Laptop Saves the day

So today I am supposed to put out another blog post and I wasn't going to have anything to post. That was until my LAPTOP ARRIVED! The best part about it, other than it being super powerful and great, is that my very generous aunt bought it for me. This really helped me out because without her buying it for me I wouldn't have been able to make enough money by working to be able to purchase a laptop and a camera. 

Something I guess is also worth mentioning is that yesterday I went to the dentist for the last time before I left and I went to my last orthodontist appointment today! :)

Adjo

ACT and SAT

If you're going on exchange before you graduate, I would highly recommend taking the SAT and ACT before you leave. This is because the tests are important to getting accepted into colleges. Even if you don't do well on these tests it will give you an idea of how you stand and what you may or may not want to study. Also, if you don't take them before you leave you will have the thought of them looming over your head. This is because if you are a Sophmore, like me, you will be missing you Junior year when you would normally need to take them. This leaves the first testing date for you to take them or one try. You can only take them on the first date available because of the deadlines set by colleges for when your scores need sent in.

Being Lazy is NOT A Virtue

So I haven't posted in a while, and I don't have a good reason. I guess I could make the point that I have been working and tired after I get off, but not really. Now it's time to play catchup. *rolls eyes Ok, first quite a while ago I received another package from my host counselor a.k.a. The best one. In it, I received a beautiful postcard and a map of Taby with different things labeled on it such as my Host Family #2's house, my counselor's house, and my school.

The Post Card

The Map of Taby

Next, my exchange student from Japan, Gaku, left on June 5. The day before my birthday and a Swedish Holiday.

Third, my visa has been complete and is now in the mail. I only made one error on it the first time, and it was that the insurance start date didn't start till after I arrived.

Fourth, I have started working this summer in order to make money for exchange, so most night I come home hot, tired, and dirty.

Fifth (man I really have been a lazy blogger) I have gotten the information on the first extra excursion in Sweden. The trip takes over a four-day span and includes but not limited to hiking, fishing, swimming in a mountain lake (brrrrrr), a sauna (probably to warm up after the cold swim), and camping in a tent one night and a cabin another. The cost of the camp is around 1600 SEK, which sounds like a lot, but converts to around just under $200 USD.

Sixth (am I about done yet?) my second host family, the Malmstroms contacted me. Each of their children has been exchange students which is pretty cool.

Oscar who will be the only one living in the house out of the siblings is currently on exchange to Cambridge in New Zealand (not to be confused with Zeelyn like auto correct likes too), Sara went Texas, and Emma went to Melbourne, Australia.

Finally, I have been informed by an unknown source (Cough* Mike Cough*) that I am supposed to be providing my lovely readers with two blog posts a week at this point, so I will have to find more random stuff to blog about. This probably won't be too hard for a little while considering I probably forgot to put some stuff in this catch-up post, so stayed tuned.