THREE.

Ending my last post, "Here goes nothing," was pretty literal.  By the time I woke up I really did do nothing after going to the bank and coming home.  I was determined to make Tuesday a bit more productive, finally making a list and getting 1 of 4 bags mostly packed.  No clothes yet though- that's going to be the worst task of them all.

So in my other posts I forgot to mention that I have a visiting family!! This means that instead of living with a host family, I have a family whom I get to visit once a week for dinner, fun, and other family-related activities.  MY FAMILY IS THE CUTEST EVER.  They live in Frederiksberg, which isn't super far from my kollegium or DIS.  I have a mom (Joan), a dad (Peter), two little brothers (Thomas and William, 13 and 10 years old), and a 10 month old cat.  Joan emailed me the most adorable welcome message within an hour of our family assignment, instantly making me incredibly excited to meet them.  Since then I have met them all via Skype, and I can't wait to meet them in person!! William, the youngest one, does not speak English.... that should be interesting.  I look forward to figuring out ways of communicating with him other than language. Yesterday I was Facebook chatting with Joan and asked her if the boys might like Reese's, a chocolate and peanut butter candy (she had mentioned the boys wanted to try American chocolate).  Joan responded by saying that Danes do not eat peanut butter.  (WHAT?! NO PEANUT BUTTER?! BLASPHEMY!).  I guess I'll bring them M&Ms or other chocolate-y candies.  In any case, it will be so nice having a pseudo-family while I am so far away from home.  Joan even offered to take me on my first trip grocery shopping in order to help me navigate my way through Danish food products.  I am so lucky to have people over there who already seem to care so much about me.

It is now after midnight, which means three more days! These past two weeks home have been some of the longest of my life.  I've spoken with a few of my sorority sisters who are already abroad and am so jealous that they have begun their semesters!  Everyone seems to love the country in which they are studying, and I cannot wait to visit some of them later on during my travel breaks.

In continuing my jealousy, I'd like to send a shout out to my big and little, A&A! At the moment I am super jealous of your both being in Florida together, and I wish you the best of luck in all your meets this week!

Because there's nothing too exciting to write about and I don't want to turn readers off to this blog before I even get to København, I promise to stay away until right before I leave.  God nat! (Goodnight!)