I have officially hit my last Friday :( Only 3 days from now, I will be back in my little apartment in Minneapolis. It will be SO NICE, but having to say all of these goodbyes is getting harder by the day.
What I've been up to for the last week? Tying up loose ends and slowly relieving stress. My last weekend was uneventful, and I started off the week with my exams on Monday. It was a 30 minute oral exam, and through some bumps, I came away with a B, which is like an A- in the American system. I've been told that this is a really good grade for this school...so I'm happy.
And glad it's over. Tuesday we had another group meeting, our last preparation, which I was expecting to be about an hour, and it ended up being 5. UGH! But that evening I had to go run some errands in town, including buying a glass at Hard Rock Cafe for Jordan who collects them. After that I went to the Christmas Market at Aker Brygge and explored that a bit. I came away with some reindeer sausage that I'm excited to bring home and share!!
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| AK, Camilla, Kristin |
Wednesday was FINALLY our presentation. A half hour in front of the whole 3rd year class and teachers. We did reallllly well. People were laughing and enjoying it, and we got really great feedback. It was fun, but so exhausting to plan. Another thing that I am glad is over! That evening I met up with Kristin and Helene for some coffee at a cafe "bar". We had some good girl talk, and those girls are so awesome.
Only one person bothered us, and I got to see Helene's awesome "Get the heck away from us" routine...she is WAY too nice! We headed home pretty early because they had lots to do the next day and I tired as well. But I will see them again tonight before I officially have to say goodbye :)
Thursday we had our farewell lunch for the international students. We had a traditional Norwegian Christmas lunch. Yummy bread, smoked sheep and pig meat, traditional cookies, fruit, everything was really good. Last night we also had a class party to say goodbye to everyone. They were in the English class because they will all be traveling abroad next semester.
So while we're going home, they're all leaving! We had LOTS of treats to share, and played the present game with the dice..I got Toy Story PEZ from Camilla! The subway ride home was fun with Anette, Aleks, and Matthias.
That's the quick version!! It will be one of my last blogs, I'll be home SOON! Today we had lunch with the old crew. The boys got nice gifts for all of us: Magda got brown cheese, Matthias got grot, Anette got bernaisesauce, and I got chocolate! They were all really special personal gifts, thanks boys! After that we had to say goodbye to Anette, which was really hard! It reminded me of saying goodbye to my freshman year roommate, Lucy. I will miss Anette, that little crazy girl, love her!!
What I've been up to for the last week? Tying up loose ends and slowly relieving stress. My last weekend was uneventful, and I started off the week with my exams on Monday. It was a 30 minute oral exam, and through some bumps, I came away with a B, which is like an A- in the American system. I've been told that this is a really good grade for this school...so I'm happy. And glad it's over. Tuesday we had another group meeting, our last preparation, which I was expecting to be about an hour, and it ended up being 5. UGH! But that evening I had to go run some errands in town, including buying a glass at Hard Rock Cafe for Jordan who collects them. After that I went to the Christmas Market at Aker Brygge and explored that a bit. I came away with some reindeer sausage that I'm excited to bring home and share!!
