It’s almost been a week here again in California, and I have been busy busy busy. Between friends, family, and a late-night Wednesday rendezvous, I’ve barely had any time to myself.

Trip home was exhausting. I’ve managed to pick up a nasty cough and I am scared that I might have pneumonia. I hate air conditioning. It’s terrible and unnatural. I also hate that I can’t drink water from the tap anymore, and the fact that not even Trader Joe’s has leverpostei, but that’s a different matter.

Which reminds me, I’ve tried bringing the smørbrød habit here, but it just isn’t the same. And Mom: Oh my god I never realized it but she bickers/nags/complains so much. (I know I’m bickering/nagging/complaining a lot right now but I have culture shock as an excuse. She can’t use menopause card yet.) And I really think she has OCD: she thinks she’s doing such a good job cleaning and throwing away paper and ends up throwing away a plane ticket request form from my college. And just today, she took my pants without me knowing and washed it, with my passport still in it, and then came up to my room to bitch about it at 7 am. And no, I do not want to put my glasses in their case, it’s not a crime to leave them out! Crap, was it this hard to put up with her before? Or did I just have a lot of freedom in Norway?

Now that I’ve got all that out of my system, here’s my log of this past week:

Tuesday: Trip to Stanford with Mom and family friend; Ou came over at night but I was drained

Wednesday: Day with Carina–lunch @ Panera, shopping @ Valleyfair and buying a $40 shirt from American Eagle (culture shock = price disorientation), dinner @ Koi Sushi Boat together with Michael, trying to find the Secret Sidewalk and singing in the car

Thursday: Day with Kyle in San Francisco–Samurai culture 101, Stoning 101, getting panini from Svetlana, getting pizza with potatoes, falling asleep at Golden Gate Park (amazing)

And today I will be meeting Katherine. And tomorrow I might or might not be going to Emeryville for a FC student picnic. Busy!