So basically life is becoming normal and everyday routines are kicking in. i wake up in the morning (not feeling like P diddy) then go to school blah blah blah ( wow already two ke$ha references). hm, im starting to make some friends i guess, but its difficult because they study alot and i dont really have to, so it makes it hard. i go to swedish for beginners classes mondays and tuesdays and they really help. i speak as much swedish as my brain will allow me, sometimes my brain just decides that it doesnt understand any swedish, and the next day i know alot. its all in the process of learning i guess. actually i wish i could speak more, but i have a very limited vocabulary so that makes things difficult, but i am actually understanding somethings. like if a group of people are talking i can understand what they are talking about and some ideas, but it gets hard when someone talks directly at me because i dont understand everyword they say and its not enough words to actually piece together what they are asking, so sometimes i just smile, nod and huh?! i made some kanelbullar for kanelbullar dag. that was typical sweden i guess. kanelbullar is translated to cinnamon balls, they are basically cinnamon rolls without the glaze and some sugar instead, like i have said before, they are my crack, so good, im really excited for christmas and all the baked goods i will eat then. YUM! other than that i hang out with juliana ( brazilian exchange) a lot. she really is very funny and makes me laugh all the time, its so fun with her around. the leaves are changing colors and falling off the trees so i find myself running through the leaves alot and wanting to jump into piles of them (no pineneedles to worry about here :)) and it has been raining so that means huge puddles to jump in and splash my swedish schoolmates with! im trying to make the best of this crazy swedish weather. my host mom told me last night that , "if you have bad memory, sweden is the place for you" because the winters are really depressing and the swedes tend to forget how bad they are until they are back. yeah life is life now, nothing to exciting i guess. oh i tried fencing! it was actually pretty fun, i think im going to try again sometime and have an awesome sword fight. i am also going "elk" (moose) hunting next saturday. im actually pretty excited, not to kill the moose, but to see them and experience hunting, going to be crazy i guess, but something i wont forget. oh i also went boating in the arcapelago. its this huge chain of islands around where i live, like thousands of islands, it was freezing cold and the person i went with kept on saying, "i have never heard this before, this has never happened before" it scared me and i thought with my luck with boats that we were going to break down or something, but we survived and it was all good :) having a lot of fun!