I'm coming home! (soon) (hopefully)

Guess who's so lazy that she has requested airport assistance?

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Yup, that's right! ME! So now I'm getting pushed in a wheelchair from gate to gate as I travel. Sweetness!

Only thing to worry about now is if my flight takes off or gets cancelled. Amsterdam had a shitty day with snow today, and lots of flights got cancelled. So I'm crossing my fingers it won't come to that. Even though I have a travel record to break (24 hours from Andenes to Stadlandet one Christmas yeeears ago), I don't want to try to break it at this time. But if I do, it's a bitterweet bonus :D (It's important to always look on the bright side)

Christmas vacation!

End of week 11! And I scored 91,something on the last test. Only 2 errors, though! So not that bad.

One of the instructors came into the classroom while we were taking the test, and started writing on the whiteboard:

"Munter Jul! =)"

Only problem though, is that's not how we say Merry Christmas. But she gets points for trying.

So it's only 40 hours until I leave Grand Forks for Norway! :D I'm really looking forward to 19 hours and 40 minutes of traveling. Weeee.... REALLY looking forward to how I'm going to get from one gate to another without crutches. Hopefully I'll get some assistance. Which reminds me of a note...

Note to self: Using crutches doesn't become more fun when tipsy on margharitas.

Song of the day: Michael Franti & Spearhead - Ganja Babe

Update! On my foot.

I can kinda walk again! Weee!

Weird thing though, the guys in my class gave me a small meat chopper and told me to walk around while they laughed. Apparently, I look like a zombie from Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (it's a good thing they're specific about it) by the way I'm dragging my foot along.

Also, I now go by the name "Crippled"

Song of the day: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

End of week 10

So since I twisted my ankle, this week has been fairly uneventful. The days have been filled with going to school, then going home and placing my foot on a pillow and my laptop on my lap until bedtime. And in between there some mild taunting and helpfulness from my classmates.

This is what my climbing buddy meant I sounded like when I fell:



In my defense, I believe it was slightly exaggerated.

Anywho... I got a 96% on my test today, so yey! And since I have nothing else to tell you guys, I give you these pictures of my car.

It's so small you can put it sideways into mom and dads garage! Awesome. Thanks for the pictures mom.

How to get an excuse to not go spinning

Twist your ankle! Works like a charm.

The truth is (even though I'm happy that I avoided spinning) I went rock climbing at the wall at the Wellness Center without safety (it's called bouldering). And at the top, I slipped and landed badly on my foot. The good news was that I finally made it to the top on an intermediate route! Wohoo! So worth it.

So I hopped around on one foot at school, and at lunchtime I got one of the people working at the school drive me to the doctor. And now I've got crutches! (PS: Nothing's broken)

The epicness from my sister

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End of week 9

Wohoo! Scored 100% on the test on Friday *proud face*

And because of that, I had to celebrate!

By mixing a drink into a flower vase! Hmm.. my hair was really flat on that picture.. Do you know why? Cuz I got a package from my twin sister with a home-made hat! Sweet! And some other stuff, like pajamas pants, make-up removers and the best part, an old school nintendo-controller as embroidery! Epicness.

Just kidding, mom! I wasn't drunk! Honest!

Song of the day: Bliss 'n' Eso - Happy in my Hoddie

Las Vegas/Picturemania! Let's call it Vegasmania!

Vegas is... wow. I wanna go back! There's so much to do, and so little time. And so much to spend money on.

First off, the trip. Our flight left Grand Forks airport at 0505 in the morning last Thursday, so the most normal thing was of course to stay up until 0130, go to bed, get up at 0300 to shower and get to the airport. No problem!

We arrived in Las Vegas around 1000, mostly because there's a 2 hour time difference between Grand Forks and Vegas. But sadly, our room wasn't ready (IN CAESARS PALACE!), so we got to wait 2 hours before we got it. And since it was Thanksgiving, I don't think much was open that early. Not that we saw, at least.

But when we finally got our room, this is what we got:

                           

                                                     

Yup, that's right. A jacuzzi. I think it's a must in every hotel I'm gonna live in from now on. Sadly, I didn't have time to use it.

First on the agenda was to explore Caesar's, which is HUGE. There's a shopping mall inside the casino, where they've painted the ceiling like a sky so it feels like you're walking in a street. And bucketloads of designer stores. Made me feel out of place in my jeans. Remind me to buy some new clothes so I can go back to buy clothes. Makes sense?

Since it's Vegas, we had to watch a show of some sort! Sadly, it's not easy being the one choosing the show when you're traveling with a bunch of guys. So what one show in Vegas did I end up watching?

Peepshow.... oyh.

But I did find an exhibition I thought I'd go see when the boys went to see another show called Fantasy, another striptease'ish show;

You know, since I had a mild childhood obsession regarding the Titanic. But sadly they were closed that late in the evening...

Other stuff I did in Vegas:

Ride the roller-coaster at the New York New York building:

Visit an aquarium:

With sharks and stuff! Just... not on this picture.

Go to the Stratosphere and enjoy the view:

And while at the Stratosphere, do some roller-coaster rides at the top. Being shot up into the sky when you're already 300 metres above ground is surreal. And awesomescary (yes. That's a word. From now on).

And since we spent such a long time at the Stratosphere, eat dinner at the fancy restaurant there:

Which cost a lot of money. But it was worth it because of 2 things:

1.       The food was delicious!

2.       The waiter. 

Cut to scene:

Waiter:      Are you ready to order? We'll let the lady order first, right boys?

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Cut to scene 2:

Waiter:     And how is the lady and her entourage?

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'nuff said.

What else... what else...? Oh, yes! Gambling! Slot machines are devils from hell. I could not win on those things. But blackjack on the other hand was as fun as payday! I didn't lose, I didn't win big, but I had loads of fun while playing it.

And PS: I got facebook raped while being in Las Vegas. Twice. That's what you get when you pay 15 bucks for internet and lets your friends (note, one in particular) use your computer. But karma's a bitch, cuz he lost the most out of everybody! Hah! ahahahaha!