POP GOES MY HEART

Audrey E. Smith, my amazing friend from Alaska, Collerado, San Francisco....(oh, lest just call it the US...) is leaving in a couple of hours.

So, this weird girl is just 19 (turning 20..so yeah..my age....which is a WAY too freaky thought...lets go back to subject shall we...)
And, she is leading the winter-school's outreach to Marocco and Italy for 2 months.

This is one of my most dearest and best friends, and I am extreamly proud of her!

So, your prayer for her and her team would be sweet :)

And oh Miss. Smith...

;)

Æg ska haim å sjå en solnedgang på Jæren

HEIM TE JÆREN

(Svein Inge Aarrestad)
Eg vil heim og sjå en solnedgang på Jæren
nermed havet, der som bølgjer slår mot strand.
For bak havets kant, langt ut i atmosfæren
vil hu farga himlen raud med eld og brann.

Du vert ett med det du ser, og det du føle
er at du og sol og hav og Jærens land
høyre samen i en solnedgang på Jæren
nermed havet, der som bølgjer slår mot strand.

Eg vil heim og gå en lange tur på Jæren
gå langs steingard, finna fram i mark og hei.
Der er ingen ting eg heller ville gjer enn
det å rusla slik på barndoms sti og vei,

øve lynghei, øve mark og mo og myra
og langs strendene med rullestein og sand.
Kjenna vinden, kjenna regnet, kjenna solå
høyra havet, der som bølgjer slår mot strand.

Eg vil heim te Jærs og høyra fuglar syngja,
fylgja lerkå på si flukt mot himlen blå.
Alt som plagar meg og alt som vil meg tyngja
det forsvinne når eg fuglane får sjå:

Der er erlå, der er vibå, der er spogjen –
ja, sjøl mågaskreg er verdt å høyra på !
Ja, med vind og sol og fuglasong på Jæren,
då vert livet noge godt å satsa på !

It's so good to be back in San Francisco, I can't even tell you! Got so suprised when I saw Steve, Kristin, Jason and Ionathan the first second I got out of the Shuttel! (yeah, Ioni was back one day, like me)

Spent my day with Audrey.

I will be very sad leaving tomorrow...very deeply sad...
But at the same time, there is a very big part of my heart that is excited about getting home!

See you soon,
Hanne G

Just a random picture...

Sitting here in Illinois, leaving for San Francisco, California....again! :D
(had to pay 50 freaking $ (300,-) for overweight luggage...sucky)

Thinking about it, I can't remember how many airplanes I have been on the last 6 months....so freaking many! And how many country I have been to...I mean, lived in and just dropped by in...it's weird...

Think it's gonna be hard (but good) to stay home for a while...and do just that...stay home....HOME :D

(Oh, who am I kidding, I allready got a ticket to London in Marsh (Hooray))

So, anyways...Going back to my Alaskan sister, Audrey today! I'm so freaking excited....all though, I must say...leaving Em was weird...living so close to her for so long...don't really feel like I'm leaving her...you know...

Started to think about home, like, how it's gonna be...surreal....but good!
See you soon....

Hanne G

So long, farewell, aufwidersen(?), goodbye

My last days in San Francisco...

It's so hard to be here...
Thursday; Graduation (which was the saddest thing ever)
Friday; Katie, Emily, Josh, Joel, Jessica, Kristin left us...very early.
Saturday; Steve and Emanuel, Hannah, Tyler
Sunday; Isabel, Ionathan and Nicole. Luke left without saying goodbye...
Monday; Summer
Tuesday; Hanne G

So what I have been doing is basically staying up very late (three days ago I went to bed at 03.00AM, to days ago, 05.00 AM, last night 05.30 AM and right now its soon 06.00 AM... I´m gonna go crawl into Audrey's bed...

It's very unreal to be here right now....alone, without my DTS friends around me...
Fells like so much of my safety-net is gone...But, then I turn to God and its honestly all good! (almost...I freaking miss them so much)

So, today will be my last day here... This was the day I was supposed to go back to Norway...But I'm leaving for Illinois tomorrow. Excited!

But, I honestly gotta go and get some sleep...

BTW: I don't have energi to tell you now, and maybe I shouldn't tell on the net...but remember to ask me about "Weird meat craving...Jack in the Box at 02.00 AM" story...its super sweet :D

I miss my dts family....