Sooo sorry about not writing a post last week. Nothing too darn exciting happened. I mean, stuff did happened, but I was feeling down most of the week, so I was never too darn excited. But I am better now! ^_^
SO this week we stared the Christmas Musical. The title of the show translated into english is actually "Now We Have Washed The Floor". It is a line from like the most famous norwegian christmas song. But to an american it kinda makes no sense. Pretty funny...well at least I think so.
The Christmas Musical is mainly for children. Which is why the kids loove it. They sing along to the songs and clap and we can just see them jumping and dancing around in their chairs. It's so CUTE to see them. We have had many kindergartens come to see the show. ^_^ I LOVE KIDS! But that's part of whats sad about the musical. We have some kids in the cast and after/between shows I soooo wish I could go talk to them and visit with them, but I am not far enough in my Norwegian skills to do that (kids are really hard to understand). So I watch other people like Erlend play with them and I feel left out. I guess I just have live vicariously though them. yup.
Now lets see...what else happened. UmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmYESTERDAY i made american breakfast for my class. My mother had sent me bisquick pancake mix in the mail as well as some maple syrup, so i decided to make a yummy breakfast for everyone. We had american pancakes, fried eggs, "maple" bacon (we put syrup on the bacon while we fried it), dunn bros coffee, and tropicana orange juice. Oh the way i say American Pancakes is because they eat a different kind of pancake here in Norway. And they eat it for dinner. Not breakfast. And not with maple syrup. I really enjoyed eating American breakfast. I dunno about my class mates, but they told me they liked it. (but who really knows.)
So like i said, last week i was pretty depressed all week. The reason for that is, as some of you might know i really deal with like...confidence issues as far as my friendships go. I know i can be a loud and annoying person at times, so as a result I am kinda in constant fear that i am just annoying the crap out of everyone around me and that the friends i have are just pitty friends that feel bad for me so they hang out. If you think about it, if a person ever asked you if you thought they were annoying or ask if you really were friends, most people would say no you are not annoying and yes we are friends. EVEN if it is not actually true. I myself have been guilty of this. I feel bad to say that i have been friends with people just cuz i feel bad for them. But then that is a whole other debate i feel. Whats worse, being friends with someone just cuz you feel bad for them, or just letting them be all alone? But anyways, I am always paranoid that my friends aren't really my friends, that they are just people that can tolerate me for that moment of time. HOWEVER i do not actually believe that this is true...well i do...but i don't...but i do...but i don't. But the past...well this is the 4th day...i have been trying to be more confident in myself, my personality, and my friendships. I have a habit of assuming peoples thoughts (and they are always negative). So i decided to stop doing that cuz it just gets me down and it's a stupid thing to do. So though out the day i have just been reminded myself over and over and over "be confident be confident be confident". Someone (probably through the grace of God) it has been working. These past few days have been really great. I just hope i can keep it up. But ya know, God created me who i am the way i am, and he loves me and he has sent me here to love others. I need to not be afraid or hide who i am. yeah. so i am pretty sure that whole paragraph was worded very poorly but you get the idea.
On another note, the snow here has been beautiful. I heard that the snow in MN has been pretty crazy (poor metrodome). Here it is not as crazy, but it has been clinging to everyone. I have never seen snow cling to trees and plants quite like this before. It's SO PRETTY!
Welll Amalie's Jul (did i tell you about that norwegian christmas tradition? It's a norwegian TV show that shows one episode every day of advent, and we have been watching it here. It is totally poor quality and ridiculous, but it's tradition. It's cute.) so i better be finishing this up!
LOVE YOU ALL!
Fin
SO this week we stared the Christmas Musical. The title of the show translated into english is actually "Now We Have Washed The Floor". It is a line from like the most famous norwegian christmas song. But to an american it kinda makes no sense. Pretty funny...well at least I think so.
The Christmas Musical is mainly for children. Which is why the kids loove it. They sing along to the songs and clap and we can just see them jumping and dancing around in their chairs. It's so CUTE to see them. We have had many kindergartens come to see the show. ^_^ I LOVE KIDS! But that's part of whats sad about the musical. We have some kids in the cast and after/between shows I soooo wish I could go talk to them and visit with them, but I am not far enough in my Norwegian skills to do that (kids are really hard to understand). So I watch other people like Erlend play with them and I feel left out. I guess I just have live vicariously though them. yup.
Now lets see...what else happened. UmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmYESTERDAY i made american breakfast for my class. My mother had sent me bisquick pancake mix in the mail as well as some maple syrup, so i decided to make a yummy breakfast for everyone. We had american pancakes, fried eggs, "maple" bacon (we put syrup on the bacon while we fried it), dunn bros coffee, and tropicana orange juice. Oh the way i say American Pancakes is because they eat a different kind of pancake here in Norway. And they eat it for dinner. Not breakfast. And not with maple syrup. I really enjoyed eating American breakfast. I dunno about my class mates, but they told me they liked it. (but who really knows.)
So like i said, last week i was pretty depressed all week. The reason for that is, as some of you might know i really deal with like...confidence issues as far as my friendships go. I know i can be a loud and annoying person at times, so as a result I am kinda in constant fear that i am just annoying the crap out of everyone around me and that the friends i have are just pitty friends that feel bad for me so they hang out. If you think about it, if a person ever asked you if you thought they were annoying or ask if you really were friends, most people would say no you are not annoying and yes we are friends. EVEN if it is not actually true. I myself have been guilty of this. I feel bad to say that i have been friends with people just cuz i feel bad for them. But then that is a whole other debate i feel. Whats worse, being friends with someone just cuz you feel bad for them, or just letting them be all alone? But anyways, I am always paranoid that my friends aren't really my friends, that they are just people that can tolerate me for that moment of time. HOWEVER i do not actually believe that this is true...well i do...but i don't...but i do...but i don't. But the past...well this is the 4th day...i have been trying to be more confident in myself, my personality, and my friendships. I have a habit of assuming peoples thoughts (and they are always negative). So i decided to stop doing that cuz it just gets me down and it's a stupid thing to do. So though out the day i have just been reminded myself over and over and over "be confident be confident be confident". Someone (probably through the grace of God) it has been working. These past few days have been really great. I just hope i can keep it up. But ya know, God created me who i am the way i am, and he loves me and he has sent me here to love others. I need to not be afraid or hide who i am. yeah. so i am pretty sure that whole paragraph was worded very poorly but you get the idea.
On another note, the snow here has been beautiful. I heard that the snow in MN has been pretty crazy (poor metrodome). Here it is not as crazy, but it has been clinging to everyone. I have never seen snow cling to trees and plants quite like this before. It's SO PRETTY!
Welll Amalie's Jul (did i tell you about that norwegian christmas tradition? It's a norwegian TV show that shows one episode every day of advent, and we have been watching it here. It is totally poor quality and ridiculous, but it's tradition. It's cute.) so i better be finishing this up!
LOVE YOU ALL!
Fin
