colder days

today i have officially been in sweden for a month. somedays it feels a lot longer, and other times it feels like days go by really slowly.
the cold weather has begun. it is in the mid 50's everyday and its hard to believe that this is just the beginning!
my days haven't been filled with anything exciting recently. i'm ready to get out and travel! the other day i signed up for one of the student nation's (hallands) so i'm excited to see what sort of events and activities they'll host. when i went to sign up i put down that i wouldn't mind working at one of the events, and so they asked me and one of my friends to serve a 3 course dinner on friday! i'm slightly terrified since i know little to no swedish and i've never done any sort of dinner serving, but oh well just another chance to embarrass myself.
hallands hosted a new members dinner last night. they served a traditional thursday meal (even though it was wednesday...) of pea soup and pancakes. the pea soup was sooo good but different than what i'm used to (it was yellow...). and the pancakes were good (they're like crepes). and so it was fun to spend the evening there with some of my friends and there was lots of singing and joking so i think i made the right choice with this nation!
darin is here in 3 weeks so i'm excited to have a familiar face with me in sweden! i'm not sure what we're going to do while he's here....maybe a trip to malmo or copenhagen. i'm not sure! but we'll figure something out! i'm also really excited that i'm going to be able to go and visit him too! i love london and so i'm excited to see his favorite spots and see some new places!
i also got an e-mail from sterling airlines telling me that the flight time for our return trip from amsterdam has been changed so i hope that the new time still works for everyone! it doesnt' really matter to me since i don't have any classes then, but i don't want this to ruin our trip!
i watched the SNL skit of tina fey portraying sarah palin and i thought it was great! "global warming is just god hugging us a little closer...". all of my swedish corridor mates have been asking about my thoughts on the election and so its interesting to see what they think of the candidtates.
well i hope you all are doing wonderfully back at home and i hope to have more entertaining news once this weekend is over!

miss you lots.
love you more.