1 year Vesterålen in Norway, and his son, which I know, was in my class last year! Coincidenses are fun! :)


Sunday morning it was time to sing! I sang "Mitt hjerte alltid vanker" (My heart always wanders), and they all liked it very much. What was most fun though, was that the musical director came up to me, barely said hi and then asked if I wanted to sing in the choir that day, haha... So I did! And of course a bunch came up to me afterwards citing their one Norwegian phrase they knew, hehe... But that was just fun, I don't mind it at all, it's nice to meet new people! Anyway, here are a couple of pics:



After church I had to leave to get back home - I wwnt to "The Miracleworker" at the thatre on campus, a play about Helen Keller, it was amazing! Then I went to Tessa's and did homework and stuff, you know, hehe... ;) So that was that week! Keep a lookout for this weeks elabboration! *giggle*

Shaping up

This past week has been even busier, wow...!
I told my dear beloved boyfriend that I usually never have one whole hour where I am not doing ANYTHING (in other words; relaxing), and he was shocked and couldn't understand how I do it. But actually - it works better than having a LOT of time on my hands, then I never get to do anything at all usually. Now I don't have time to think about being lazy, and it's fabulous! :D So here is what I did last week:

The week started out pretty easy, the weather getting colder which gave me a pleasant surprise Wednesday morning! It wasn't really snowing, but it wasn't really NOT snowing either; the air was filled with twinkling crystals dancing around, floating like light feathers touched by the light wind. I couldn't help smiling, it was truly beautiful!

I also had a Spanish test Wednesday, and I feel I rushed it a little, so it's probably not as good as it could have been... But I'll just have to wait and see! I did a lot of Spanish homework this weekend, and Tessa helped me a little, hihi.

Thursday morning I woke up to more snow, and that's ALWAYS a nice surprise these days! I had my cello as usual, and in the middle of my lesson my celloteacher paused for a second and said: "I like what you do - I like you!" *cheer* That actually made my day! That's just a great compliment!
Thursday night Tessa, Fran, Momoko, Lorena, Meredith, Juliane and Aleks went to HoDo, and one of the guys we ran into last Saturday was playing with some other guy. Just regular Rock/Pop/Jazz stuff. Then we managed to run into a couple of Danish guys, FUN!! They are attending NDSU this semester, doing majors in technology or something. Tessa got, without warning really, pretty drunk, we goofed around and ended up driving those guys home. But we had fun as usual, hehe... ;)





Friday it was a liiiittle hard getting up in the morning, but not as bad as it could have been, hehe. Friday night Tessa and and I were supposed to go to this place to do some salsa dancing, but we couldn't find the place; we ran up and down dosntown Fargo, but there was no sign of salsa dancing people. Long story short - we found them after a lot of running, cab-driving and -waiting, but then it was over. So we went to HoDo, found a republican that Tessa could argue with, and finished off by talking until 5am in Tessa's appartment. (Without the republican, by all means!)

Saturday was pretty relaxed, I liked it, hihi.... Sunday I swam again, with Tessa I guess, hehe.... The weather is FREEEEZING these days, but it's been kind of nice, we get more snow almost every day, the sun is shining higher and higher in the sakies, and I love it! :D

Think I'm gonna put next week in another post, this is getting long! Oh, and: