birthday candle things, not sure what they were exactly
speech at the party
my locker has a real lock
my locker is tiny
flower in our house that I decided to take a picture of, Ingela always has flowers and pretty stuff
Hanna with the present from me
food
making glogg with Riley and Caitlin
Ingela was the one diecting the glogg making
group at the castle
Distric Govenors from all over Scandinavia
listening to speeches
above a doorway, on the church in town
first Mountain Dew in Sweden, ahh
I was a goaly at innebandy practice, just to try it, it was really fun!
I see that I have been gone a while, you can tell by all the pictures and I am sorry for my absence it's just that there has been a lot going on for me. I was overwhelemed by the idea of blogging every night. I am back in the blogging way of life and I shall stay here hopefully until I return to the US. Well, lets start from the bottom, shall we? Riley came to town for the district conference being held here in Örebro and he stayed with me. We had some fun while he was here, there were supposed to be more kids staying here with me and Caitlin but they all dropped out so it was just the three of us. We made some memories though and it was a lot of fun still. All the kids in my district had to come for the day though, just for the day to be at the district conference and present ourselves to the whole district. We were there for about five hours listening to speeches and then we got up on stage and said our names, where we were from, where we live now, and what we liked. It was kinda weird to me but oh well, I am not running things, I showed up and did what we were supposed to do and got a free lunch. It was a good day and we got to show all the kids around Örebro and around the old castle, we saw a part of the castle I had never seen before and that was kinda cool because it was like a little museum. Me and Riley went to a birthday party with Eva and Karl Sape and that was pretty fun. We hung out with Caitlin and one of her friends, Elin it was all good and I think Riley enjoyed his time here in Örebro. After that I just had a few normal days that I can't really remember so I didn't do anything important. I went to Stockholm on Wednesday for a surprise going away party for one of the exchange students that has to go home because of a family issue and I went back to Örebro and I got really sick all weekend. Therefore it was a boring weekend. After that I have had this week some more birthdays. On Monday it was Hanna's birthday and that was pretty cool, it was like all the other birthdays and the grandparents came over and had dinner, then some of Hanna's friends came over and we had cake, it was really good. I think that Hanna really liked the present I got her, I being my mom, and that just makes you feel good inside. Tuesday I played innebandy with Andreas and took a good solid nap before that. Wednesday I went to a birthday party for another person with Eva and I had a really fun time. Before the party I hung out with Caitlin a little and bought my first scarf. I bought it on the internet because if you buy one in any store here it's at least 32 US dollars so I bought one online for about 10 with shipping, pretty good. I have to have scarf here, it's to cold to not have one and I ride my bike everywhere so I really extra need one. It is not weird for any guy to wear a scarf here it is actually more normal to have one then to not have one, at least at this time of year. I feel happy because it is a big change from what I am used to and that's what this whole experience is all about, new stuff. My style will probably be a little different by the end of the year and that's ok with me, it's part of this experience. The birthday party with Eva though was a lot of fun and I had an experience tha was totally different and that meant holding big candle type things and marching down a street with a bunch of people towards the birthday woman's house. I felt more like a mob but I guess it's a Swedish thing so she wasn't scared. I knew a bunch of people at the party but it was huge, she was a friend of the Sape's, her name is Anne Montague and I have known her for a while I know her whole family, I met them when I was with the Sape's at a horseriding event. She turned 50 years old and that is a big thing here in Sweden so there were tons of people and really good food! Today I have done pretty much nothing but school and a fika with the Severin and Anders. It has been a good day, I love to fika so that makes it even better and I took a nap for a few hours so that was really rally nice. All in all the past few weeks have been really good and I've told you absolutely everything important that has happened. Once again I am sorry for not writing but sometimes I just need to live life.
I see that I have been gone a while, you can tell by all the pictures and I am sorry for my absence it's just that there has been a lot going on for me. I was overwhelemed by the idea of blogging every night. I am back in the blogging way of life and I shall stay here hopefully until I return to the US. Well, lets start from the bottom, shall we? Riley came to town for the district conference being held here in Örebro and he stayed with me. We had some fun while he was here, there were supposed to be more kids staying here with me and Caitlin but they all dropped out so it was just the three of us. We made some memories though and it was a lot of fun still. All the kids in my district had to come for the day though, just for the day to be at the district conference and present ourselves to the whole district. We were there for about five hours listening to speeches and then we got up on stage and said our names, where we were from, where we live now, and what we liked. It was kinda weird to me but oh well, I am not running things, I showed up and did what we were supposed to do and got a free lunch. It was a good day and we got to show all the kids around Örebro and around the old castle, we saw a part of the castle I had never seen before and that was kinda cool because it was like a little museum. Me and Riley went to a birthday party with Eva and Karl Sape and that was pretty fun. We hung out with Caitlin and one of her friends, Elin it was all good and I think Riley enjoyed his time here in Örebro. After that I just had a few normal days that I can't really remember so I didn't do anything important. I went to Stockholm on Wednesday for a surprise going away party for one of the exchange students that has to go home because of a family issue and I went back to Örebro and I got really sick all weekend. Therefore it was a boring weekend. After that I have had this week some more birthdays. On Monday it was Hanna's birthday and that was pretty cool, it was like all the other birthdays and the grandparents came over and had dinner, then some of Hanna's friends came over and we had cake, it was really good. I think that Hanna really liked the present I got her, I being my mom, and that just makes you feel good inside. Tuesday I played innebandy with Andreas and took a good solid nap before that. Wednesday I went to a birthday party for another person with Eva and I had a really fun time. Before the party I hung out with Caitlin a little and bought my first scarf. I bought it on the internet because if you buy one in any store here it's at least 32 US dollars so I bought one online for about 10 with shipping, pretty good. I have to have scarf here, it's to cold to not have one and I ride my bike everywhere so I really extra need one. It is not weird for any guy to wear a scarf here it is actually more normal to have one then to not have one, at least at this time of year. I feel happy because it is a big change from what I am used to and that's what this whole experience is all about, new stuff. My style will probably be a little different by the end of the year and that's ok with me, it's part of this experience. The birthday party with Eva though was a lot of fun and I had an experience tha was totally different and that meant holding big candle type things and marching down a street with a bunch of people towards the birthday woman's house. I felt more like a mob but I guess it's a Swedish thing so she wasn't scared. I knew a bunch of people at the party but it was huge, she was a friend of the Sape's, her name is Anne Montague and I have known her for a while I know her whole family, I met them when I was with the Sape's at a horseriding event. She turned 50 years old and that is a big thing here in Sweden so there were tons of people and really good food! Today I have done pretty much nothing but school and a fika with the Severin and Anders. It has been a good day, I love to fika so that makes it even better and I took a nap for a few hours so that was really rally nice. All in all the past few weeks have been really good and I've told you absolutely everything important that has happened. Once again I am sorry for not writing but sometimes I just need to live life.
Much love,
Gabe
P.S. Glogg. Glogg is an common christmas drink that people make at home. It is alcoholic and has beer, potatoes, and a bunch of spices in it. It is supposed to sit for 6 weeks and during that time it smells good. The Ernestams have made it three or four times before and they are doing it just because it's a tradition! Smells really good though!!!
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