Moments turn to hours that become years...

That song is just so true. It is the Army Wives theme song. It is by Alissa Moreno.
Go listen.
Carefully.

Wine anyone?

I am rather enjoying myself here, as much as I didnt want to admit that I could. Tomorrow I am going shopping with Birget and she is going to color my hair. They have the most successful line of hair salons in Scandanavia. Not only that they import and export anything from hair tools to antiques.
Well tonight Jorgen asked me to sit down and have a glass of wine with them. Of course I obliged and upon tasting it...fell in love!!!
It was a Chteau Latour Pauillac 1990. The bottle is a little more that 800$ american. But here is it a bit more exclusive. I drank a total of 8 GLASSES! I never drink that much.
Tomorrow night he said that he has a special wine planned for dinner, and if that one today wasnt special, I am not sure what is!!!
I could really get used to this!!!
Dad and I went and looked around town and at his old house and the discotek that he owned...ys that is a Disco club...hahahah!
Well, a lot has changed here aparently but he was pleased to see it all.
Tomorrow night at dinner I do believe that his ex girlfriend Thorrel is going to join us. He always refers to her as the one that got away. Even though it was HIM who moved to the States. That is all ancient history and he always said that had he not come to the USA he would not have had me. So, I guess maybe tomorrow night is his 2nd chance. Cross your fingers for the best.
Jorgen and Birget invited me to stay in Norway for another month and help teach Thea english. I don't know what to say, I mean living here for a month would be great, and they are really nice people but I would have to go home first and come back later.
They said that I can drive the BMW...as if I could say no to that...haha...
But, seriously, that is a lot to consider. I told them that I would have to see how things go and I might return mid November to mid december.
I got to chat with Mike on im for a few minutes. He is happy to be off for 2 whole days so I am hoping to have a little more contact with him. I know that he can't call me but chatting and maybe webcam will do nicely.
I miss him so much. I really do.
I wish that I would wake up and this deployment be over. It is easier being over here, as much as I know that I need to be home to unpack. I just hate staying there alone all of the time.
Alone...that is a big part of my life, huh?

The clouds begin to break up.

The whole time I was in Sweden I was in that rut. It really felt like that week was never going to end.
As soon as I arrived to Norway and saw my God parents that made up for a lot of it. I feel so much more at home there. Well of course I do, I have my own room there, with pictures of Mike and I, pictures of our vactations as a child, a quilt that she made me for my 16th birthday (which I do believe is going to return to the states with me, haha)...you get the picture.
We went to the cabin again. I have never got to go in Fall, just Spring. Not saying spring isnt pretty but fall was just breathtaking.
See for yourself:


They took me to a Stave, that is a 13th century church. It is Luteran, I believe. It was soo amazing to see something that old, in perfect condition.


I loved it there.
Well we are in Larvik until Monday. Visiting Jorgen and his family. Their house is huge and they have 6 cars!! They are lending ME the BMW until Monday...heck yeah.
And on that note, its bed time.