November 19, 2009

I'm home

Well, yesterday, I came home. The flights went by without a hitch, and my boxes came through safe and sound without anything missing, though a ribbon for one of my sweaters and one of my scarves managed to almost fall out of the one of the handholds on the box. I'm so surprised they stayed in there! LOL

It's so weird to be back in LA, and this be my home again after Norway being my home for so many years. I don't think it has quite hit me yet that I've moved home! I've been unpacking and trying to get my room in working order because I can't stand it being messy. I'm trying to figure out where everything should go and actually getting rid of stuff I don't need anymore here. I thought I was entirely done with the purging process in leaving Norway, but oh no, it is still going on. There are quite a few things I still need to get rid of here before I can fit everything I brought back from Norway into my room! LOL Oh well, at least I have some time this week to get it all done. I've decided to take off the rest of this week and start looking for jobs again next week. Everyone in Norway was so generous to both Tylene and I when we left, that I won't need to worry about getting a job right away. Of course, I'll be looking, but I have more than enough to get started here and survive at least the first month or so until I land a good job. :) That's exciting to me.

Otherwise, things are going well. It's super warm here -- just like a Norwegian summer and sunny -- a nice change when we had rain non-stop for one month in Kristiansand. I do miss everyone in Norway, and I know that it will take some adjustment to get back into the American culture. But I will be back to Norway for a wedding in the summer and am already looking forward to it.

Keep me in your prayers if you happen to read this. I will need them a bunch as I get ready to jump into the American culture again.

Until next time,

Gretchen

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