And.....I'm back!

Like many of my blogger friends, I've fallen behind recently. As Wendy pointed out, the farther you fall behind, the more time you want to leave to post, the less likely you are to do so.....etc. So, now I'm back!

I made an unexpected trip home last week. Surprisingly, I had the cheapest Sweden to US roundtrip airfare that I've ever had. Why surprising? Because I bought the tickets less than 12 hours before I left for the airport! Despite the circumstances, I had a nice visit. I had the opportunity to spend time with my family and a few of my friends. I also got to eat home cooked food (that I didn't cook!), watch the BC games (and some others) in the NCAA tourney, shop for things that I either can't get in Sweden (ie. pants that aren't 5 inches too long) or that are ridiculously expensive in Sweden (ie. sneakers), experience a true Northeast winter storm (not that I miss this!), and hack at the ice on my sister's windshield with a hammer (yes, the ice and snow was THAT thick - and it was kinda fun because I'd never taken a hammer to a car before).

I got back to Stockholm Wednesday afternoon. Jet lag wasn't too bad this time around because I actually got some sleep on the plane (thanks to antihistamines and the fact that I took an 11pm flight so I was actually kind of tired, which isn't the case when I take a 5pm flight) and the time difference was 5 hours, rather than the usual 6.

More is soon to come.....