Spring break and a little update

Hi y'all

It has been quite some time since the last time I posted anything, but figured before y'all started getting worried that I should post something ;) (Warning; this post contains a lot of pictures ;) )
I am now more than half way through the semester, and I must be honest, I like my classes this semester better. This is probably due to two reasons, my classes are more in depth with the subjects (last semester I mostly took intro classes) and I have been talking more to the people in my classes. I also decided to join a club, according to some people it is something you HAVE to do when you are in college. So I decided to join Troy Students for Social Justice, it's a nice little club with nice people. The main purpose of the club is to protect human rights.

Atlanta, Georgia

Since the last update Anna, Sofie and I had a little day trip to Atlanta, Georgia. This trip took place back in the beginning of February, yes it has been so long since an update. Either way, we went to see World of Coca Cola and CNN.

The Sofies, CocaCola bear and little Anna

We went for Hard Rock Cafe for a burger for lunch

Inside CNN, this is where they receive and create news.

Birmingham, Alabama

We also did a day trip to Birmingham, Alabama, not quite as exciting. For this trip it was Lewin, Oscar, Jenny, Anna, Jody and I. We were suppose to go see the civil rights museum, but there was simply too many people, so we decided to figure out something else to do. But we did get a very nice walk in downtown Birmingham.

Downtown Birmingham (no doubt Birmingham is in Alabama)

Birmingham actually had their very own Alabama Walk of Fame (Harper Lee was the only one I know on that walk though)

After our walk in downtown, Jenny, Anna and I went to do some shopping at The Summit, while the others went to the zoo. On our way back to Troy we picked up Malin in the airport in Montgomery. The most interesting thing about this trip was probably our drive home from Montgomery, when Lewin's GPS decided to lead us through no mans land, or as we say in danish "Ude hvor kragerne vender". Looking back, we did see a new part of Alabama

Spring break 2015!!!

For spring break Malin, Sofie and I went on a cruise to the Caribbean, not a bad deal!

We had three stops on the way, St Maartin, St Thomas and the Bahamas, and then three days on the sea. 

Before leaving the port Cassidy took us downtown Miami, where we went to see the Wynwood Walls, a famous area, which used to be a bad area, now turned into one big art gallery where the paintings are the walls of the buildings. 

This picture is pre-cruise so 'The Sofies' are still not tanned, Malin cheated with a week in Miami a week before.

Our ship for the week

Our getaway from Troy and to the Caribbean

'The Sofies' ready to board the ship and begin an adventure

Malin and Sofie in our room on the ship

The deck with some wild water rides (which we never got around to try)

'The Sofies' on the ship

We enjoyed three courses menu every night

St Maartin

After two days at sea we finally arrived to the first island, St Maartin. St. Marteen is a dutch colonial island, so we were technically back in EU. 

The view from the ship before we arrived at the island

The walk by the beach

They of course also had a Hard Rock Cafe, right next to the Bvlgari-shop

A little cute shopping street

It is afterall a Dutch colonial island

Raspberry mojito and Nachos, first legal drink in 7 months

The Sofies enjoying the island life

St. Thomas

Our second island was St Thomas, the previously Danish island, which we were stupid enough to sell to the US during first world war together with St Croix and St John, for $25 mil. The weather wasn't the best that day, so we decided to take one of the guided tours, that way we got to see the whole island which was a little bit too big to tour on foot. The biggest city on St. Thomas is called Charlotte Amalie and is named after a Danish queen and is the Capital of the US Virgin Islands.

Our tour "bus"

Malin and I got their famous banana daiquiri 

The view of Charlotte Amalie

The famous 99 steps leading down to downtown of Charlotte Amalie

Still traces of their Danish history

Nassau, The Bahamas

 After yet another day at sea we go to our last island, Nassau. We went for a little walk in the city of Nassau, which was mostly a lot of traffic and some buildings that could need some renovation. After we went back on the ship to get some lunch we went to Cabbage Beach, which is the most famous beach on Paradise Island. 

Downtown Nassau

Local beer from The Bahamas. SUPPORT THE LOCALS!

Malin and I got coconut drinks at the beach. The drink was with free refill, which meant we were slightly tipsy when we left the island

Cabbage Beach

Cabbage Beach and the buildings in the background is Atlantis resort and some major hotel chains.

I also have a couple of things to look forward to, since my parents are arriving in the US in 3 weeks and I will see them in a little over 3 weeks. It is definitely gonna be great to see them again after what will be a little over 8 months, at that time. And for you at home; I will be home in less than 2 months, which is very weird to think about, but it is gonna be good to see everyone again, even though I am, without a doubt,  gonna miss this place a lot and the people here. I luckily have two weeks in Fort Lauderdale with two of my roommates, Alex and Cassidy, and Anna, before leaving for Denmark

The start of the last semester

Hey y'all!

I know it has been forever since I have brought y'all an update, but here it finally comes.

I spend my Christmas break in Dothan, Alabama - 45 min from Troy, with Cristina's family. They were all really nice and I'm so grateful for them letting me stay there for almost a month. But before Cristina and I headed to Dothan, we went on a small roadtrip to Columbus and Atlanta, Georgia. We spend two nights in Columbus, which actually isn't a big town but beautiful. They have over the last couple of years tried to restore the town, so it was really pretty. On the trip was Lewin, Willem, José, Cristina and I, and since all of us are a little bit crazy, we decided to go riverrafting in December. The instructor was a little sceptic, but he let us go anyway. And I do not regret it even a little bit! It was only us, so no problems with avoiding others. And y'all might think; The water must have be SO cold! But it actually wasn't that bad, we all ended up jumping in the water.

The next day we went to Atlanta, which is the capital of Georgia and a growing city. So we went out to discover Atlanta's nightlife. We ended up at this nightclub called Opera, where there was an amazing DJ playing, we actually later found out that he was sort of famous, but either way, he was great. It was the perfect last night before we had to say goodbye to two of our dear friends the next day.

After dropping of all the guys at the airport, Cristina and I headed toward Dothan where Cristinas's uncle, aunt and cousin live. Since christmas is all about family, I of course felt a little bit weird celebrating it without my family, and Cristina's family did everything in their power to make me feel welcome. I a so grateful for their hospitality. But of course I could not feel a little bit homesick, when I saw all of them together as one big family. We were around 30 people gathered for Christmas Eve. Around 7 different nationalities in one big room, and we all sat down in the livingroom enjoying both ham and turkey, the American first choice for big holidays. In Cristina's family they also, as the tradition in Denmark, share presents on Christmas Eve. Curing this event we all sat around in one big circle with the kids in the middle opening their christmas presents. I did also receive Christmas presents from Cristina's family, which was completely unexpected. Thank you so much. There are lots of differences between an American christmas and a Danish christmas. First of all, the tree was no longer the center of christmas, and they all found it funny when I tried to explain that we, in Denmark, "dance" around the christmas tree singing christmas carols. After all the presents were opened we went to church. We went to the local catholic church, which actually looked like a real church, unlike some of the churches in Troy. I learned that you had to follow a book and go back and forth if you wanted to follow the flow of the mass. I was slightly confused and chose at some point to just give up and listen, really take in the church-experience, since I couldn't really figure out the system.

In between christmas eve and new years I went on a little spontaneous trip to Birmingham, just by myself. It was great to get a little time for myself when you are surrounded by a lot of people most of the time (it is not really a Danish thing to spend so much time with your family all the time). So I went to Birmingham to visit Sofie and her friend Hallie and her family. They were all really nice and welcoming, I really enjoyed their company. I spend one night with them and also got the chance to catch up with Sofie. We even ended up talking politics in the middle of the night, which Hallie's dad found really funny, but I think both of us needed to talk about something that was related to Denmark, and then talking about the past years politics seemed fitting. The next day I went and got a hotel room, to really spend some time for myself, sometimes I just need from time to another. I got a great night's sleep and some good food, and got some time for myself, which I as a person just need from time to time. I also got the pleasure of talking to an old friend, which just made everything so much better!

New Years Eve was also a different experience. We went to visit Cristina's cousin, where we all contributed with some food and created a buffet. I contributed with some home made fried shrimps (had to proof that I too could cook). We all sat outside around a little fire-pit, really nice, one problem, it only heated one the front of you. But we all had a great time and actually jumped down from the chair we a couple of others when we got to the new year.

Thanks again to Cristina's family for taking me in this special time!

Cristina and I got back to the school on Friday January the 2nd because we were volunteered to register all the new international students. There were less new international students this semester compared to last semester, which actually doesn't quite surprise me, so it wasn't that busy, but the best part was to be back in my own room.

We did though manage to find some new friends whom we could bring into our little group: Jenny, Malin and later Jody. 

A picture from this semester's first fraternity party  

As I also told y'all last year, I'm taking Legal Environment of Business, Introduction to Philosophy, Physical Defense for Women, and two anthropology classes; 'Culture in Media' and 'Language in Culture and Society'. I'm now four weeks into the new semester, and I love all of my classes. I love them so much that I don't feel like I have to drag myself through the week, and yesterday when I was off from my last class, I didn't feel like it was weekend already. I have great professors too, some more normal than others. Dr. Burmeister, whom I have for both of my anthropology classes is probably the best teacher/professor I have ever had. We never go through the pages we have read by just repeating what it said, we actually put it into a context, since we always discuss and come up with examples from the real world and experiences we have had. Both of these classes isn't easy either, since one of them is a junior (3. year) class and the other a senior (4. year) class. This means of course that the reading is difficult, especially in my Media class, but no so much that I totally give up. In my Language class we are in process of building our own language based on a culture that we too create our selves. Our groups culture is based on books (yes we are a bunch of book nerds) and it is gonna be interesting to make our own words out of a bunch of sounds. I also love my Legal Environment of Business class. Some might think that it could be a little bit boring to learn about law, but my professor is luckily a young woman who is both funny and good at making it easy to understand. I haven't really had self defense so much yet, so can't really tell whether I like my teacher yet or not. Last is my Philosophy teacher, he is special (hence the fact that he has a PhD in Philosophy). One thing you at least can't hold to Dr. Lee is that he is a boring old professors that sits behinds his desk and gives lectures. 

Last weekend we all went to Nashville and Sewanee University. We spend one night in Nashville where we went sightseeing on Saturday. I like Nashville, its a city that has it's charm, I think it might be the music. For those of you who aren't that familiar with Nashville; Nashville is called 'the Country Music Capital of the World' and you can feel the country music in the streets, especially Broadway, which is the big main street for bars and is placed in the center of Nashville. In every bar/restaurant you can listen to country music while you are eating. We went into a little place where they had live music and great food, an amazing experience. 

We went into the gift shop for the museum of Johnny Cash and in there we actually met Johnny Cash's youngest sister, Joanne Cash, pretty cool to be honest! 

After our Nashville-tourist-time, we went to Sewanee University which is a little over an hour outside of Nashville. Sewanee University is apparently a very expensive school, which of course meant that it is fille with rich kids. It has a beautiful campus with all of these old stone buildings. We were there visiting Lewin's friend who lived in 'the german house' so we stayed in the living room. That night was probably one of the best nights, we had such a good time and met a whole bunch of nice and welcoming people. Unfortunately we only had one night there and we had to leave the next day at noon, since we still had a 5 hour drive ahead of us.

Spring break is just around the corner (35 days, so almost) and today we finally managed to book our vacation. Sofie, Malin and I are going on a cruise out of Miami to the eastern Caribbean. It is a 7 night cruise and we are going to visit St. Thomas (an old Danish colony), St. Martins (an old Netherlands colony) and the Bahamas. So we are all looking forward to a week with max relaxing surrounded by blue water, white sand and palms. 

For all of you who managed to get to the end of this very long post (I know but I had to recap almost two months), I can tell y'all that on thursday I have been here for 6 months, people that is half a year! This also means that I'm getting close to the home date, which I finally can disclose. I'm yet again gonna be on Danish soil May 21st, which means that I will be home in less than 4 months! 

The end of the first semester

Hey everybody

Long time, no see (to those back home in Denmark), I have now been here for 4 months. Yesterday I finished the first semester. It has been a good semester with a lot of good memories that will never be forgotten. 

A week and a half ago we were all on thanksgiving break, I went with Alex and Cassidy to Fort Lauderdale. My break wasn't just like any other break I usually have in the fall, where I go somewhere warm (Crete), since there wasn't a lot of tanning and lying on the beach. Instead I was brought to two family birthday parties, a gathering with family-friends that was based on an old TV show holiday, one thanksgiving dinner, some black friday shopping and a night out at a cowboy saloon. I was living the whole week with Alex and I was therefore also introduced to her whole family, more or less. I did though also get a day at the beach

One of the birthday parties was Alex's little sister, Rylee's, birthday party. Unlike any of mine birthday parties, this party was held at a gymnastics gym. This gave me the chance to show everyone the gymnastic skills I don't own, but there was a lot of jumping into a foam pit. Another talent I don't possess is Linedancing, since it is quite difficult to catch the basic step when you are just thrown into it a bar (Yeah I'm talking about my trip to cowboy saloon). 

I also got to celebrate my first thanksgiving, because, no, we don't have thanksgiving in Denmark it's a true American holiday ;). Alex's dad made a delicious turkey, so the food was amazing, just as I hoped it would be. I don't know what I exactly expected from thanksgiving, but for some reason i thought that it would remind me more of danish christmas eve; you know, with all these traditional things during that you do with your family during the evening. I'm not saying it was a bad day, I just thought it was a bit difference, since it seems like everyone makes such a big deal out of it. 

Black friday shopping was one big tourist trap in Sawgrass Mills, never have I ever felt so claustrophobic and irritated because of all of those people. The whole mall was filled with tourists that came to do black friday shopping, and they all had at least one suitcase, which just made them in the way more. It might be me lacking the talent of finding all the good sales, but I didn't seem to find some amazing sales, where you get a whole bunch of stuff for nothing. I did get a pair of Nike running tights and a shirt to go with it. 

Since thanksgiving I have spend my time finishing up all of my classes this meant a couple of last minutes tests in some of my courses before finals and then of course also taking all my finals. To survive the finals and christmas without my lovely family, my mom send me a 'pakkekalender' (I'm not quite sure what you call it in english, but it's a calendar where there is a little present for everyday until christmas). So that has giving me a little of Danish into my American christmas. 

Now I'm sitting in my room finishing packing up my stuff before cleaning tomorrow and checking out. Realising that the first part of my adventure is over and how fast time has gone by. We are leaving for a last mini-roadtrip with Willem and José tomorrow. We are all heading for Columbus and Atlanta Georgia, where we are saying goodbye in the airport. Then Cristina and I will head back to Dothan to begin our christmas with her family. 

I'm really looking forward to see how this christmas is gonna be. I have a feeling that your first christmas without your family is a special and weird experience, maybe a bit sad too, so it is gonna be interesting. I am most definitely gonna miss my family and skiing, still not quite sure that it is gonna feel like christmas without them. But I can tell you all about that in a month or so.

Until then, please take care! 

Almost done with first semester!

Hey everyone

Today is November 19. and I can slowly see the end of this semester. This of course brings both joy and sadness. Joy, because I'm looking forward to my new classes and the fact that we go on thanksgiving break this friday and christmas break december 10. But the end also brings some sadness, since we have to say goodbye to a few good friends... 

Enough of all the sad things that is gonna happen. There has been a few things going on :) 

Since the last time I posted something, nothing major has happened I have had a few things going on.

I did get to experience my first real Halloween, since I don't think of halloween as something we celebrate back home, but just an attempt be more American and just yet another reason to party. Of course this meant that I went all in, and got myself a real costume. I was, what they over-here call, a flapper. This meant a funny dress, heels, false eyelashes, giant fake diamond earrings and gloves. But since it was freezing that night I also had to include a leather jacket in the mix.

Group picture with my roommates

This last week has been the week where I got proven once again, that soccer is not my thing. Not only do I not have the talent, I also found it boring. Sunday we played in the international tournament, it wasn't only for international students, but a "celebration" of the international department. We played two games but since we were 12 players and only 7 to play at a time, I spent most of my time on the bench, which was fine with me since it was freezing cold and i could wear my skiing-jacket. We lost both games, so we did not win that tournament, but in our defense, it was not fair. Our only all girls team played against all guys teams.
We were also in the intramural tournament, we had a game last monday. We also lost this game, but at least this one was a fair one, since we played against an all girls team. That meant that our team will never play again, since we are out of the tournament after that game. This also means the end of my soccer-career, which is probably for the best. I should just keep myself to sports that include water, since that is my element. 

The weather here in Troy took, all of the sudden, a turn. It changed from 15 degrees celsius to 4 and minus during the night. It is even colder than back home, where there is 6-7 degrees with more or less no difference between night and day. The only good thing about the winter here is the clear sky. We haven't really had any rain these last couple of days, other than a tornado that brought some rain with it. 

The night between sunday and monday we had a minor tornado warning. Apparently there was a tornado in the Montgomery area, which is an hour away. I woke up by the siren from the city of Troy (that was far away, and therefore not that loud), but didn't think much of it other than the heavy rain and that it was a weird siren. The next day I found out that it was a tornado-warning, and that there was a lot of students that had followed procedure and went to the first floor. They had all received a text from the university warning about the tornado. I, of course, hadn't signed up for that, but don't worry I have now. I found out later that day that in case a tornado was very close, that the warning would be more extreme, with the fire alarm going off and RA (resident assistants) knocking on doors and waking people up. So it makes me feel more safe, because otherwise I was kinda worried about how they would get all the heavy sleepers out of bed. It's not everyone who wakes up by every sound.

I'm extremely excited about Friday, since we are going on Thanksgiving holiday for a week! I'm going with Alex, Cassidy and Anna to Fort Lauderdale, where I will spend the week house-hopping or something, the details aren't yet clear, but it is for sure gonna be fun!! I look forward to 20 degrees weather and maybe some sun, who knows, maybe also some tanning ;)

Love y'all

October

Hey everyone!!

October is almost over too, how time flies by when you are having fun. And yes, I am having fun, the school has yet not killed my social life. I have talked to many from back that are curious about how the weather this time of the year in Alabama, and I can tell you that it is still summer, according to Danish standards. We are having sun and around 20 degrees celsius (70 degrees fahrenheit) every day, I must admit that the night temperature is another story though. Of course if you ask the local they will call this cold, especially if you ask Alex and Cassidy ;)

I have also reached the point where it no longer feel unfamiliar to walk around, I have finally reached the point where I feel like this is my home. I don't know if I'm just talking gibberish: But it is no longer strange for me to walk around campus and look at all the buildings, it is normal, it is a part of my everyday life.

So what has happened in my life since my last update?

No major life changing experiences, but it has not been all boring everyday life either. 

I went to the baby shower a couple of weeks ago. I must admit that it is not as fun and exciting as you have seen in movies, but there was good food, and you never say no to free food! 

Either way, it was nice to meet some of Cristina's family members, and I'm also looking forward to spending christmas with them this year. 

Last weekend we went on a spontaneous trip to Panama City Beach. We decided to go friday at 1, and left the same day at 5. Because of the spontaneity did we not have enough time to reserve everything in good time before and could only rent the car until sunday morning. So we slept there for that one night and headed back home the next evening. But we still took advantage of our one night in Panama City Beach, and went to the biggest club, of course it was off season and therefore only 30+ who had got TOO much to drink. Let's just say that some of us are scared for life ;). But after our minor failed night out we went to bed, because we also had to be out before 10. The next day we went to the beach after dropping the guys off at Buffalo Wild Wings, since they had to watch a "very" important soccer game (Barcelona vs. Real Madrid). At the beach we meet up with Anna's cousin and some of his Fraternity brothers and their dates. I can tell you they all had one big party at that beach and I don't really think any of them were sober. Of course I had to be sober since I was the driver, which actually was okay with me. It was nice to spend a day at the beach it has been a long time and when the weather is good everyday, you kinda wish that there was a beach close by. I also got a chance to work a little more on my tan, yes people; I'm slowly looking like the rest of family Rasmussen!! 

Today I signed up for classes for next semester. Not an easy task when you are in the last group who gets to sign up for classes. Luckily for me, was there only one of my classes that I couldn't get. So for next semester I'm gonna have: Culture in media, Language in culture and society, Legal environment of business, Introduction to Philosophy, and Self defense for women.

I have begun counting the days until Thanksgiving, since I have not really had holiday since I arrived here, and I can tell you that from today there is 25 days to fall break. I kinda miss the danish fall break in the end middle of October. Of course I also miss going on holiday with my family, and I can not imagine how weird it is gonna be spending christmas without them, it probably won't even feel like real christmas, without; skiing, christmas food, dancing around the tree singing lame danish christmas songs, and being with my family.

In case there is someone from back home who were doubting this: I MISS ALL OF YOU!!! It has after all almost been 3 months since I have seen all of you, and that has of course left is mark. And yes mom, I do miss all of you and also both Søren and Casper, no matter how annoying they can be, no doubt about that. 

September

Hey everybody

So yet another month has already passed, and wauw does time fly by. I know I haven't posted anything in such a long time, so to update you all on this past month, I have decided to squeeze it all into one post. 

Football season started in the beginning of September and Troy kinda sucks (Kinda is actually a nice way to put it). We have played five games and lost all of them. At the first homegame we lost 17-34 to Duke (Duke University, North Carolina), but I'm proud to say that I survived the whole game, which was about 3,5 hours. 

Even though Troy University isn't the best when it comes to football, I still like the game. But I have found it more interesting and better, when you are sitting inside with Air Condition, a soft chair and a cold drink in my hand.

I have also slowly been introduced to baseball, we haven't had any games yet though. According to two of my roommates (Alex and Cassidy, mostly Alex); Troy doesn't suck as much at baseball, and we actually have a okay team, so I'm looking forward to the baseball season in the next semester. But first I need to learn the rules, so I don't look like an idiot.  

This picture is from the other day when it was one part of the trojans vs. the other part of the trojans.  

I have also gone on my second trip with the four trips for forty offer. The trip went to Destin Beach in Florida. That is 3,5 hours away in a shitty school bus with 15 cm of leg space (not made for long legs, I must say). But anyways, it was nice to see the sea again! We were forced to stay at a mall for three hours before we could head to the beach, since it was only Lewin and I who wanted to go directly to the beach. So after three hours and a new pair of jeans, we went to the beach. It was so lovely at the beach, just to lie in the sun and swim in the water, where the water was hot and the waves dragged you around.

And homecoming is coming up too, that is in next weekend (October 11th) which means that Troy will finally stop being ghost town (since we haven't had any homegames in a while), because people are coming back for the game and the big celebration that comes along with homecoming. Also, I'm the geek and proud Dane who is gonna carry the Danish flag in the international parade on the field.

A couple of weeks ago Cassidy (one of my beloved roommates) dragged all the four of us to the doctors office I found this amazing news in the local news paper. Apparently there is a paint job somewhere in Troy, which just had to make the front page.

This weekend I'm going to Dothan where Anna and I also have been invited to Cristina's cousins babyshower. So that is gonna be exciting since they are some of the people I'm gonna spend christmas with. 

#ThrowbackThursday

Hey y'all
I have now been here for a month, and have had a whole bunch of fun and met some amazing people. But since it is Throwback Thursday and I have been here for a month; I have decided that this post should be in honor of some of the amazing people back home. I first and foremost hope that you all are good and I miss you all very much.

To all of you who I have absolutely no idea of what I'm talking about; Throwback Thursday is a day where you post pictures from a "while" ago in celebration of good memories. So in this post I will post a couple of pictures that shows my appreciation of all the wonderful people back home. 

And just because I also promised to keep you guys updated on my life over here. Here is a little update on our Orlando trip.

We had an AMAZING trip! I was going with 9 amazing people and the house was just great, so the odds for getting a good trip were high. The weekend went like this; Party, little sleep, chilling with amazing people, power-shopping and chilling by the pool. I wish I could describe the weekend so that you could understand how amazing it was, but it simply went over my expectations. It was one of those weekends where you just had to be there to understand, like Roskilde Festival.

But for your sake I will try to explain how the weekend went

We drove from Troy at about 3 o'clock and arrived in Orlando at 12 o'clock. The first thing we did after walking through the door was, changing and jumping into the pool, and we just partied to 5 o'clock next morning. 

The next morning we were tired of course, but we only had the weekend in Orlando, so no time for lazy asses sleeping in. So saturday some of us went power-shopping, which means that we went to a outlet-mall where we had an hour to buy the things we needed. I, of course, took advantage of this and went straight to Sunglass Hut, since I needed a new pair of sunglasses. My cheap sunglasses from Copenhagen actually broke that morning, so the timing was perfect. I also went and bought a new perfume, since I was running out of that too and some cloths just because it was so cute. 

Saturday night we partied again, we did have the whole house to ourselves. Sunday most of the crew went to Universal Islands of Adventure, but I decided that since I'm not all that crazy about rollercoaster and it was a hundred bucks to get in, that I could use a day by the pool. So Anna, Adéle, Sam and I stayed back in the house and the only trips we made that day was to Buffalo Wild Wings and playing taxi for the Universal-people. 

Monday morning we had to pack up everything and leave the house at 11, and after that we had a seven hours drive ahead of us.

Today it's thursday and tomorrow the weekend begins with at least one party on friday and the seasons first home-football-game. So this is gonna be one hell of a weekend!