Wake up in the morning feeling like a snowman... basically is how I think Kesha would describe Sweden and how I felt waking up this morning. Except for the fact I had my space heater on full blast, but the sheet of a blanket that was given to us during move-in was not sufficient obviously and I didn't have time to go to Ikea until today. However, the fact I have my own room and my own bathroom, which I would like to describe as a quarter bathroom, is still very nice. Our bathrooms have a toilet, a sink, a curtain in the corner with a shower head that is a hose connected to the sink and a drain in the middle of the bathroom. I think its the equivalent to how we clean animals in the US but it really isn't that awful.
My flat, corridor, dorm, floor whatever you'd like to call it is very very very UNsocial. So that was very uncomforting to me and Caroline (the other Michigan girl) when we moved in. We met a german girl briefly and she was nice and quiet, but I can't pronounce nor remember her name. Whatevs. Then I met a boy from some country in Africa that I had never heard of but nodded my head and was like "oh yeah totally I have lots of friends there"... lawlz. He was really cool though; I was in my room unpacking and he was playing Drake and Lil Wayne so I went out and was like this is my jam and then he was telling how Wayne is coming to Stockholm soon and I was like "yo boy tell me when the tickets are fo sale and I be there" he was like "coo, I'm so down" - so now we are besties, except I don't know his name either. Other than that Caroline and I haven't seen the other 6-8 people who are supposed to live here, so we just really don't think anyone does. I'll keep you guys posted but for now we think we live in a phantom flat. The other flat on our floor is always playing loud music so we went and met them today and they were really nice so I think I'll try to be friends with them but who knows.
Other than that basically Caroline and I have just been running a lot errands. Yesterday I got my housing keys and my welcome package. I met a lot of international students in lines and such. I met more Canadians than I would have ever imagined or wanted to meet in my life. Also a lot of people from the Netherlands, Holland, Australia, Poland, and some place named Cyprus. I haven't met that many Swedes yet but I think once I start classes and join a nation (aka a Swedish Frat) and hopefully get a job I will meet more.
Also yesterday I ventured to the grocery store which is only like a 3 minute walk from my flat. It was really hard to figure out what a lot of food was and to figure if I was paying too much for food since the exchange rate is so bizarre. For every american dollar it is about 6 swedish crowns aka kronor. So when I saw the box of oreos for 60 kronor I was super bummed, but I bought these really good mint chocolate cookies called ballerinas I think? But other than being a very big hassle on trying to find the food I wanted the grocery store, ICA, and I will soon become very good friends. (Swedish Hint - bring your own grocery bags or else you will be charged for the bags you use/are forced to buy).
Then after showering in the watering hole and making a frozen pizza for dinner (BY THE WAY MY FLAT LACKS A MICROWAVE!!! Awful!!!) it was time to go to bed. Caroline and I did a lot today, a lot of un-fun things.
We started off the day by walking from our flat to campus, which we were told was about a 20 minute walk, but is definitely 45 minutes+ because we didn't know how to figure out the bus system yet. And the fact that is was -2 degrees didn't make us very happy. However, our first stop was the international office to get our schedules which I was very very happy about. I am taking 4 classes, but one for each month I am here. So my first class is Swedish Politics and the times vary per week. Example the first week I have class Tues, Thurs, Fri, the second week I have Tues, Wednes, Thurs, the third week I only have class on Wednesday, and the last week I have Thurs and Fri. This will be nice to leave lots of time for exploring (the tundra), traveling, and getting a job.
So after that Caroline and I went shopping downtown to get necessities and a go-phone. We got these Nokia phones that literally weigh .000001 of a lb. Throwback to the early 2000's, so if anyone knows any good polyphonic ringtones - holla at your girl. Also if anyone knows how to turn T9 off of Swedish, get at me or should I say comma åt mig. Then we bought our bus passes. And let me tell you after riding the bus 5 times today I would say I will be a pro by like Wednesday. We had lunch at a burger place, Max's, the Swedish version of McDonalds and I guess they think plain cheeseburger means baby sized cheeseburger, but whatevs that trans fat will get you everytime anyways.
Then real life Ikea, oh man let me tell you it is crazy. So we did some shopping for some real blankets and dishes because we are scared of the phantoms plates because they don't look very clean. So after a very long day we made it back and then I went to meet with my "buddy", Axel. We hung out for a little bit but he was going on ski-trip and will be back on Wednesday. He was cool though and he will be a nice person to be able to hang with out and tell me about things in town to do (like which nations (swfrats) are popping).
Sorry that this post was so long, if you made it this far I promise you it won't be this long all the time!!! There is just a lot going on right now. So other than that, I'd like to give Lauren Rouff a shout out because her dance group is having a dance performance tonight back at Michyyy YAYYYYY RHYTHM TAP GROUP! Despite how busy I have been there are points of the day where I get really homesick and sad, so tomorrow Caroline and I are going to the liquor store to help with that....
Until then bitchezzz x0x0x0
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