Where does time go?

I've only got 3 weeks until I leave for the states and I've got an amazing amount of things that need to be done in that time.

Wedding:
Man, there is just so much left to do here. I'm not even sure where to start. Before I leave for the states though I need to figure out a bit with music, and start making tons of phone calls for all the response cards that my mom hasn't received. Deadline is the 18th, so we'll make the Swedish calls before I go. David and I have to call each and every person who my mom hasn't received a card from by the 18th. Not looking forward to it.

Swedish:
I've got the National Test on the 7th and the 14th. The written part I can't really do much about except read over the information a few times. The spoken section though... I need to have a speech prepared by the 7th of May. That's a bit scary. I also need to put together a presentation about an author from my homeland and a few other small assignments.

Math:
I've NO idea when the final date for this is... but I suspect it is in Early May. I've still quite a bit left to do. But this weekend with David gone I should be able to get lots done. It's going a bit slower than I expected since I had to backtrack and redo lots of the C level before the D level since I had forgotten so much.

Everything Else:
And on top of all of this there are still the usual things of cleaning the house, washing clothes, planning and making dinners and lunches and breakfasts, going to the gym, entertaining friends that show up, and making colorful posters with glitter at the unemployment office.

The next 3 weeks are going to be stressful, but still hopefully enjoyable!

Snow away!

The snow is melting! It really honestly is! I'm hoping it'll be gone before I leave for the states on the 20th of May. Right now there are literally rivers running along the pathways as the snow melts from all over and searches for the drains. This week I actually wore my spring shoes AND my sneakers. Not on the same day of course. It's a big change after wearing winter boots since October.

Math

I am getting so tired of math at times! Although the idea of teaching myself calculus in a relatively short time period is quite scary, I'm still doing quite well. I'm not sure I'll be able to learn all of this so quickly, but I'm hoping! And hoping still that all this work will pay off and I'll get into the computer program I want!

Adult Day

Today feels like it has been a very adult day!

We got up, made a shopping list, and went out and bought food for the rest of the week. Then we came back, ate dinner, and then drove out to a friend's place. There I got to see the new baby and the rest of her children and have a nice fika. Then we came home, I slept for awhile, then we went out to another friends' place for dinner. We sat around with a family that has an 18 month year old, and some other friends, played a board game, and just had a nice quiet evening. It was all really very much 'adult' fun. It's weird to feel so adult like.

We've got an apartment we own, not renting, own. We're going to buy a different car. We're getting married. This feels so adult-like it can almost be scary!

More wedding stuff

We got done a ton of the small planning things that have been collecting yesterday. I finally got my hotel recommendation list together for everyone who gets added to the email list. Which is about 3 people right now. So they're all the ones who will be getting updates on driving rules, hotels, vegas bits, etc. I can't force people to send me a quick email.

I've been studying math like crazy this week too. I've also got tons of other homework to get done before I go since I'm actually missing the last few weeks of class too. My to do lists are getting longer instead of shorter.

I've been really bad about getting to the gym. With everything else this week I just feel so drained. Next week though, when I don't have 150 thousand things with applying to university to deal with. Then I'll try and get back to going there 4 days a week. I REALLY do need to get back into shape before the wedding!

Wedding Planning

Well, the invites have been sent out and now we're just waiting for people to say if they are coming or not. My mom has gotten one of the response cards back already. Yea! We've got so much more planning and stuff to do though. There's still music choices to be made, a dance to be learned, and 100s of other small things to do. We have bought our plane tickets now, which I'm sure will make everyone else happy. I get to be in the US for 1.5 months and David for about a month. It'll be so much fun!

In other news I've FINALLY gotten my grades back from the people who were 'translating' them. It only took them 6 months and the end result? A single sided piece of paper, saying that I've got about 8 classes above and beyond what I need to get into University, and that I still need Swedish. Ok fine, but it DOES mean that it changes my study plans for the fall. Originally I was trying to get into something called a 'teknisk basår' or technical base year. It'd give me all the math and science I need to get into an engineering program. Except now I only need 3 classes, one math and two science. The guidance counselor thinks I can get an exception for the two science classes and take those two next year, BUT I need the math. So I'm now going to spend the next month frantically trying to learn a year's worth of math. It doesn't look as hard as I first expected. The D course (the one I'm missing) seems relatively easy. The hard part is going to be getting through the C course first. I've got that class on paper, but since they break up the classes differently here, lots of it is new. Today I'm going to go try and track down a book for the D class, and a teacher, and a few other things as I try to get everything into order. Fun fun fun? Not completely sure, but it's a shot! Worse comes to worse and I just do the technical base year and start in the spring or fall with my actual studies.

10 weeks!

We've only got 10 weeks until the wedding and it feels like there are still tons of things left to do. There are the invites, the music, the flowers, the vows, the priest, the decorations, the table placements, etc.

In about 1.5 months I'll be in the states helping my mom with the returning invites and whatnot. We'll have to be making a ton of phone calls I suspect for people who do not return the cards. I'm curious how many will actually be able to make it or not and who will have guests and what not. EEK! This is going to be so much fun!

I've also decided that I need to be MUCH healthier to look my best for the wedding. This means going to the gym 4 days a week, going for walks in the evening, and eating healthier. I've decided to avoid candy, drink only one soda a week, and cut alcohol consumption to only 2 drinks a week. I'm also going to try to eat a lot more fruits and veggies. Poor David, I'll probably drag him along on this a bit. I'm not going to force him to eat healthy and stuff, since that's impossible, but I am going to try to get him to go for a walk a week with me and to not try to get me to break my healthy habits! 10 weeks isn't THAT much time to try and be a bit healthier!

But it's 6.10 in the morning and I should go to the gym. I wonder if it matters if I go at 10 instead today? Man, I'm lazy!