Weekend update

The internet at my hostfamily is bonkers, so I haven't been able to be online since Friday morning. When I opened my mail this morning I had 34, so I am really looking forward to we get the internet back. But anyway. That's not what this is about.

On Saturday Desirée and I went to London to have a sightseeing day :) For once we went by bus, so it was an early morning to say it like that. We met up at 7.50 and off we went. In a nutshell, what we did was: we went up in London Eye and the weather was pretty good, so that was good timing. After that we went by bus to Tower and changed bus to go to Trafalgar Square. From there we went to Chinatown to have lunch. It was the first time we sat outside this year, and it felt very good :)

London Eye and Big Ben

Lunch in Chinatown

After Chinatown we walked to Piccadilly Circus to catch the bus to Harrods. It was Desirée's first time and she did not get disappointed. I love Harrods, but unfortunately it's not a place where you go on a shopping-spree. Way to expensive! Since it was such a beautiful weather, we went to look at some "art"/pictures on the sidewalk by Green Park. On days such as Saturday it's no wonder why London is my favorite city and why I never get tired of it :D

Always knew Chelsea would mean the end of the world

We ended our day at Victoria Coach Station with a milkshake and tired eyes, but it was a great day and I for one am very happy that we went :)

Milkshake from McDonalds :)

38 days

Only one thing to say right now... I want to be at home. I want to be there for the birth of my nephew. I want to see the last Champions League games with my aunt and grandmother. I want to meet my bestfriend's guy. I want to speak Norwegian. (Don't get me wrong. I'm still happy here and having a good time, but I am looking forward to coming back home).

By the way. I've just been to the cinema with Desiree and Melanie. We saw "Dear John" (based on the book by Nicolas Sparks). I love his books and the movies made from them. "Dear John" is worth seeing :)

17.04.1989

Desirée turned 21 yesterday, so to celebrate her birth, 12 of us went out. We started with dinner at a Chinese restaurant. When we were finished with dinner and opening presents (I got her a Rooney shirt ;) ) we went to a pub in the Lanes. We were there for an hour or something before we went our separate ways. The boys and I went to the bus and went home (I'm not a nightclub person) and the girl were supposed to go to a club. When I talked to Desirée today, she said they didn't go after all, because it was too expensive. I think it's a higher price on Fridays and Saturdays. I think everyone had a good night and I think it's nice to go out to dinner once in a while, and not just a pub. Once again happy birthday, Dessie :)

Andrea and Robin (always finds an excuse to wear a suit ;) )

Some of the girls at the restaurant

The birthdaygirl and Eva

Scholes < 3

Manchester United met Manchester City today. It's probably the biggest game of the season, and after 93 terribly nerv-wracking minutes Paul Scholes headed the ball in the net! It was long over due and in my opinion, very deserved ;) We're now only one point behind Chelsea, who meet Tottenham in their own derby. Go Tottenham!

Crappy, crappy week!!

This has not been my favorite week, by far! It started on Monday with me not wanting to go to school, but I went (I'm kinda proud of that one). On Tuesday I got sick and was in no condition to go to school, so I stayed at home. I was also told that my grandmother wouldn't come this weekend because of her fear of flying. Yesterday I was supposed to meet up with Desirée for coffee, but I had such a headache after being at school, so I went home instead. Today I woke up to the news that the volcano on Iceland would ground all planes for the time being, which means my parents and grandfather won't be able to come here tomorrow at all! All flights are cancelled both in and out of the UK and Norway. All the airports are also closed for now, so after speaking to my dad this afternoon, I just have to except that they will not come this weekend :( My fear is that they won't come at all now, which really blows!

There's a saying that goes like this: Every cloud has its silver lining. Even this crappy situation has a couple of positives. One: Because I've been in such a foul mood tonight, Fiona came to my room with a chocolat bar for me (not so positive in counting calories, but I don't care today). Two: I can go to Desirées birthday dinner on Saturday, so she will get her wish. She pretty much wanted to kill me when I told her I couldn't come, so hopefully that will make her happy.

London

I'm not at school today, cuz I'm in bed with sneezing, a sore throat, headache, no energy and I think a slight fever. Not feeling too good, so decided to stay home, so hopefully I'll get better for this weekend. My parents and grandfather is coming! Finally! :D My grandmother was also supposed to come, but because of the stupid fear of flying, she can't make it after all, which I to some extent understand, but it still sucks. Really wanted her to come.

On Sunday I went to London to meet my brother and two of his friends. It was nice to see him again and to put faces to the names. They were both very "strange" or "interesting" guys, to say it like that, but it was a lot of fun :) We walked around, saw the Manchester game at a pub (which didn't go as we had hoped), went to their hostel and had dinner at an Indian restaurant. I left around 5.30 because Sunday is a bad day to travel. Construction work, so it takes about two hours to get from Victoria to Brighton (train and bus). Not fun.

Girlsnight at King & Queen :)

Last night we went to King & Queen to have an all-girls night. It was really fun and at one point we were 13 people. I say people and not girls bacause Jule's boyfriend is visiting, so we had to meet him. But they came late and he was the only boy. For one night his name was Tina, not Timm ;) But we had a lot of fun and (sorry Robin and Andrea) it was nice to be just us girls for once. We called Robin around ten and he was maaaaad. He and Andrea wanted to come down, but of course we didn't let them. That's life... ;) Hehe

Raquel, Ngoc, Yamila, me and Stina

First time I've ever seen someone drink beer with a straw!

The Swedes (Desirée, Maria and Stina)

The Swiss (Julia and Melanie)

I didn't have the best morning, though. I start 8.45 am on Fridays and I had forgotten to set my alarm last night, so I woke up 7.57 or something (I usually get up at 6.45!). I rushed to the bathroom, tried to contact Melanie to tell her I overslept and ran out the door with a pear in my hand. The great thing about it all is that I actually got to school on time! I was there at 8.44 and Mark ran a little late himself, so no harm done. The only reason why I got there so "fast" was extreme luck with the buses. But it wasn't a good start to the day and I don't like to have so little time in the morning. It makes me nervous, as Desirée so nicely puts it ;) (Love you, honey).

Now I'm looking forward to a quiet Saturday (unfortunately with some school work) and spending the day with my brother in London on Sunday :)

Sweet and sour

Today is a weird day, cuz I'm both happy and sad. Let's do the sad part first, then the happy. Better to end things on a good note ;)

Things did not go well this week in regards to football (Felicia,just keep reading... Not everything is about football this time ;) ). Arsenal lost 4-1 to Barcelona on Tuesday (6-3 on aggregate) and yesterday Manchester won 3-2, but went out of Champions League because of away goals. Bayern won the first leg 2-1, which means that the score was 4-4 on aggregate, but Bayern had two away goals, Manchester had only one. In my opinion, this is the worst way to go out, cuz we played so much better then them yesterday! So I'm blue...

My happiness is threefolded: I'm happy because it's Thursday, which means it's weekend tomorrow. My sisters duedate is in TWO weeks, so the baby could technically pop out any minute. And yesterday I found out that my brother is coming to London after all, and he's coming on Saturday. This means I'm going to see him on Sunday and that makes me very happy :D

Premier League, Champions League and Starbucks

Okey, so I guess most of you may not give a rats ass about football, and are thinking "Shut up, Irene!", but as I have metioned before, this is a very special and nerve-wracking season. When it comes to who will win (or who I would want to win) the title, I'm like this: ABC. Anyone But Chelsea! That's because I HATE Chelsea! Unfortunately they're now at the top of the league (74 points). There are five games left and because United lost to Chelsea yesterday (I just have to mention that Drogba's goal was offside and shouldn't have been allowed), United are now 1 point behind (73 points) Chelsea and Arsenal are two points behind us again (71 points). Arsenal won their game against Wolwerhampton in the 94th(!) minute, by a goal from Nicklas Bendter (from Denmark, by the way ;) Go Scandinavia!) I can now kind of understand how it was possible for them to go an entire season by just winning 1-0. Still pretty well done, I think.

(Stupid Blues...)

It was also Champions League this week, and that didn't go as planned either. United lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich, and have to win at Old Trafford on Wednesday to go through to the next round. With Rooney injured and out for approximately three weeks, it will be challenging. Luckily it is at Old Trafford, so hopefully that will help. I saw the Arsenal game against Barcelona with Ben, David and Daniel (hostbrothers), Gerry (hostfather) and Ben (buddy). That was quite the experience. Ben (buddy) actually left the room a few times becuase he was angry. Arsenal had a great fightback to come from 2-0 down to draw 2-2. They now go to Camp Nou on Tuesday (without captain Cesc Fabregas, who played for Barcelona before he came to Arsenal at 16. He, unfortunately, got injured again and is not walking around on crutches) and have to put on an even better display then they did this week. Technically, they have to pick up where they left off.

(Ex-Barcelona can't go to Barcelona)

Other than football, there's not much happening. We are only five people in class, cuz most of my classmates are at their internships. I've been to a couple of Starbucks visits to catch up with some of them. It feel really good to have four days off and it feels even better to know that it's Sunday today, but I'm not going to school tomorrow!