goodbye 2008

dear shannon and elena-

Swedes dont celebrate Boxing Day as far as I know. I've only watched the Dark Knight once ever, and that was only because of Heath Ledger. This break has been fun, and my parents mailed me a U of M sweatshirt from your family shan!!! thanks a bunch for that...its pretty cold hear. I've also been ice skating on skates that have a really long blade...you strap into them like in cross country skiing. but anyways, these skates make you go extra fast, so we have been skating on rivers that connect to lakes and more lakes, its quite the adventure!

We dont have any snow yet. We have frost on the ground though. So, today is new years eve and i will be going to one of my friends house. im in charge of bringing dessert, so i am of course, making chocolate chip cookies. I think we are going into town later on too. its going to be busy!

oh, that reminds me, i love the chronicles of narnia too...im not sure which is my favorite but i really like 'the horse and his boy.' i havent read normal books in ages, so when my parents sent me the book 'twiligt' i read it in a day. it was like 400 pages haha. i have out grown swedish kid books (arnt you pround?) and i am reading comic books now. It is crazy how much more i have to concentrate on reading swedish, not to mention my limited vocabulary. but anyways, in about a month i am hoping to enjoy some of my christmas presents, i got 2 swedish books (one is a poem book) and also the movie 'Arn', which is about sweden in the middle ages. this is also in swedish. i have been bad this break and i havent been studying like i should...but i guess my mind needed a temporary break.

I have been working 0ut a lot lately. My first indoor track competition is comming up (January 10 and 11, called the Scandic Indoor Games) and i am pretty nervious. Its not the same training indoors and im not used to longer distances it feels like....i dont know. but i have been running 3 times a week and also weight lifting and climbing and stuff so i really hope it helps.

Well, thats all for now! Hope you have a great holiday! i miss you guys