Presents Are Here and Christmas Is Near

22/12/14

I received a delightful surprise in the mail today:

PRESENTS!!!!!! I was going to be a naughty child and open everything at once, but after I opened the birthday stuff my host mom asked me if I'd like to put the Christmas ones under the tree, and I couldn't exactly say, ''No thanks, I'd rather tear open everything right now alone in my room.''

I will say that everything so far has been great! I now have an entire shoe box full of tea, which I'm pretty happy with.

I'll probably have another post like this after jól/Christmas, so keep an eye out the next few days. Until then, I'll leave you with what I was drawing when the package arrived:

Snjókorn Falla

5/12/14

SNOW!!!!

As someone who has spent their entire life in the southern US up until now, snow is something of a big deal. It's a treat, actually, because it typically means there's no work or school that day, and since the roads are iced over, we get to lace up our boots and hike to everyday places (unlike my parents, I thoroughly enjoy this*) instead of driving there. Basically, snow is somewhat nostalgic to me, and it snowing regularly now has put me in a very jolly mood.
*My mom emailed me after posting this saying that she, too, enjoys trudging through the snow, so my bad.**

**Turns out that my dad finds the task pleasant as well, meaning that I am a 100% purebred homogeneous snow-trudger, which seems odd given where we've lived for the past fifteen years. Sincerest apologies for the confusion, Mom and Dad--I had no idea I got this trait from you guys.

(P.S. The title is both literal and based on this Christmas carol.)