Crying in the rain...

Not literally, obv! Actually I'm rather happy today! You know, perky. It's just the song I'm listening to right now. The A-Ha version. As a matter of fact, it kinda fits, because 'tis but raining quite hard here. Well, hard with respect to when it usually rains here in Oslo... So far there's been only droplets instead of real raindrops. Droplets are for whimps. This is the real thing. This is just like rain from home. Note to myself: Buy rain boots. Or at least more waterproof shoes. And waterproof bag, perhaps? Nah. Don't spend too much money on things that are in reality unnecessary. Restrain yourself, Elise.

Ooh. Thunder. Scary.

Really quite nice with rain sometimes. Where I live there are several huge water puddles that you need to half-jump over to get to the subway/tram stations. And uni. Ugh. Too much asphalt, I say. Typical city surroundings, I guess.

Inger has just visited me in the middle of my hectic schedule. Really nice to have her over (even though I got completely soaked)!!! It's been too long since we've seen each other! Had a really long talk about anything and everything; how she's been, how I've been, her work schedule, my lecture/seminar schedule, our families, faith, people, etc. I really appreciate her being my friend - we can talk about anything from the shallowest topic to the deepest philosophical questions in life. A great friend! :-D

Hm. 4 pages of notes to take for grammar, then I'm on schedule. On that subject, at least. ExFac is slightly more different. This week we've had about 50 pages. One-and-a-half chapters. Argh. Cringe. Not exactly my cup of tea. Will catch up during fall break.

I'm so grateful for all the friends I have. Just thought I'd write that. Can't wait to see them again! Yup, coming home soon! Actually to be more specific, next weekend! Yey! *happy dance* Dad's getting kinda anxious now - he's asked the same question for the past 5-6 weeks now ("So, when are you coming home?") - so I guess it's time for me to do something about it! Awww... Bless him! He's not exactly been a person who expresses his emotions as much as myself, so yeah, I kinda took that hint...

Actually, moving to Oslo wasn't as "dramatic" as I thought it would be. To be honest, I'd expected me having sporadic crying fits, but no. Haven't had any. None whatsoever. Hm. Dude. And the crazy thing is that Oslo doesn't seem to be that far from home, though in reality it is. Other side of the country. Strange. Maybe it's because I've got a phone. And internet. Everything just seems so much closer to home than what it really is. Hm. Something to ponder there.

So with that little thought I hereby leave you all for now!

Mahna mahna (cf. last video posted),
Elise

Just a little btw at the very end of this...

Notice how the pink alien-y muppets and the background match the color scheme of my blog! :-D Coincidence? I doubt it... :-P

Mahna Mahna...

OK, uh, had this Muppets song inside my head all day today for some reason... I reckon it's one of those catchy songs that seem to etch themselves into your head and stay there for all eternity. Just along the lines of "Macarena", "Asereje" and "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". But this one's not annoying. This one is fun. Funny, even.

Judge for yourselves.




Ok, this is just gonna be one of those short ones, because it's getting late and I sorely need my beauty sleep. Got some serious work in store for me tomorrow. Ugh. I shouldn't even be doing this at the moment, but there you have it.

Off for a date with the z's...

Ever-so-slightly sleepy (or should I say 'zzzzleepy'?),
Elise

Speaking of notes...

I STILL MISS MY PIANO!!! CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND FINALLY TICKLE ITS IVORIES!!!

Hectic life.

Yup. Still missing naval uniforms.

It's amazing, really, 'cause no matter how ugly a guy may look otherwise, slap on him a uniform, and he's suddenly become a stud. Weird.

Come to think of it, pilot's uniforms and police uniforms are rather eye-catching as well. Eye candy... Mmm... :P However, those barf-green camouflage uniforms are not as attractive. Love uniforms, but not any kind of uniforms.

Ugh. Cigarette smell pouring in through my window. Nobody seems to be smoking outside, though. Might just be smelling things... Strange, really. I mean, hallucinating a smell. Hm. Interesting term. Smell hallucination.

Meanwhile on the academical front we've been given extraordinary many pages for exfac. 50 pages. A new record. Usually it's about 20 pages for each week, but suddenly now the number of pages has increased drastically. Normally I'd say this was because of exceedingly "kind" professors wanting us to have something else to do during weekends rather than the stereotypical binge drinking that seems to be the common assumption that uni student spend their entire time on. (Which by the way is far from the truth. Some of us neither go out in the evenings, nor binge drink - let alone drink at all.) However, considering the size of the book and the amount of material we need to get through for this semester, I now appear to simply shrug and just get on with reading/skimming the whole darned thing assigned to us. I'd have to spend even more time on this as I write notes as well. That's the way I learn stuff. Time-consuming, but worth it. Must... end... paragraph... now... ugh...

So yeah, uni's hectic, but I've been through worse, thank God. Will hereby end this entry with one of my favorite quotes of the Bible:

"'I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,' says the Lord, 'who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.'" (Rev. 1:8)

Don't ask me why this verse speaks to me, it just does.

Back to notes.

Diapers,
Elise