Days flying by

it feels like i last posted many months ago, and i apologize, but i also didn't realize how long it had been. it is amazing how fast the time goes sometimes, but also how slow it goes. the weeks seem to fly by, but the days seem to take forever. maybe its the different things that we do to keep it interesting, or maybe its just that we are in a different country. either way, i am throughly enjoying my time here.
since the last time i put something, i have had two memorable days. the first one was organized by the school. throughout the semester, there are different "days" such as sports day!...which is the only one we have had so far. in the morning of sports day, we competed in different events that ranged from building things with legos to running around the small campus looking for large puzzle pieces. if i recall correctly, the events went in this order: lego building, free throw competition, ski race (two 15 feet long pieces of wood with ropes that were grasped with hands, and 7 people on a set of skis, racing to the finish), speed kub (lawn bowling), fika or coffee break, relay race using tiny cups to fill a bucket with water, a low element called lilly pads (get from a start to finish line using wood planks and not touching the ground, a wood plank always needs to be touched) scavenger hunt for giant puzzle pieces/complete the puzzle, and finally swedish speed scrabble. i hope that i provided an accurate description of all the events. we competed against other students at the school, but more importantly the swedes who will be coming to america in the spring. this took up the morning, and took over classes that day. bummer.
this past weekend, we had what is called a Kräftskiva or crayfish party! it reminded me very much of a labor day weekend BBQ. we started off the evening by playing a swedish lawn game called kub, which is most comparable to boche ball. we hung out outside for a while before going inside to a feast, which had been prepared at a swedes house in jonkoping. for dinner we had swedish meatballs, cut up hotdogs, cheese pie, salad, bread, and of course the star of the evening, crayfish! there were about two crayfish per person. and when i think of crayfish, i tend to think of some puny, less than an inch long lobster. but no, these where at least 3 inches long, 4 including the pinchers, and they were delicious!  we all got little paper hats with crayfish on them to wear, and we had a song book of short swedish drinking songs. it was a very fun evening of friends and fellowship.


until next time