Sorry for lack of posting lately. I have no excuse. I've just had a period of plain lazyness.
So, anything new happened since I last posted? Well, I can happily announce that I AM going to Arvikafestivalen, a friend of mine has decided that she is coming with me, and I can finally relax and just look forward to it, instead of brooding over the gloom outlook of possibly having to go to a festival alone. You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to it. I've just spent the past 15 minutes rummaging around in the basement and storage cupboards, pulling out camping chairs, tents, air mattresses and sleeping bags. Yes yes, I know I'm about a month early but that's how much I'm looking forward to it. Now, if only the weather will be sunny and the camp site not a mudlake where grass used to be, I'll be a happy camper. And, if all goes to hell, I can always pack up after Depeche Mode on Friday and go home.
These days I am frantically trying to find an apartment in Elverum, the town where I'm starting my studies this fall, and so far I've had little luck. The Student Union went mean on me, and made me believe that I'd gotten an apartment, but of course it turned out that the lodging I had gotten was just a big room, basically, where I'd have to share kitchen and bathroom with someone else. Don't quite know how that's possible when all I applied for was a 2 room apartment, especially when they confirm via a text message that "You have been assigned lodging according to your first choice". Good thing I read the contract properly and spotted it before I signed it and chucked it back in the mail. It had to be too easy. Have spotted a few ads online for apartments, have also sent a few emails to the posters of said ads, but haven't gotten any responses. Am going to pucker up on monday and make a few calls.
Next weekend I am going to Kristiansand to visit my sister, her husband and her daughter. I do this about twice a year, and I love going down there during the summer, she lives in the very southern tip of Norway (well, almost), and more or less on the coast, which is a brilliant place to be when it's sunny and warm. Not so brilliant in november when the wind is coming in from north, south AND west, together with rain and sleet. One of the reasons I moved out of that city.
Am going to post something half interesting soon, waiting for a brainwave or inspiration to come soon. Maybe I'll find it at the pub in an hour or two...
