Catching Up!

Thursday was a really chill day around the house. As stated in a prior post, it was probably a good thing given how tired Marcus and I were. We took our time getting up in the morning, had breakfast, showered, etc. We spent the day playing games and contacting people back home. LoL was the first on our to-do list of the day and later on we Skyped with Dan and Chels :) We had planned to work on my CthulhuTech character but ended up getting distracted by other plans.

Dinner is becoming a more casual event as the time goes on and I love that feeling! I still feel a little lost sometimes when a new food or combination of food is placed before me and I don’t know if there’s a proper way of eating it? If that makes sense. But, I figure just to roll with it even if I end up making a fool out of myself. Thursday night we had tacos so I wasn’t lost for that meal ;)

I know this sounds like it was a boring night but in reality it was incredibly fun. Can’t remember the last time I had the chance to sit down all day and play video games :P It’s so nice to be more and more comfortable with Thomas, Connie, and Morgan. Though Marcus still tells me that his parents are acting shy even then. But, I imagine that shyness for all of us will go away in the next couple of days.

On Friday, we woke up earlier than usual so we could go to the midsommar festival! Turns out, we had the wrong time and we ended up getting there late after all the big activities had been done. Kind of sad but I still had a fun time watching everyone dance around the maypole. I actually had no idea that we had missed everything until later that night. It was still something I had never seen or done before though so I enjoyed it regardless. It’s cool to see a massive amount of people gather in one spot and dance and socialize with one another. I don’t think we have anything like it back home. We stayed only for a little while but I got to meet two of Marcus’ cousins as well :) Morgan tried to get Marcus to dance with me around the maypole but Marcus' response was: "HELL NO." XDD

For dinner that night we had traditional midsommar food that was composed of herring, potatoes, a sour cream type substance, eggs, cheese, green stuff (I think it was onions), sausages, and meatballs. Morgan and Connie gave me a small bottle of alcohol to toast with the whole family. Marcus and Thomas had something else since they don’t like alcoholic beverages :P But we toasted a few times throughout the meal. Connie seemed rather impressed that I ate the raw herring and LOVED it! It was like sushi :D Dessert was fantastic as well! We had strawberries and cream. There was also ice cream since Thomas despises strawberries with a deep, burning passion. All-in-all, veeeeery tasty!

We invited Simon to come over later that night to watch a movie and hang out but things turned a bit sour… Simon was extremely late in getting over with Rasmus and William and, of course, it was making Marcus mad for a number of reasons. I knew he was irritated but I never knew how much until later in the night. It all escalated when Thomas, Marcus, and I were playing Rock Band 2. Marcus had somewhat of a sore throat and wanted to sing but, for whatever reason, Rock Band 2 kept giving him bad scores on his vocals so that only ended up furthering his irritation. By the time Simon, Rasmus, and William showed up, Marcus was so angry he had to leave for a little while before he could deal with the group again. I wanted to go after him to make sure he was okay but I wasn’t sure if he was the type of person that liked to be left alone when they’re angry so I stayed and played Rock Band with Thomas and Simon. He returned later anyway and I waited until it was just him and me before asking him if he was okay. He confessed that the whole day had been very frustrating for him since we had been late in getting to the midsommar events and therefore missed out on the bigger things, then our lack of sleep which made him cranky to begin with, the rest of the group being late, and finally not being able to play and enjoy the game. I knew it wasn’t just the game that had set him off but he wanted to make sure he let me knew that it wasn’t me or the game. Either way, I hated seeing him so upset.

But things turned out fine for the rest of the evening. We watched Salt –which wasn’t too great. Rasmus seemed rather moody at the start of the evening and William clearly stated that he didn’t want to be with the rest of us. When I called him out on it and asked why he even bothered, he just shrugged and couldn’t give a straight answer. Everyone seemed to be in somewhat of a bad mood that night but things got better after we watched Salt. Simon, William, Rasmus, and Marcus got into a really animated conversation. I had no fucking CLUE as to what the hell they were talking about but it was so incredibly amusing to just LISTEN to them! There’s something so absolutely fascinating about sitting in on a conversation and not being able to understand what’s going on. Don’t ask me why, it just is. I guess there’s something about observing human interaction without the ability to understand where the raw emotion of connection is visible. Yea, sometimes you feel left out and want to join in on the conversation but at the same time it can be more fun just to sit back and imagine what’s being discussed. There were so many times in the night where they would all burst into riotous laughter and I couldn’t help but laugh with them despite the fact that I had no idea whatsoever they were laughing about!

I just felt happy watching them interact. Swedish is such a cool language and I’m not saying that because I have Swedish friends ;)

Rasmus and William suggested going down to the harbor at Hönö and visiting the fiskemuseum there. Marcus didn’t seem very interested in it and bashed it for being too boring to do but I think it sounded like fun! William and Rasmus planned a very full day at the harbor for us which was a nice change of pace since poor Marcus usually has to come up with stuff to do for every day that I’m here. He had also expressed frustration over some of his friends never being able to make decisions or coming up with their own ideas for the group to partake in. And I can understand that. So again, it was nice to have someone else get excited and plan something :) 

Essentially, that sums up my Friday! There’s probably more that I’m forgetting but that’s all of the main, important things that made up my day.

I know it took me FOREVER to get this up here and I know I still have a lot more to write about but I’m going to stop here simply because it would be WAY too long of a post! So, for now, enjoy! I will do my best to fill in for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday by tomorrow. If I don't get all of it, I'll at least get one or two days of events typed up. 

Until the next post!