on 2010!!

I still suck at blogging, and it doesn’t look like I’m getting much better at it.


So, forgive me readers, for I have procrastinated. It’s been over 2 months since I last blogged.

It’s not that I don’t have the time for it, it’s that I forget about it, I don’t have inspiration for it, and I just don’t always feel like doing it.
A lot has happened since November 11th, and I’m not even sure where to begin to recap it. I got through the end of the semester and then travelled across the pond to celebrate Christmas ‘at home.’ Thanksgiving passed with only a small bout of homesickness. I spent 3 absolutely wonderful weeks at home with my family and visiting friends. The time at home was way too short and I didn’t get to do everything I wanted (I never actually did get to eat Freddie Fries!) or see everyone I wanted to see. I came home to take and study for finals. Now I am finally on ‘real’ winter break, meaning there are no exams hanging over my head, and I just have to wait, and relax, until school starts up again next week. Something life changing happened: I was introduced to the very wonderful world of “How I Met Your Mother.”

(Speaking of which, the description of this show is that it is a love-story in reverse. How, exactly, is this in reverse? Everything is told in chronological order, except the narrator lives in the year 2030. The story started in the year 2005, and has now made it to 2010… it’s not in reverse, it’s just a normal story. I guess ‘love-story in reverse’ just sounds better?)

Despite being in a foreign country, I was lucky enough to celebrate Thanksgiving twice this year (remember how Thanksgiving is an American holiday and other countries don’t do it, except Canada, but they do theirs in October?) The first time was on the actual day, and I had a small version of Thanksgiving dinner with some people from my kitchen. We made Turkey (a Turkey breast), mashed potatoes, corn, and green beans.

The second time I had invited a few of my girlfriends to dinner, and this time I went all out. Except for the turkey though, because making an entire turkey for 4 people is overdoing it just a little. Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, gravy, stuffing, corn, cranberry sauce, and green bean casserole made entirely from scratch (they don’t have Campbell cream of mushroom soup so I had to make the soup from scratch as well). There was also Apple Pie and ice cream, and lots and lots of booze (I mean, we are Danish…)

In other news, my bike was stolen the day before I left to go home for Christmas. Who steals a crappy blue girl bike, honestly? So tomorrow I am going to a police auction to buy a new (old/previously stolen or lost) bike. Except it’s supposed to snow (again) which might make it hard to get there and back (I don’t own a car, I am dependent on public transportation, my bike, and my legs. It’s called walking). It’s been the coldest winter in something like 50 years, which actually makes this whole ‘not having a car’ thing a real drag. We haven’t had a day above 0 c (32 F) at all in 2010. It’s starting to get a little bit old for a person who generally only thrives in sunshine and warmth.

Until next time…… and hopefully it won’t be 2 months this time.

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