There and Back Again

Yes, this entry is named in honor of Bilbo. :) I read the Hobbit when I was young, and only now that I am older and far from home do I appreciate Bilbo's love for a quiet cup of tea at home. The title of my blog is also starting to ring true. "A Day in the Life of an Aspiring Adult". Blah. I feel so OLD lately! I drink black coffee, for goodness sakes. I thoroughly enjoy just sitting, enjoying my coffee, and thinking about or discussing life. I think about things like my credit card bills, and the next big step I have to take in my life. When did I become an adult!? Hm... Somewhat troublesome. I don't think I'm ready for adulthood just yet. I'll just have to go do something foolish and adolescent. :) Haha. (Don't worry mom, I'm only joking.) In other news, I've been traveling a lot lately, hence the name of the entry. I went to Dublin with my class, and that was tons of fun. We climbed a mountain (all the Danish kids were like "Ahhhhhh!!! What is thiiiis!?!?" because there are NO mountains in Denmark..), toured the Guinness Storehouse/Brewery, went to a huge Botanical Gardens, went to an art museum, went pubcrawling... Got to wander around Dublin quite a bit. It was an awesome trip, overall. I roomed with four AWESOME girls from my class: Ida, Mariane, Björk, and Else. Mariane and Else were quite upset when they found out that I had mentioned Björk in my blog and not them. Haha. They're all crazy, crazy girls. That's my basic summary of Dublin... It was a lot of fun. After Dublin, we flew home, and I stayed in Copenhagen with my fellow exchange student Nova, and our friend Chris was also there. We had a lot of fun being American all weekend. We bought lots of Ranch Doritos, Skittles, Reese's, etc. We also wandered around the city a lot, which was cool. Copenhagen is really beautiful. :) I spent about four days with Nova, and then headed on home to Mountain Town (Bjergby). When I got home, my host sisters Julie and Diana were out of town at a Performance Art camp, and Ginesta and Christian were about to leave town. So I got to spend the rest of the week home alone resting, just me and Linda. It was pretty great. But the first day, I hung out with Mariane and Else. It was great fun. :) We ate spaghetti, and watched ridiculous movies, and talked about boys. Haha. I also had no internet that weekend, so my mother freaked out a little bit. Oh well. :) We all survived. Friday, I drove with some family friends to see my host sisters performing what they learned at camp. Very cool. I didn't understand very much of the performance because it was in Danish, but it was really interesting, and lots of fun. :) The next day, we went to watch the girls dance at the Metropol (it's like the mall) and then had a bunch of guests at the house. Lots of 14(ish) year old girls. Whew. Scary. :P It was tons of fun. And now, we're back to school. Oh! While I was in Copenhagen, I had a realization that I thought was a pretty big step in my exchange. :) I realized... I missed my Danish friends!! That means I like them a lot. :) So I think that means things are going well. Haha. Now I've just got to WORK MY BUTT OFF to learn this language! People are getting tired of speaking English with me. I also move families pretty soon here. About a month. So things are going quite well around here. :) I am pleased with my life at the moment. Not a whole lot of homesickness lately, except yesterday. I got a package in the mail from home, and it was my yearbook, signed by all my friends and whatnot. But I'm better now. :) I love Denmark, and I am excited for LIFE! Stay classy, San Diego! ;)