I am sorry to admit that I am likely one of the worst bloggers ever. Everyday I say to myself "Today is the day I will update my blog"...and then I find another episode of 30 Rock that I have not watched...yada yada yada....the blogging falls off the priority table. For today I will just try to summarize some of the things that have happened in the past 3 months (wow...it has been a long time) as well as some work related tidbits.
1. I passed my 3 month review and still have a job (yeah!)
2. I passed my Level 2 danish courses (yeah!) and proceeded to complete one more week of classes before throwing in the towel for the time being. For these exams we had to read several Danish short stories and be able to discuss them with the examiner. We also had to be able to hold a conversation in Danish with a classmate. Our topic was dream houses and I am happy to say we absolutely rocked it! The weather just started getting nice and I dreaded spending all day Sunday as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights doing homework and attending classes. I plan on going back though in May....maybe...
3. Ben and I have had a lot of visitors in the past month. A couple of friends from my old Ottawa U days stopped by for a weekend followed by some close friends from Vancouver followed by my parents (who are currently here). This has given us a chance to go a lot more sight seeing. I have finally seen the mermaid...and let me tell you it is really nothing to write home about.
4. Ben has been the main traveler in the past three months, with trips to Canada, Switzerland, Sweden (I was on this one too!), England and back to Canada. Otherwise, the big trips for the year are to Spain, Turkey, Iceland and Croatia...with some little trips on the side. You can expect some photos and stories to come!
5. I signed up for the Berlin marathon at the end of September. Leslie - you would be happy to know that my new co-workers are just as enthusiastic about running as my peer influences in Vancouver. While in Vancouver I tended to run around False Creek on my own, my co-workers run once a week around the forest where I work...and man are they fast! I had the "opportunity" to run with them this week as my usual running partner was off enjoying the Canary Islands. While they were running at a nice leisurely pace, I was running 30 meters behind them, huffing and puffing to keep up. It is evident that I am going to have to give some things up if I am going to give some things up...most likely the delicious pastries we eat every Friday morning at work or the ever-present Carlsberg and Tuborg varieties that are cheaper than water wherever you go.
6. I have convinced some of my co-workers to participate in an NHL hockey playoff pool (something I miss dearly). I am sad to report that I am sitting in second place after the first round...I figure the person in first just got lucky and it will not hold up! I currently get up in the morning and watch my hockey games before coming into work. Otherwise I can read the scores on everyones face...which ruins the game! This morning was the first time during the playoffs that I caught the CBC stream of a hockey game...I was so happy to hear Don Cherry rant again.
7. Table Football. There are strategically placed football tables in my workplace - and Ben's - that I am relating to a North American smoke break or a Starbucks run. Coffee and tea is provided by my workplace so there is no need to venture anywhere outside of the office (not that I really can anyways because I work in the middle of a forest). So as a means to have a quick bit of non-work related social time we play table football. While I was showing some improvement for a while I seem to have taken a turn for the worst now. Another foreign colleague and I challenged two Danes to play today...and lets just say that the ROW did not win this one...not by a long shot.
8. My workplace is moving to a new location beside IKEA in three weeks. Meatballs, ice cream and hotdogs for everyone!
9. My mom will write a blog post about the castles of Denmark (because now she has been to more castles than me and she has some time to get into blogging while she is here).
10. More blog posts about stuff to come!
