Switch is difficult

Heia folkens!

æ har hatt en fin helge! og fordi det e lit vanskelig for mæ å skrive på englesk æ skal begynner på norsk. min helge var lit kjedelig... æ slappet av på lørdag, og på sondag æ vært til bakken og begynne å lære min selv å kjøre "switch." Når du kjøre snowboard du har en "toe side" og en "heel side" og en "front tip" og en "back tip." det betyr at du kan har en "feil fot fram" hvis du kjøre snowboard og ikkje lære kordan å kjøre son. det e vanskelig å gjøre det og æ liker ikkje å føler like som en begynner når æ e ikkje son.

ok, i'll write in english now. its getting a little more difficult to write in english because Im starting to automatically start typing in norwegian, eslpecially whan Im in class and "listening" to the teacher or another sutdent speak in norwegian. im not sure if this is normal for other afs students SINCE THEY DONT UPDATE THEIR BLOGS REGULARLY!!!!! Duster... X

So, on saturday I got up expecting to go to the slopes with Karro when I was informed by her that she was not going... sigh, so I changed out of my skiing gear and spent the whole day relaxing and doing nothing... ahhhh :)

On sunday I did go to the slopes, and I started trying to teach myself how to ride switch. When you ride you have one foot forward and another back, your back foot is your steering foot, and your front foot is the stabitlity... you are supposed to stand a little bit forward. When you ride switch however you have to take your back foot and ride with it forward switching where your balence is and making a fool of yourself just like you did when you first started learning how to ride... that's how it works, and im no exception. I fell... a lot. just trying to find your balence and keep out of the skiiers ways is difficult, but not going too fast because you cant turn very well is exhausting. I had about 4 breaks yesterday.

to tell the truth im not very fond of feeling like a beginner again, I know how to do turns and I can even carve, but as soon as a switch my stance i look like its my first time on a board, which really doesnt make sense when you look at my board. My bindings (the things that attach my feet to my board) are starting to get stripped, and im getting bubbles between to top layers where snow and ice got wedge inbetween them. and its getting a few notches and cracks in the sides from everyday wear and tear... its not too bad yet, but it doesnt look like it did when I first got here... not at all.

A few funny stories from yesterday, one was when a netherlander (military training takes place around there, so they all come up to ski and snowboard... or fall) asked me how it is to use the lift with a snowboard. it made me laugh and my response was that it was interesting. I tried to explain how to get on it, then decided that itwas easiest to just show him... he took that as getting on the lift with me, would have been fine except that he couldn't keep his balance and caused me (and himself) to loose the t-bar... sigh. it was okay, he decided that maybe it was easier to use one himself. But before the 2nd try he asked me where I got such a good american accent (we were speaking english), which almost caused me to crack up! :D he was shocked when I informed him that I am from USA.

Another funny story from that day was when 2 younger girls followed my up the lift then yelled at me "Hey! du! e du en gutt eller ei jente?!" I almost responded gutt (boy) but then realized what they were asking me and answered correctly. XD

after that exciting day (my ungest (I seem incapable of spelling that word in english... im trying again) Youngest! (there it is!!!) my youngest contact brother Gunnar got 3rd place in his skiing compatition (for his age group) go him!!!) Guro and her BF Martin picked me up! it was nice to meet him, I could even tell that he had a different accent, and i couldnt understand what he said all the time so Guro had to translate. We all had dinner together, with tante Eilin, then I ran upstairs to my monthly chat with my famdamly at home!!! it was really nice to see them, though it started with a mic problem (on both our sides?) then we had a good time talking along with some business.

They were going to go get a sleeper-sofa for my library (which is yellow!!! <3)so after a while we said good bye... its hard, especially since there are only 4 months left for this exchange year... Part of me is sooo excited to go home, but i really only want to visit then come back to norway. Mum said that she keeps expecting me to say that Im not going to go to Concordia and instead study in Norway... Its a very tempting thought, but I have realized that if I cant get a job in norway then i'll have to come back to the states and i might not be able to practice in the states if i study in norway... so im just going to study in the states and hope for a job in norway!

Today I talked to my math teacher about switching to the lower level math, so i can at least have someone to talk to. im going to have to talk to Ulf tomorrow about switching... Im also going to go widow shopping at the local snowboard shop, to see if they have any boards that are cheap and the right leangth. since everythign is 1/2 price that should be pretty easy, but im not really looking to buy, just looking cause I can.

After that in norwegian we had a "test" then Weronica drovve Silje and I to gym, with a detour to mat av Vahl for some coffe/chai tea which was absolutly disgusting i might add... I had to pour it out beacuse it was sooo bad... but it was okay because then we had skating! it was fun though I did fall pretty hard on my knee so its a little swollen and an interesting mix of blue and red.

Then there was bio... I might be taking the test that I missed last friday on wednesday... I dont really want to, but I will study just incase i have to... :P

after school I went to the post office to see if there was anything i could do to get my camera from oslo since I dont have a personsnummer on account of being an exchange student. so they told em to bring a recipt tomorrow and they will write in a number that goes along the lines of what is required then they will fax it to oslo for me :) yay!!!

then I went to swimming! maja has started swimming with us! so we have to fight for more pool space now, but its worth it! a lot more fun with more people! and after swimming and saying bye to Silje Maja and I went and hung out in bysentrum foran hour because that seemed much more interesting and fun than going home :) Maja if youre reading this, thanks for hanging out with me! XD

and now i am home and about to turn this off, or atleast shut the lid, and go to bed because I am exhausted. though now there is a show called Man Eaters, and its about lions... huh... maybe ill watch it for a little while. but im defintily done with this post, sorry, not so much story telling when im tired.

natta og vi snakkes!

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