"Fika" with the girls

There really needs to be a word that means "fika" in English. Saying we went out for coffee, just isn't the same, because what if I didn't drink coffee??? Anyway, had a wonderful time with two girlfriends this morning. They are both funny, and putting the two of them together, you never know what will happen! Afterwards I went to see my old ASL teacher and practised sign language for over an hour. If I someday happen to have a lot of spare time (not very likely but still), I want to use it to learn lots of languages. It's like I can't get enough, but your memory can only hold so many new words or signs at a time...
Spent a lot of time on the phone as I was cleaning and sorting papers.
Since it was my day off, I thought I should multi task and get organized while catching up with friends! Where does all these papers come from???? If I just filed them right away, I wouldn't be in this giant mess now. Went to the movies tonight. Fantastic film, I will recommend to anybody I know, about a homeless black boy that gets taken in my a wealthy white family and he becomes a famous football player. It was a true story which made it even so much better. To witness true acts of love is wonderful! I was going to go by myself but a friend called me up and asked if I wanted to go, she was going to go by herself too, so it worked out pretty perfect!

I love Cross-country skiing!!

Wow, wow, wow, is all I can say. No, actually, I can say lots more than that: It was amazing!! I have been missing out all these years. Can't believe I have lived here almost nine years and this was the first time I really went skiing. I have gone for a few minutes on the road where I live, but this was a real trail, amazing open spaces of nothing but snow and a few trees. Beautiful!! Had a wonderful time getting to know my friend a little better, because we were out for 3 hours and just talked and skied, talked and skied. I could have gone all day,but I felt a blister forming at the back of my foot and I got hungry so we went back to the car. Drove around and admired some log homes in the area and stopped for a snack at a general store out East End. We are definitely doing this again, soon I hope. It would be best if we got some fresh snow, because plowing down the hills was hard and I probably fell at least 15 times. I am sure I'll have lots of pretty bruises as trophies. Falling on powder sounds a lot more pleasant, I think...
Went to a meeting tonight where there were lots of women just like myself, about to divorce, divorced or seperated, basically in transition. All I can say is that I am grateful we never had children. Listening to all these women trying to do what is best for their children, it must be so tough. This will all soon be behind me. It's been two years since we seperated and the divorce is almost done. A few more weeks.

Didn't go to hockey tonight, my legs were too wobbly after the morning activity, and all that wonderful fresh air made me tired.

Worked and worked out at the gym!

I am so lucky. Have the best job ever. Slept in, and in the afternoon I went to work. Picked up a client from her job place and took her to the gym. I can't afford a membership at this gym, but one of her goals is to workout and I am so lucky I get to workout with her on Mondays. Maybe if I was smart, I should get a job at the gym, then I could workout as much as I wanted. I know about 4 of the workers there and they all seem to love it...something to think about, although I have one of the best and most rewarding jobs already!
Made plans to go skiing in the morning, really looking forward to it, although I wish we had some fresh powder. Hopefully it won't be too icy. Spent about 2 hours on the phone with a girlfriend. Yay for great friends! Yay for great work and yay for Alaska that allows me to go skiing!

Full Sunday!

What a full day. Left home at 10 a.m., was home again for lunch for a couple of hours, then left again and got home around 10 p.m. Church and lots of meetings. Hockey was as fun as usual, but I felt very clumsy today, my feet just didn't want to obey me. Very frustrating. I want to do so much, but it's so hard... I just have to be patient and I'll get better eventually.
I am sitting here looking at my beautiful Christmas tree, and I am wondering when I need to take it out. It's a shame it has to die. It would be cool to grow one in a pot and then decorate it every year for Christmas. Watch it grow...
So, I have one week left of my break, need to make the most of it. Have had enough lazy time and I am ready to get my to-do list done this week. The college will be open again and I need to finish filling out the scholarship applications so that I can turn them in tomorrow.

Lunch with friends

Day 2 of the new year. Slept really good and for a long time after staying up late finishing a movie that was due at the library today. I have gotten hooked on these B.B.C. movies made from old books, classics. It's great to be able to get them from our library, they have a lot of foreign movies to chose from. I think I have found the trick to lose weight, but it will only work if on vacation. Sleep super late, which means you don't have to eat breakfast, have a yogurt and frozen fruit smoothie for brunch, and then one light cooked meal at night. I lost 2 lbs yesterday! Wish I could keep that going throughout the year, but I know when school starts, my schedule will be crazy again and it's so hard not to eat unhealthy again.
Got a call from some friends that are in town and was treated to lunch at the restaurant where I work in the summer. I have missed their food so much and had my favorite sandwich, tikka! Yum!
At the moment I am at the library, catching up on some Internet stuff, return and borrow movies etc. Ran into an old college friend who had moved to Fairbanks for college up there. Great to see him again, and met his cute girlfriend. Have a few more errands to do before heading home and continue to work on cleaning my home.
A friend called and told me we are getting snow the next 3 days, so we are going to try to go cross country skiing on Tuesday on my day off. I am really excited. I hope I can keep up!

Welcome 2010!

(Friday, January 1, 2010)
I haven't written in this blog for so long I was contemplating just closing it down, but I know I will regret it later, and I always enjoy going back and reading what life was like years later... I might catch up eventually, since I have saved a bunch of entries, so that I can fill in all those empty months between now and last year.

Slept in a really long time since I didn't go to bed until 3 a.m. I could get used to not setting my alarm in the morning... The most productive thing I did today was help my friend/landlord move a refrigerator for my neighbor and started cleaning my messy apartment. I also sat down and thought about what I would like to get done this year and how to make it happen. It is always fun to make plans, even though sometimes they don't happen for whatever reason. I am definitely a planner! Step 1 this, Step 2, that...

I joined in with most of the American population and made plans to pay down debt, eat healthier and get more exercise, become more organized, learn to cook better, be a better friend, daughter, sister etc... I want to also make more time for reading(besides school books of course), spend more time learning languages and focus on training Troy to be more obedient and learn new tricks. Nothing more exciting than that. What can I cut out to make that happen? Less movies, less internet perhaps...
I really hope I get to visit Sweden this summer, especially since ALL my sisters will be there in July. I had hoped to fly over in May, when the tickets are cheaper, but now I really want to go later so that I can meet my German sisters for the first time.

This year is a big year, with big changes in my life. My divorce will be final in a few weeks and in December I am getting my BA in Psychology, and I will have to decide what to do next. It is very exciting, but I have to admit, it has been nice to not have had to make any tough decisions the past year and a half. I was able to just enjoyed the moment...and take each day as it came...

Welcome 2010! Be kind to us...