Surprise: an emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected and significant event.
This definition will come into play later on in this blog post
Last Wednesday I learned a few things:
- I learned that if you wake up at 8 in the morning and you have to leave at 8, you are able to get ready faster than was ever imagined.
- It doesn't actually take us a full 25 minutes to drive to school (thank goodness!)
- It is very convenient to be able to buy lunch at school and not always have to take the time to make it at home.
- Volleyball practice is really late... 9 to 10 at night!
- Being ready an hour early in the evening does not make up for being ready an hour late in the morning.
- The people on the Hegra volleyball team are very kind and patient.
- Volleyball is really fun!
And finally:
- I am really bad at volleyball.
What I still need to learn:
- How to read a clock.
Thursday was a very special day (for many reasons)
There was this thing called Operasjon Dagsverk (Operation Days Work) that happened on Thrusday. Instead of going to class, most people got a job for that day and earned 400 Kroner to give to this organization that helps people in Rwanda.
I helped clean the house for my job... It is always washed before Christmas. We started at 10 (Yay! I got to sleep a little bit extra). I washed the ceiling and Mamma washed the walls. When I was finished I washed one of the walls too and Mamma washed the floor. It was actually kind of fun! Cleaning is so much better when you don't have to do it by yourself!
After we cleaned, we went for a walk up the hill. It was so steep! We walked up, up, up! It was exhausting, but it was a very nice walk. We relaxed for a little while. Pappa told me after dinner we would go for a car ride.
After dinner I checked the clock and said that I had to go to the handball training at 5 and Pappa was like "Nope. Not today. I will call Ragnhild right now"
They told me that they had a surprise for me. They seemed very excited, so I got really excited too. I really wanted to know what we were going to do! Pappa and I climbed into the car and we started driving. We drove through Hegra, through Stjørdal and then we turned in the direction of Trondheim... which also happens to be the direction of the airport.
"Hmm.. I wonder... Who do Mamma and Pappa know here that I know too..." so I started racking my brain.
I got nothing.
We pulled up to the airport and Pappa was like "Are we picking someone up, or am I dropping you off?"
Oh goodness.. I hope we are picking someone up!
We pulled into the pick up/drop off area and Pappa blinked the car lights and this tall, lovely woman started waving at the car.
It was Annette! (A friend my Mom met during her days with Up With People) I stayed with her and her wonderful family two summers ago when I first visited Norway.
It turns out that she had had a meeting in Trondheim and had contacted Pappa through facebook. They were very careful and didn't become friends in case I saw and it would ruin the surprise. They planned the whole thing out and she booked a later flight home so she could spend a few hours with me. We had a lovely time chatting and eating bolle og is (sweet rolls and ice cream). They gave me a nice shirt to help me survive Norwegian winter and their son sent a long an awesome CD (Jarle Bernhoft) which I have already put on my ipod.
I can't imagine a better surprise than that!
One more thing:
Today is Halloween!!
They don't really celebrate it here like I'm used to at home. I saw three people dressed up at school. At my US high school almost everyone dresses up.
I fully expected not to get any trick-or-treat'ers.
However, a few minutes ago there was a knock at the door and when we opened it, there were three little skeletons standing there, pumpkin buckets outstretched and I'm sure with eager expressions on their mask-covered faces.
We gave them candy and Pappa gave them each a package of sparklers!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
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