How exciting!!

Love it is so great to hear that you are loving it down there. It reminds me of when i first arrived to Sweden. i know exactly what you are feeling =)!! It's such an exciting first few days!!
I am actually looking forward for our internationals to arrive..I am hoping cool people come over. I spoke to the lady at my international office and she said about fifty-five internationals were coming in this year. It doesn't seem like many but for being NM and the dessert lol it is quit a few.
I just finished talking to Alvaro and Julia and one of the girls from Poland, talking to them really makes me feel so much better. These past few days have been some of the saddest days for me. This change isn't easy or fun but there are little things that make me happy, like talking to my friends from Europe or writing in this blog.
I keep remembering how it was hard to leave your friends and I keep trying to remember that I was once having a hard time leaving home too but i don't seem to remember. Do you think it is possible to completely forget ones old life?! Sometimes I think I was so happy up there that I just let myself forget and I keep trying to remember but nothing comes. Everyone's life here seems to be good. My parents are happy, my family is happy and I seem to just be lost. I don't even know if I want to finish school right away or if I should live at home. I should also talk to my dad about tuition and my aunt is try to set me up with someone. These are the things that I am bothered with here at home. What is my life coming too haha!
I hope we can talk on skype soon or even on fb.
I love you...and please keep telling me about your amazing adventures in the land down under.
xoxo

Morning, mate!

Hi love!
Right now I'm sitting on our balcony, on the 18th floor, looking at the ocean to my right and the bay to my left. We have an amazing view from up here! I wish my computer had Internet so I could show you everything! :((

O-week started yesterday for us study abroad students. First we got some info, and a guy from Extreme Adventures came to talk to us about all their trips. Then they hosted a smaller BBQ -it was just hot dogs in bread we use for the toaster(!) and then a beer/wine. But it was nice enough I think. A lot of the students live in Griffith Village, which seems to be kind of like Bjornkulla. They're already partying it up like crazy out there. Reminds me so much of all of you.. I met this guy from Missouri that looks and acts like Eric almost. Haha. Except I like Eric way better! So funny. And there was this girl from Cali that looks like a younger Lindsay Lohan pre-drug/alcohol abuse - back when she was still a cutie. And then I met a bunch of other ppl, of c, that didn't remind me of anyone else :p

Things are a lot different here than in Sweden. Can't put my finger on it just yet, without just explaining the differences I've noticed so far. I guess it's kind of a culture shock in some ways, although nothing really surprises me anymore by just being different. It's like: "oh, is that how they do it here? Ok let's go!"

Haven't really gotten into party mode yet. I guess it's cause I don't live in the Village and Jamie is gone / Nurpie isn't here. I hope once I get to know even more people in school I'll be starting to go out. But for now there's no rush. I'll have plenty of time to wreck my liver in the next 12 months ;)

What are you going to do until classes start? Are you moving out or staying with your patents for next semester?

Ttyl Hun :)

a Bitter sweetness

I am glad to hear you are getting along very well. I saw some of the pictures you uploaded to facebook...it looks amazing!!! I would love to be in a parodies right about now.
Yesterday my family came  to the house and we had a BBQ. It was so nice that they were all here. It was good to see them, it wasn't many people and it mad happy that not everyone showed up. It was a nice and relaxed evening. I have to admit that as happy I was to see my family all I wanted to do was be at "HOME." I miss Poland and my roommate, I miss being close to you guys and being in the same time zone.
I feel like I am walking on eggshells here, I can't just relax.
I might go crazy lol...keep telling me about your adventures and everything going on with you!!
i love you
xoxo

Surfers

Hey love!!
I should be sleeping, but I'm totally jet lagged atm. I slept for 13h after I got to the apartment yesterday. Woke up at 1am and watched movies and hung out with my new roommate. I thought I was only going to take a nap. HA. Getting into Surfers Paradise yesterday was totally unreal. It felt like I was in paradise!! I was too tired to take pictures yesterday, but I will later today - promise :) Anyway. I guess I should try to get some more sleep before it gets to bright here. Love you!!!

Airplane ride to our lives?!

Love...I am home!!
After a panic attack, a few tears, and a lot of mix emotions, I am happy to be home. I got some sad/ bad news as soon as I got in my car...I have to tell you about it lol! I honestly thought that it was going to be hard and horrible but it isn't. It was nice to see my family waiting for me. They were so happy to see me and they are so proud of me. my house is homie and clean. I think it will be a while till I stop talking about Poland as my home but I know I will be okay. I can't describe the feelings I am feeling, I am happy. It is def a finger to eyebrow moment. My brain knows that I am so far away from my European life but I don't feel distant from you at all. I know it will be a while until my family and I learn to understand each other but I am excited to see them. As far as my friends go, they are my friends and I will see them when I can. =)!
My flight from Madrid to Dallas was so bad, it was shaking and crazy...it was like shacking me back to my reality lol lol!!! In the Dallas airport I meet a little girl that loves to travel, she was so little and interested to hear all about my European life. In those moments, I realized that I am truly blessed and that I can't wait to tell everyone of the tings I learned . I want to inspire everyone to do what I have done and if they can do more, by all means.
You and me are very blessed to have the opportunity to leave home and see different things even when it is hard leaving and coming back.
As far as time change goes..I am still stuck in Europe. i also know that it will not be so easy being so many hours apart to chat which really stinks because i miss you so much. but we will figure out a time table!!
have an amazing first day in assie!!! I can't wait to hear about your airport jump adventures and everything in between!
i love you =)!!

See you later love :))

Have a safe flight tmrw, love, if I don't get a chance to talk to you before you go tmrw/later today!! When will you be back in El Paso, Texan-time/Sthlm-time? I should be arriving 6:30am eastern Aussie-time on Friday, so 10:30pm Thursday Swedish time or 4:30pm (Thur) NYC time.. haha it sounds like we'll be almost a day a part - but I guess I can tell you what the future is like ;) haha. I already miss you tons so I know I will miss you even more when we're no longer in the same time zone (ok you were an hour ahead in Poland) and can talk as frequently. But I think we can make it! Def looking forward to a Skype fika soon!!!

Love you!!

me too!!

Love, i miss you too!!
As far as Madrid goes it is amazing..I love being here with Dory and Ana. The first few nights I was here I stayed with juampa and silvia...I had a great time with them. Then, I spent some time with guss and his friends that went to Stockholm. It has been an amazing few days. As much as I have said that I don´t want to go home, I have noticed being here that that isn´t true. I want to go home now. I want to sleep in my bed and see my family and friends. I want to go back to my reality.
I can only imagine what you are going through, but in a few days you will be talking to your family on skype or facebook and it wont even feel as if you are a world away from them.
I can´t wait for us to talk as well, I feel like I have so many things to tell you about these past few days.
The best thing is that once we are both situated we an have a skype fika =)!! something we haven´t done in a long time.
I will post pictures soon.
I love you and talk to you as soon as i can!!

Miss you!!

Hi love, sorry I haven't written in a few days but I've been busy with ESHRE and coming down to Gotland!! How is Madrid?? Do you absolutely love it?? Gotland is beautiful as always and I love being here with my family. I dread tomorrow morning!! I already had to say "see ya later" to some of my family but tmrw I'm saying goodbye to my mom, grandpa, uncle and cousin and my grandma :(( poopy! Don't even want to think about it!! Annnyway, I want to see some pics from Madrid already!! :D and I want to talk to you!! Have so much to tell you since last time we spoke! :p

Here's a picture from last night's celebration, it's my mom to the right of me and her cousin to my left :)

The day has finally come..

Hey Love,
Good Morning...well the day has finally arrived that I will leave Poland. A place that has been my home for the past f months. After a lot of packing and re-packing, some tears and a bit of sweat lol, I was able to fit everything in my luggage =)! It is hard to imagine that ones life can actually fit in bags and simply be shipped around. It reminds me of the times my mom tells me to be simple. She says it because I think to much and I worry so much sometimes but if ones life can actually fit in a bag, it makes me really wonder if life is as complex as we make it sometimes.
I am heading to Madrid in about 30 minutes, i am so excited to see everyone down there. I have to admit that I miss you guys so much and I haven't even left yet.
have to finish doing last minute packing and other little details before I leave.
I hope you have an amazing day at work...Love you =)!
xoxo 

2nd day

Goodmorning love!
I'm on my way to the fair again. Another early morning. Today I'm supposed to handle the press all day. My boss promised me they will move me around when they need me at different places. I know it may seem weird to NOT be content with "just" being in the press area - BUT I was hired to do everything and that was the position I wanted. I like to be able to help out as much as humanly possible when I work, so I can feel that I've made a difference - not just sit on my tush all day. But I can't deny my ego liked the fact they fired the other girl from her duty in the press room because I was better equipped to handle it ;) she was NOT happy last night. She is a journalist student and she didn't get what she did wrong.. I felt bad for her at the same time. It's never fun to not live up to your supervisors expectations!!

I know what you mean with refusing to take done the map. In a way you tell yourself that as long as it's up on the wall you're not really leaving. You don't want to let go of what has been your home for the past 10 months..

I have a hard time commiting myself to packing up the last things too.. but I'm running out of time.. Well I guess we both are. Excited to go to Madrid tmrw?

Love you!

Work Work Work =)

before

after

That is so early, but at least you got the position you wanted!! Plus, you sound like you really like your job and that is always a plus =)! I can't wait to hear about all the things you will do this week, keep me posted, for sure!

...I woke up at 12:30 and the only reason i got out of bed was because I had to pick up my clothes from the laundry mat lol lol.  If it were up to me I would have stayed in bed, the weather is so bad here. It has been raining for the past three days, none stop. I was really looking forward to amazing-hot-last days in Poland but no, I got rain instead lol. The plus side of the rain is that I have got most of my packing done. I was able to put my huge "orange baby" inside one of the luggage's, YAY for me!! My roommate and I have been taking down the things from the walls and from the door, it was so sad last night right before we went to sleep. We looked around the room and it looked so empty. The only thing that is on my wall is my map of Europe. I refuse to take it down. I look at it and I look at all the places I didn't go to and to all the place I did. It really was an amazing year for me but I am also ready to go home. I talked to my mom on Skype yesterday about going home, school, students loans, and everything about my return home. It really is time to get there and get my life rolling again.  I mean it really rolled here too but not in the way I need it to back home lol..if you know what I mean lol lol!!
There are so many things I want to do once I am home other than school, I really want to go to California, San Antonio, Australia for Christmas, my road trip next summer, and I fell that I can't really have full control of the situation until i actually get home. In the mean time my brain just keeps thinking about what I need to do and what I should do and how I will do it.
I may not be excited to go home but I am definitely ready =)!
I love you and I hope you had an amazing time at work.
xoxo


 

1st day

Hey love :)
I'm on my way to the congress and it's about 6:45am. Had to wake up at 4:30 this morning!! Inte cool! Yesterday we had the mandatory pre-education to get all the info necessary for these next few days. The woman in charge was VERY thorough.. Haha. I'll tell you about it later!! I got the position I wanted btw :) I'm going to be directional and do the press! The directional pretty much do everything. I'll be a social butterfly in every corner of the fair :)

Ttyl darling :)

YUMM

Hey love!
Just got home from having a drink at Friday's with Jess. Love sitting outside with a drink in my hand and friends on my side this time of year! People are so much happier in Sweden during the summer :p and all the cute boys come out ;) haha.

I was having dinner out with my mom and my grandpa earlier tonight and the food... YUMM!! Pure heaven!!

What have you been up to today? I'm glad you were able to be there for Julia. Coming back from a year like the one you had is not easy. It will take a lot of time and it's good you all have each other to lean on.

When are you leaving for Madrid? Has anyone else joined in on all the fun?

I want to tell you about my new plan for the next few years!! Gaah! Hate not having Internet on my computer..!

Smell ya later ;)