Christmas in September

I know I just updated, but this will be a quick one. I leave for Estonia and Finland with my class on Sunday, so you probably won't be hearing from me for a while. Go ahead... pull out the map & try to figure out where Estonia is. Don't worry, I was guilty of that too.

Because yesterday was Tuesday, Iben had spinning class and wasn't cooking dinner. Becky was on her own for dinner too, so I invited her over thinking we could just boil some pasta or something. Somehow this got twisted into the rumor that Becky and I were going to be cooking some sort of gourmet meal for my host family. So I quickly resorted to my tried & true chicken and spinach recipe from runnersworld.com (THE BEST) and we tried to make due. Becky was lucky enough to experience my spastic kitchen attitude that I get when I'm cooking. I think it stems from all those summers flipping burgers at Tavistock. The pot boiled over a little bit, and we miiiight have set off the smoke alarm a little bit, but all in all it actually turned out pretty well.

The uncomfortable part was actually eating it. Thomas and Iben were going to be home late, so we set some food aside & it was just me, Becky, and the boys. They don't like to talk too much, but Becky does... so there were lots of awkward questions asked about girlfriends and such. I could tell they were dying to get away from us hahah but I pictured my own 16 year old brother in that situation and decided that he wouldn't be too happy about it either.

Then, since it was Sara's 21st birthday, we had to rally and go out to the bars. I wasn't feeling too up to partying after Oktoberfest, but all the girls got together and got dressed up and it ended up being pretty fun. We ended up at Sam's Bar, which has the karaoke, singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey. Sure... it's still September, but the crowd loved us. No, they really did. We were a hit. Plus, it's starting to feel a little bit like winter here anyway. I'm pretty set to stay in and do the "hygge" thing at night for a while now.

The only downside of the night was the poor birthday girl losing her camera :( Fortunately, I've already taken so many photos that I think my computer is actually about to explode, so I think I have enough for the both of us.

Now I guess it's time to actually do homework. We're hitting that point in the semester where I have to start doing my work. Booooo. Art History midterm on Friday - wish me luck! See ya post-Finland :)