visingsö
today is our day off, but i started it off in much the same way as any other day - just an hour later. a local reporter from the newspaper came by today to take photos and interview time. we met up at the other house and all the students went down to näs borgruin to pose and pretend like we were sampling. it ended up being only jess and katie in the photos because they jumped in first. i guess i just wasn't as eager. it was raining, so aside from a group shot, hans , mike, and i didn't end up in any of the photos. the reporter politely took our names, though, so i guess we will have to see if we get our fifteen minutes in the, uh, bustling news of visingsö.
after the report was finished, me and jess dropped by the house to change from our field clothes and to gather our things before taking the ferry. we thought we would catch the ferry at 11:45 but we had the times mixed up - the ferry really left at noon. the harbor was a ghost town without the hordes of tourists. i guess that is one perk of crappy, rainy days - no one else really wants to sightsee. got over to gränna and the tension i had felt in the morning seemed to have been left on the island. katie and i had a fight last night over the division of labor in the house and i thought she had said something everyone since she went over to the house before me and jess. things seem to be easing up as the day goes on, but i guess only time can tell. stopped by the systembolaget but didn't get anything - i don't think i'm going to drink the rest of the project. well, if i change my mind i can always order it and have it sent across the ferry in about three days. i really just wish it wasn't so expensive. well, that and i would want to make sure i actually get my money's worth, not a portion of it. got a couple of gifts and some postcards which i still need to write. mike and i went from shop to shop, kind of just looking around and wasting time before we headed back to the same old, same old on the island.
there was a strange shop full of book piles and odds and ends where i bought a neat photo book of french sites- maybe i will try to write about them at some point. i always love looking through old photos and postcards, it brings me to a different time, a different place. i love taking photos so that others can see what the world looks like through my eyes, so it is always an interesting exercise to see the world through another's eyes. read lord of the rings for a while, took a shower, watched true blood season one, the season premiere of weeds and the second episode of the latest season of mad men, after which i sent mike a long overdue email about this summer. pretty lazy day, but i hope to read much more before the night is over. well, reading turned into skyping and only about twenty minutes of reading because i was suffocating trying to read under my comforter - our house is basically a sauna by the end of the day. i really wish there were doors or just a touch more privacy at the house so that i wouldn't be at the mercy of lights out and prying ears and eyes.
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