stress!!

Well it's been over 2 weeks since I wrote in this blog.
Have been sooo busy! Lets see if I can remember back to when I last wrote..

I suppose Monday and Tuesday were quiet as usual with school and work. Wednesday Alex had invited me to the Culture Box Xmas party at Rust. It didn't start till 12am so I went and met him in Norrebro then. They had been on their julefrokost and some were more than a little tipsy. Alex played a set and was a nice evening dancing and chatting before heading home around 4am feeling a little tipsy myself.

Thursday felt just a little crappy. After work I met Janus and we went to the Christiania Xmas market. Had some yummy glogg and a little look around the interesting, random stalls and then ventured out in the cold again to find somewhere to eat. Friday had some glogg and a few beers at school Friday bar before meeting the team from work for thai dinner and then actually went home and had an early night!

Last school Friday bar with Borgar and Sune

With Ashraf for xmas dinner

Saturday it was time for Pirita's party and was great to catch up with Ashraf and Sarah and others for fun night at Hans & Pirita's.

With Massimo and Pirita

Girls having fun!

Sunday was feeling even more crappy but had nice relaxing night before what was to be the utter chaos of the next week..

So the week started with school, then work, then back home to work on exam project. This was Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday night was exceptionally long night trying to finish up report and organise with the guys in the group.

Wednesday morning I got to school and still had a lot to do. We were supposed to be finished a long time before the hand in time of 12pm but of course we were working right up to the last minute. We finally got it all handed in in time though and then it was time to relax with a few glasses of glogg and some beers. It was a very quite school bar though as many people had stayed up many nights on their projects. So it was not a long time before I headed home. I did not know how exhausted I was until I crawled into bed and proceeded to fall straight asleep. I awoke a few hours later and relaxed a bit waiting for Janus to finish work at 11pm. Then I went to meet him and a work colleague for some games of pool and beers. We got kicked out of the first bar as they were closing so then headed to the Temple bar. Was soon kicked out of this one to and ended up at an interesting bar in Norrebro. This bar was quite rough and busy and was fun night having fisherman shots so much that it was around 5am by the time we got home.

Thursday I didn't have much time after getting out of bed to get ready and head to my last 3 hours of work for 6 weeks! After work I biked to the Southern Cross pub to meet with Kat and participate in the pub quiz. As we were only 2 people we were soon joined by a 19 year old American Iraq war veteran and an Aussie. We were not very good at the quiz but it was still a lot of fun and we managed to win one shot round. We stayed after the quiz a bit to hang out and was home at a nice respectable hour ;-)

Friday was an organising day with cleaning and washing being done before heading out again to the Christiania market to go xmas shopping. I managed to find a few gifts there and then jumped back on bike to go to Friday bar at work. Was a nice time there talking to Julie and Anna before jumping on my bike to go back again to Christiania. This time it was Wonderland to catch up with Nat at the Friday skate session. after nice time there I rode to where Janus was having his xmas party and although I thought I was feeling quite drunk at this stage it was no where near what the guys still at the xmas party though including Janus. I didn't really stay there very long before needing sleep!

Saturday I really needed to finish xmas shopping and start packing! Lucky there are malls open late at xmas and I took a trip out to Fisketorvet mall. I don't know how I did it but I managed to get all the gifts I needed before the mall closed. Then I headed home to wrap presents and pack. Janus came over and it was around 12am I finished packing. Then we headed over to Phong's for a few drinks (prob not the best idea..).

So I got a bout 2 hours sleep before I had to be up to get ready and finish packing. We headed out to the airport and had time for a quick coffee before saying goodbye, sniff sniff =( Then started the 36 hour mission of getting to Nelson. Was a lot of delays on the flight to London and a lot of people on the plane were afraid they would miss their connecting flights. I had plenty of time though and was glad not to have to wait so long at Heathrow. Then it was onto the long flight of LA. I ended up getting the exact seat I had on the way to Copenhagen which was just a little weird. I didn't get much sleep on this flight and was not amused by having to queue for a long time in LA to go through customs just to sit in a transit lounge before getting back on the plane. Having my finger prints scanned and a photo taken was also way over the top. I managed to get a lot more sleep on the way to Auckland. Although it was not comfortable. I was very glad to discover we didn't have to stop over in Sydney! Arriving in Auckland this morning was beautiful. We flew over the North Shore and Waitakere Ranges before turning around into Manakau. I then had a very pleasant stroll in the sun to the domestic terminal. It was a long wait for James though who had forgotten I said to meet there and was waiting for me at the international airport. We managed to get on the plane though and it was a lovely short flight to Nelson. We were met at the airport by Simon & Co. but not by my bags. Apparently the plane was overloaded and these arrived later. So today has been a quiet day catching up, sitting in the sun and eating and drinking, yum =) I have to watch out for the sun as I was only out for about 15 mins and already have red shoulders.

Well I think I will try to get some photos in here and then hit the sack. Laters.