Im a busy girl

yo,yo yo.. so people have come to me and complained.. actually I have received my own weight in letters of complaints that I do not update my blog enough often... to all my loyal readers: I do apologize but you do need to understand I am a very busy girl. I am busy with painting my fingernails in a new genius pink nail polish, actually called "I'm Genius". Oh, how I love happy nail polishes:)
I am also very busy with coming up with a dance for our music-video. Everyone of importance in my life should know by now that I am going to USA and well, to put it frankly, we (my friends and I) have been asked to do a music-video because we are such hot Swedish girls...(I think that is why...oh and I might have lied about the part where we are asked to do it.. its more like we want to do it and have come up with the idea on our own....)
I am also very busy with doing make-overs on my sister Hanna...I don't know what it is but every time I go home we end up doing an amazing make-over on one of us. We are very talented in the sense that very little props. are used.
Ok, some seriousness...I am very busy with thinking about studying... School started Friday again and ever since then I have planned to study really hard...the "planning to study" part is going just swell...however, its the actual study part that is the tough nut to crack...
anyways.. as you can understand, I am a very busy person.. I am also very busy with updating my statuses on facebook and commenting on other peoples stuff going on...but it will now come to the point where none of this will stop me from updating my blog more frequently. You deserve better and I will make sure you get what you deserve!
-yours truly

Summer's End

Its August in Sweden, I guess in the rest of the world as well, I think August is a great month.. a month to finish of stuff from the summer and a month to start new things. I finished working at the Nursing-Home and now work at a school in Landskrona, Skåne. Its nice to work with kids again. Uni starts again in September and I have decided to be very diligent and hard working this fall.
One thing I am very excited about is that Mirri, Hanna, Alex and Najje are going to USA in September!! We are so excited, there are so many people I am so glad I will meet again that have meant and still means so much to me. Since I have been working all summer I think it is a well deserved break from school, although I will have to do some studying whilst being there.
One of my goals for the summer was to learn how to sew. I wouldn't say I have mastered the technique fully yet here you can see two of my creations:)

Summer is Great!

So, summer has hit Sweden for real, it is hot and nice and beautiful. I am working at a Nursing-home across the street from my parents place and its heavy work but I'm glad I have it.
When I'm not working I try to do things to brighten my summer break. I have been dog sitting one of the most beautiful dogs ever. It is my cousins dog and her name is Maya, she is a rottweiler and soooo cute...here is a picture:

I have also been baby-sitting. This weekend I had my nephew Axel and he was not all that well but we were able to go to the fabric-store to buy fabric for my cousin's wedding dress, we played in the garden in the baby pool, had ice-cream and just chilled like two cool dudes:)

Ok, and obviously it is a World-cup summer and I am sitting here watching the final, seriously, the Netherlands play UGLY!! they don't deserve to win, but there are 4 more minutes so we'll see what happens. Eh now I really have to focus on the game..I seriously don't think watching football is good for my nerves..haha

Ok, so when Bella, Kristna and I were in England to visit mine and Bella's cousin Sussi I was given a new name. Maya, sussi's two year old daughter couldn't say Rakel so she called me "Wacka" and many times it became "Wacka Wacka" and since then that is what they call me. Now, its World cup times and the other day Kristina posted a link on my facebook. It is a theme song for the Wold cup sung by Shakira and guess what it is called?!?! WAKA WAKA!! so this weekend Bella has been here visiting and we have listened to it every day and just now Ludvig and I danced around the room to that song... you just can't help to get happy when you here it...try it yourself! HERE

Roller coaster

Life is a roller coaster, it goes up and down. Sometimes its fun and sometimes you get motion sickness. I guess its really just to throw your hands in the air and enjoy the ride.

study and learning

Here I am again, studying as usual, well, obviously I am not studying at the moment since I am writing in my blog but you know what I mean.
We are now in the process of writing a B-level thesis. It is about China's foreign policy in Africa and we are using Sudan as a case-study. I think it is very interesting but heavy reading, hence the break for the blog-writing:)
I found out this week that I did not get the internship at the Swedish embassy in Washington DC. I guess it was not meant to be, but I have many other opportunities in other parts of the world so I keep hoping and if it is not meant for me to do an internship in the fall then I will have the opportunity to take some very interesting classes in University. This past week has been very rewarding though. The disappointment has turned to a sweetness in knowing that the Lord really knows better than I, which has given me more hope and faith. I have also developed a deepened appreciation for my family, they are my harbor and sure foundation. Even if life is tough sometimes, which I would say it has been this week, life really is good!! And the tough times can truly become blessings and can make us stronger and more firm in our faith. I know that, especially from this week... I just wanted you to know that.

First and foremost, just for the record, I have the cutest nephews in the world, here is one of them. There, now its official.

This past weekend I was home in Jönköping celebrating my sisters birthday and the first of May. The First of May is a bank holiday in Sweden but since it was on a saturday this year it didnt make much of a difference. But I went up early and met my Uncle Lars, Aunt Sonja, Mari and Kristina in the city park and we listened to a men's choir and a "spring speach" and then we sang the Swedish National Anthem to welcome the Spring. It was as wonderful as always, only a trifle cold.