I have survived the second week of school but the Monday almost killed me. As I mentioned in my previous entry, on Monday August 31, I was exhausted from a not so busy day. I only had two classes at school that day, one at 8:00am and the other at 3:00pm so I had 6 hours in between with nothing to do but go to a Rotary lunch at noon. It was probable the waiting that exhausted me, which I spent walking around town and reading a book.
Tuesday was better because my first class didn`t start until 12:30 so I had some time to sleep in and recuperate. After school I had my first trumpet lesson. It went well, I have a new teacher in Blaspopperna, Lars, who is very good with a lot of brass instruments. He really knows what he`s talking about but he hasn`t spoken English in 6 years so he kept things simple. Anna has him as a tuba teacher and she says that sometimes his instructions get to technical and she dosen`t know what he`s talking about.
Wednesday, Hakan was in Finland and Marita was somewhere else in Sweden so it was just Anna and I at home for supper that day. I didn`t stay long because Stina, a lady I met at the Rotary lunch on Monday, picked me up for a visit at 6:30. She is very nice and has two daughters; Maya and Hanna, and a son; Kale, with whom I got along very well. We went to the stables so Hanna could ride her pony, Humla(bumblebee), and I had a ride too. Here`s a picture of me riding Humla next to Hanna. Afterwards, we went to their house for fika(coffee or tea break) which is where I met Kale who was very interested in where I come from. Since he learned everything he knows about North America from movies, TV and computer games, I didn`t mind setting him straight on a few things. So all in all, it was a very good evening.
Thursday, I had a Swedish class, and Stephano from Brazil was there too. Jarryd from Australia was supposed to be there too but he didn`t show up. The boys have been here since January but still need to learn Swedish so I`m glad they`re in my class. After school, Anna and I had a Blaspopperna practice from 4:30-6:00 and we got some fun new music to play like The Pink Panther and a Congo dance piece. That night, Hakan came home so we went to a Thai food place for supper to celebrate. After supper, Anna and I went down town to see a concert being put on by young people. One of the bands playing had a lead singer who was a friend from my class, Cajsa, and there was a lot of other people from my class there to cheer her on. She was incredible! Singing to heavy metal, she had a lot of energy and performed very professionally! After the performances, I talked to a band from out of town. They were all my age or younger and already touring around Sweden doing performances, they were very good!
Friday was a very good day. At school I had my first art textiles class. It was a lot of fun, we are designing fabrics and patterns and experimenting with colour schemes. After school
, Anna and I went shopping for the dance that night. I bought two dresses, a party one and a casual one but my credit card didn`t work so I had to borrow some money(I think I have it all sorted out now). After supper, Anna`s friend Fanny came over and we got ready to go out. Here`s a picture of us right before we left the house to go to a friend`s house, Nico`s. There was a whole bunch of us and we crashed at Nico`s house for a while with drinks, snacks and music. Then we went to a bar where there was a dance. On the way there, the autumn market had arrived so there was a lot of people still out and we met a couple of friends. Anton is a nice guy, or maybe it was the alcohol talking but he wanted to show me off to everyone he recognised:`Hey guys, this is my Canadian friend!`It was fun. The dance was fun too and the bar was crowded. Anna accidentally dropped her glass on the dance floor and it shattered. When we got tired of dancing, we went back to Nico`s. Anna and I stumbled back home at 2:30am. It`s a good thing everything is so close in a small town, I like being able to walk everywhere.
I have survived the second week of school but the Monday almost killed me. As I mentioned in my previous entry, on Monday August 31, I was exhausted from a not so busy day. I only had two classes at school that day, one at 8:00am and the other at 3:00pm so I had 6 hours in between with nothing to do but go to a Rotary lunch at noon. It was probable the waiting that exhausted me, which I spent walking around town and reading a book.
Tuesday was better because my first class didn`t start until 12:30 so I had some time to sleep in and recuperate. After school I had my first trumpet lesson. It went well, I have a new teacher in Blaspopperna, Lars, who is very good with a lot of brass instruments. He really knows what he`s talking about but he hasn`t spoken English in 6 years so he kept things simple. Anna has him as a tuba teacher and she says that sometimes his instructions get to technical and she dosen`t know what he`s talking about.
Wednesday, Hakan was in Finland and Marita was somewhere else in Sweden so it was just Anna and I at home for supper that day. I didn`t stay long because Stina, a lady I met at the Rotary lunch on Monday, picked me up for a visit at 6:30. She is very nice and has two daughters; Maya and Hanna, and a son; Kale, with whom I got along very well. We went to the stables so Hanna could ride her pony, Humla(bumblebee), and I had a ride too. Here`s a picture of me riding Humla next to Hanna. Afterwards, we went to their house for fika(coffee or tea break) which is where I met Kale who was very interested in where I come from. Since he learned everything he knows about North America from movies, TV and computer games, I didn`t mind setting him straight on a few things. So all in all, it was a very good evening.
Thursday, I had a Swedish class, and Stephano from Brazil was there too. Jarryd from Australia was supposed to be there too but he didn`t show up. The boys have been here since January but still need to learn Swedish so I`m glad they`re in my class. After school, Anna and I had a Blaspopperna practice from 4:30-6:00 and we got some fun new music to play like The Pink Panther and a Congo dance piece. That night, Hakan came home so we went to a Thai food place for supper to celebrate. After supper, Anna and I went down town to see a concert being put on by young people. One of the bands playing had a lead singer who was a friend from my class, Cajsa, and there was a lot of other people from my class there to cheer her on. She was incredible! Singing to heavy metal, she had a lot of energy and performed very professionally! After the performances, I talked to a band from out of town. They were all my age or younger and already touring around Sweden doing performances, they were very good!
Friday was a very good day. At school I had my first art textiles class. It was a lot of fun, we are designing fabrics and patterns and experimenting with colour schemes. After school
, Anna and I went shopping for the dance that night. I bought two dresses, a party one and a casual one but my credit card didn`t work so I had to borrow some money(I think I have it all sorted out now). After supper, Anna`s friend Fanny came over and we got ready to go out. Here`s a picture of us right before we left the house to go to a friend`s house, Nico`s. There was a whole bunch of us and we crashed at Nico`s house for a while with drinks, snacks and music. Then we went to a bar where there was a dance. On the way there, the autumn market had arrived so there was a lot of people still out and we met a couple of friends. Anton is a nice guy, or maybe it was the alcohol talking but he wanted to show me off to everyone he recognised:`Hey guys, this is my Canadian friend!`It was fun. The dance was fun too and the bar was crowded. Anna accidentally dropped her glass on the dance floor and it shattered. When we got tired of dancing, we went back to Nico`s. Anna and I stumbled back home at 2:30am. It`s a good thing everything is so close in a small town, I like being able to walk everywhere.
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