torsdag 25. desember 2014

Being Home

 My Favorite things about being in this home:
1. Freedom (I can go where I want when I want to)
2. My people
3. My dog
4. Meat
5. Lack of a schedule
6. Norwegian
7. Everything candy and drink (They don't have Fanta Lemon in AZ, for shame!)


My Favorite things about being in my other home:
1. My people
2. Daylight
3. American candy
4. English
5. American prices
6. Everything I get to do
7. Cuddle Puddles


Here are some more photos from the past fall. For Field Trips this year I went to the GRAND CANYON for ten days. It was absolutely incredible. I came back bruised, foul-smelling and with the biggest grin on my face. Here are some photos before we went in:

I'm luminous, that's how pale I am. 

The deer were really comfortable on our campground. 

The Americans learned how to chop wood. As a Norwegian, I obviously knew how to already. 
And then I spent Thanksgiving with one of our lovely horse instructors. We went walking up the West Fork on Thanksgiving Day, and we also went to visit the horses one day which was equally lovely. 

Thor.

Easy. One of two horses who took a break from eating to come say hi. 

Ponies *smileyface*. 

THEY ALSO HAD COWS. I NEVER SEE COWS IN ARIZONA. I LOVE COWS.

West Fork Hike: 

Myself, Squeentz and Host. 

All roads do in fact lead to Roma. 

'Twas quite beautiful. 

Quite beautiful indeed. 

Squeentz is so ready! (No, that's not her real name) 
 We also put on Hamlet. I got to play Claudius which was a great challenge, but perhaps the most rewarding role I feel like I've had. It was awesome. Here, have a non-flattering photo of me performing Claudius' soliloquy not as Claudius. Claudius is a man without boobs so I had to wear a different shirt for that part. 

I enjoy this photo mostly because I look slightly like a flying shirt and head. 

And then came December! I painted my face in celebration for us not having homework due the next day, the girls' dorm had Yankee Swap and that is all that happened. Not really, but that's all that I took pictures of. 

My face turned into a rainbow! And my hair, for that matter. 

Such badass. Heh.  I enjoy the effect of the light. 

This friend of my mine has the most style, it's almost unfair. 

Cookies for Yankee Swap! 

Baby grew and became Child. 

And that is all for right now, perhaps for 2014. It's been lovely. 

Love,
Ingrid




Coming Home (Massive photo-post)

Today I got up, had brunch, and then the sun set. I am home! Or, I am in the other home! The one that has freedom and eighteen hours of darkness, not the one with the blazing sun and cuddle puddles.

About that breather I hoped for in the end of September? It didn't come until December. The fall trimester was painfully hectic. I think I might have academic scars from that for a while. Now that's over and done with, though, and even if I have about eight major assignments to complete during Christmas, I still have the free time to do that. and that is enough. I should be doing that right now, but I haven't posted anything on the blog in about three months. That's more procrastination on the blog than on my homework, and thus the blog comes first.

I thought I could post some photos that I shoulda coulda woulda posted this fall if I hadn't been so completely stressed out.

There are a great many things that I would love to write about, but I should really get on with my homework so you can read the captions on the photos instead, yes?

THIS IS A MASSIVE PHOTO POST. IT HAS VERY MANY PICTURES.



Off the porch. I live upstairs now. 

Going to the creek! 

The one time we could see the floor of my room. 

One time there was a bird in our courtyard. It let me get about a foot away from it.  
This is my bae. You can't see her face cuz her hair is too glorious. And privacy, that too. 

It was so green and flowery for a while! 

We hiked up Monkeyface one sunset. Straight ahead you can see Napoleon, campus to the right. 

IT WAS SO GREEN AND BEAUTIFUL

I painted my first-ever oil-painting! It's the one on the left, the rest is by two very talented painting students that were having fun with me that Friday night. 

View from our porch. Right under the moon is Seven Warriors. 

Sometimes we have bonfires. It's quite lovely. 

The day before school started I DJ'ed for Awesomeness Day. (That was four months ago!) 

A hike on Bell Rock another sunset. 
 We've also had several performances during the fall, one of which was the big Parents' Weekend bonanza. The Intro to Theatre kids performed "Not-so Grimm Fairy tales", the student-led dancers performed modern and hip hop choreographies (one of which was created by the student leader), and the Rock Bands performed several songs. 

Granny Being carried away by the Big Bad Wolf. 

The Evil Queen. Small so you won't see the crappy quality.  
Dancers.

You can't really see their faces when it's blurry. 

Dancers. 

Blurry Rock Band! 

It's really difficult when you can't get their faces.


I feel like this post is getting too long. Let me get another. 

Love,
Ingrid