Tres Semenas

I have three weeks left. To the day. Craziness.

In the past few weeks I have been trying to catch up with work, which at this point seems like a losing battle. I have 1 take home test, 1 final, 2 ten-page papers, 1 six page paper, a debate, and an "extensive" quiz left. we have thursday and friday off this week so I will be buckling down and attempting to knock out two of those papers.

what has happened since i last wrote? well the weather and copenhagen changed. we now have more hours of sun than darkness. the gelato stand opened back up. i went the first day back at class from travel break. they recognized me. i am a regular to the point that when their credit machine wasn't working this sunday, they still let me have my cone. they told me to pay next time i come back--because they know that i will be back within days. the one good thing is that their price went down 5 kr, about 1 dollar, since last season.

i discovered a beach by my kollegium. very pretty. i also ran the half i have been training for. it was painful. i ran last sunday. my time was fine, the fact that everything was marked in kms made it harder to pace but i'm happy with my time. i finished which is always the primary goal. there were many moments when i didn't want to but i powered through. Now i just need to find a new race in maine to train for this summer.

the volcano hit iceland, as all those not living under a rock probably have heard. i disrupted travel in and out of copenhagen. it also changed the weather. volcanos have a cooling effect; this was evident when on last monday i was comfortable wearing sandals and two days later it snowed. Yes, snow. in april. i travel 3000 miles from maine and am unable to avoid the snow in the spring.

last friday i went over to a friends, ran, baked and made pizza. saturday i had two friends over for dinner. i made red lentil soup and flatbread. it was the first time i made that red lentil soup, and i was pleased with the results.

other news, i have an internship for the summer. it's nice to have plans and i'm looking forward to the work.