School

Hej hej
Oh my goodness. I need to say so many things. but first I had the weirdest day. Will you tell me a joke?

Whoo Employment!

HEY THERE!
I'M WRITING IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE I AM SOOOOO EXCITED!!! Okay. Done with that. I got a job! I am totally an employed individual now! I work as a cashier girl at forever 21. Perhaps you know it? It is super trendy, or so I hear. I like it because I can still wear whatever I want basically when I'm owrking. The only down side of course is no burritos, but it does pay so now I have money to buy them in my spare time!! I move into my new apartment tomorrow, and I am super excited and sort of nervous. I will finally have internet at home again! YES!! and my own kitchen (which = super fun cooking times). But I also start school here pretty soon, so that is sort of lame. I'm a little nervous about living alone, but maybe it won't be too scary? My besti is home from Egypt for a while and so that ensures super fun times until late september. I am thinking I am going to save up some money from my job and buy myself a plane ticket next may. Perhaps a road trip along the coast of France? down to Portugal? The possibilities are endless!!! Any ideas, opinions, etc? I also started watching True Blood with my friends. Have you seen it? They apparently speak Swedish in some episodes, because one of the vampires is a really old Swede. Kind of neat. There is too much violence in it for me to really like it though. It makes me sooo anxious! Tonight I am eating food with the fam. My brother, his fiance, and my dad. Their wedding is getting super close and I am excited for that too. I still haven't decide if Im taking anyone, but I'll probably just end up going stag, all classy style like I do. And the bachelorette party! that is super soon too. Oh what fun it promises to be. Maybe I'll even drink with the girls! who knows! I'm still really enjoying being sober all the time. My favorite pub serves orange soda on tap (free refills!!- but don't get confused I don't pay for things anyway). So those are probably all the things you wanted to know??
puss och kram
Claire

Circus time!

Dear Friend,

I'm sitting at my mother's apartment eating peaches and Ice cream thinking about how much you would have LOVED the circus today. It was my first time at the circus, and it was everything I imagined it could be. There were trapeze people, elephants, tiny circus seats, and it was absolutely brilliant!! I decided not to ride the elephant realizing that I can find a better elephant riding experience in the future. So I have a new life goal: to ride an elephant in an amazing way. I'm excited for it, and I think I'll head over to Thailand for the real thing.

This past week I've made two pumpkin pies, and I remember you saying you've never had one. They are sooo magically delicious (even out of season). I still think you should try one, but I have no idea whether or not you would actually like it. One of my uncles is in town this week, and there was a family get together yesterday. It made me super happy because I really love family get togethers, and hanging out with my grandparents. It reminded me of how much I love American food and why I love it so much. Of the four things I ate for dinner there, three of them had bacon in them, and the other was a pork sandwich :) The one down side is something called "Cool Whip" which is basically a crappy synthetic replacement for whipped cream. I can't stand it, and it's the only thing my family uses to top deserts or ice cakes with. So I just ate more bacon-y food.

Anyway, it's super late here and I am tired! Talk to you soon.
kisses kisses
Claire