"FOREVER YOUNG, I WANT TO BE FOREVER YOUNG" -ALPHAVILLE

"Youth is like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
forever young, i want to be forever young"


HEJ HEJ! HOW R YALL? I HOPE THIS FINDS YALL ENJOYING YOUR SATURDAY MORNING. FOR ME, IT IS 6:07 ON SATURDAY EVENING. I JUST SHOWERED AND CLEANED THE BATHROOM DOWNSTAIRS. I AM TOTALLY UP TO PAR ON MY "HOUSEWIFE SKILLS" I WAS SLACKING, AND I THNK IT WAS JUST BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO EMBRACE MY COLLEGE YEARS. BUT NOW, I KEEP A CLEAN ROOM, DO LAUNDRY ALL THE TIME, KEEP A TIDY BATHROOM, (NO TOWELS ON THE FLOOR-MOM HAS HATED THAT SINCE I WAS PROBABLY 7)I CAN COOK A COUPLE OF DISHES FOR DINNER, AND IM A GOOD GROCERY SHOPPER! I'D SAY IM GROWING UP, BUT THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, SO GUESS I WOKE UP AND STARTED TO EMBRACE THE MANNERS THAT THE PARENTAL GUIDENCES TAUGHT ME SINCE I WAS BORN. ("ABOUT TIME" I AM SURE YALL ARE ALL SAYING)

WELL ANYWAYS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, I WORKED AT THIS FESTIVAL IN ESKESTUNA. ITS A TOWN ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM ENKOPING. HUGE BANDS AND ALOT OF PEOPLE. AT FIRST I WAS BEHIND THE BAR (HAD MY DADS WINE-SANTA CAROLINA) BUT THEN THE FOOD LINE GOT BACKED UP SO I HELPED THERE. THE MONEY WE MAKE WORKING THIS FESTIVAL GOES TOWARDS THE TEAM, ITS VERY GOOD MONEY AND WE GET INTO A CONCERT(BASICALLY) FOR FREE. NOT A BAD DEAL. THE BAND CALLED ALPHAVILLE PLAYED. A GERMAN BAND WHO WROTE THE SONG CALLED "FOREVER YOUNG" WHICH IS NOW A HUGE HIT FOR PEOPLE MY AGE. ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REDONE THE SONG. I GOT THE CHILLS WHEN THEY PLAYED IT! THE BASEBALL TEAM WAS WORKING, AND I MET THE AMERICAN. HE IS FROM SF, CALI...HE LEAVES SWEDEN IN A WEEK TO TRY OUT FOR THE DIAMONDBACKS? I WANT TO SAY THAT IS THE TEAM, BUT I'M NOT GOOD AT REMEMBERING THINGS LIKE THAT. GOOD LOOKING GUY...WE HUNG OUT ALOT THE FIRST NIGHT, BUT THE SECOND NIGHT WE DID MORE WORKING THAN PLAYING BECAUSE THE BANDS WERE BETTER SO THERE WAS MORE OF A CROWD.

ON FRIDAY I DIED MY AND TOVES HAIR (MY SWEDISH SISTERS) MY REMINDS ME OF MY SISTER: SHE GOT THE COLOR THAT WASHES OUT AND WENT WITH A MEDIUM TO LIGHT BROWN COLOR. ALOT LIKE HER NATURAL HAIR. TOVE BUYS THE PERMINANT BLEACH BLONDE, LIGHTEST HAIR DIE IN SWEDEN. HAHA. (MUCH LIKE MYSELF AT TIMES) HAHA BOTH OF THEIR HAIR TURNED OUT HOW THEY WANTED THOUGH, SO EVERYONE WAS HAPPY IN OUR HOUSE!

WE GOT IN ABOUT 1 AM LAST NIGHT FROM WORKING, AND WE HAD 2 GAMES TODAY. WE WON BOTH, BIKED HOME, AND I SKYPED MY FAM...THAT WAS NICE....SHOWERED AND HERE I AM. NOT SURE WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TONIGHT, BUT IM NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT EITHER. ITS HOT OUTSIDE AND I DONT FEEL LIKE GETTING READY TO GO BIKE SOMEWHERE IN THE HEAT. HAHA. I AM JUST RELAXING. TOMORROW I AM GOING TO LAY OUT, WORK OUT, AND SEE WHAT ELSE COMES MY WAY.

THE OTHER DAY MARIA AND I WENT ROLLER BLADING AND WE HAD GUSTAF HELP US. HE PLAYED HOCKEY HIS ENTIRE LIFE SO HE IS A PROFESSIONAL ON THE SKATES,,,MARIA AND I ARE LIKE...WELL ROOKIES. WERE TERRIBLE. BUT HE HELPED US. HE TAUGHT ME A DIFFERENT WAY TO STOP. THE BREAKS ON ROLLER BLADES DOESNT WORK AT A HIGH SPEED. WE HAD FUN, AND AGREED TO MAKE IT ATLEAST A ONCE A WEEK DATE FOR THE THREE OF US. GUSTAF CAN DO LIKE TURNS AND ALL KINDS OF COOL SHIT ILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO...MY MAIN GOAL BEFORE I LEAVE SWEDEN IS TO MAKE IT DOWN THE HILL THAT COMPLETELY OWNED ME WITHOUT FALLING :) WE WILL SEE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON FLAT LAND. HAHA

I CANT WAIT TO GET MY NAILS DONE WHEN I AM HOME.I AM ALSO TRYING TO SEEIF I CAN GO WITH OUT CHOCOLATE AND CANDY UNTIL I LEAVE FOR THE USA. I STARTED THIS BECAUSE I WAS JUST GOING TO SEE IF I COULD DO IT WHILE I WAS IN PRAGUE,,,AND THEN MY CHALLENGED ME, SO HERE WE GO! HAHA.

YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY CANT WAIT TO DO? STRAIGHTEN MY HAIR WITH A CHI STRAIGHTNER. MY CHI DOESNT WORK IN THESE OUTLETS BC IT IS TOO POWERFUL. (PROBABLY MEANS IT IS SO GOOD FOR MY HAIR) BUT GAHH I CANT WAIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS USING THE CUTTING BOARD? CUTTING BOARDS STAY IN ONE POSITION, SO YOU HAFTA MOVE THE FOOD AROUND TO GET IT TO CUT IN DIFFERNT PLACES, OR TURN THE BOARD, OR CUT FROM AN AKWARD ANGLE. I THINK I WANT TO INVENT A CUTTING BOARD THAT HAS A SMALL LAZY SUZAN SO YOU CAN TURN AND MOVE THE BOARD AT EASE. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? LET ME KNOW.

ANYWAYS, I GUESS THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. I MISS YALL! AND I LOVE YALL! AND DONT GET IT CONFUSED, JUST BECAUSE I CLEAN MY ROOM DOESNT MEAN I DONT WANT TO "STAY FOREVR YOUNG" :)
"WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER"
PUSS OCH KRAM
XOXO,
SHANN
#1 ON THE FIELD, #1 IN YOUR HEART.