Midterms and Motivation

Midterms week is upon me at last. I have no idea how it snuck up so fast, but nevertheless, I am in backtrack mode, trying desperately to keep up with the massive amount of work I somehow just realized I have. The work seems amplified especially a lot since "senioritis" has massively set in. I feel very unmotivated to do just about anything these days. Quite unfortunate. The good news is that our travel break is coming in two and a half short weeks. I need a break. And, in a very exciting development, my cousin Sara who lives in New Mexico will be coming to visit me. It will be great to show her some of my favorite European cities and to discover some new ones. Highlights from the trip will include a trip to Bulgaria with my DIS core class, "Cross Cultural Encounters in a European Context", then with my cousin to Athens, the island of Corfu in Northern Greece, Rome, Venice, Lucerne, Geneva, Paris, and then finally back to Copenhagen for a few days. It will be a whirlwind, but it will be a great time, too. Also in the forefront of my mind is the fact that I'm graduating in a few months. It is quite odd to be job-searching and having phone interviews from another continent. Many of the people I have sent resumes out to are quite shocked when they find out that a) it is possible to talk to me on the phone while I'm here, and b) that they are actually talking to someone on another continent. It has fortunately worked out for the best, and I feel like I have a lot of good leads on jobs.

Back to Copenhagen... I have gotten involved in a small group at my church here. Going to church isn't something that most Danes are accustomed to doing, so it has been great to meet people who are interested in church and religion, etc. My small group had a social outing last week where we went Ice Skating. It was a fantastic time - I think that we were about eight people at the skating rink, some better than others, but overall there weren't too many big falls! Afterwards, my host family was absolutely wonderful and let us come back to the house for cake and tea. We had some great chats, and everyone got to know each other better. I think that my host family was surprised to see that the people in my small group were from all over - Cameroon, Nigeria, the US, Denmark and so on. That is one of the things I love the most about my church here - it is international in the strictest sense of the word. Every sunday there are people from all corners of the globe meeting up for worship time and fellowship. I have met people from every continent (except Antarctica, of course) there. Fantastic.

In any case, I have essays piling up, and Danish vocabulary to study, so I had better get back to it.
Until Next time -

Random Danish Fact of the Day: Denmark has the longest walking street in Europe. (My side note.. and the shops/bars/restaurants on the walking streets are the most expensive in Copenhagen, so if you're visiting, go off the beaten path a little and save a ton of money!)