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I owe you Rome, Valborg (Swedish Holiday), and Amsterdam blogs. Will come soon. Promise.

Today the sun woke me up at 4:45am. I am soooo excited for summer and sun and my woooonderful mother to visit me :) It's crazy/exciting/scary/unreal that I'll soon be leaving Sweden. I only have 1.5 months left, so I plan on making the best of it.

I *finally* started real research (actually in a lab!), but it couldn't have come at a worse time. I just want to be outside with my friends now. And of course while Daddio was visiting I had to do some research :-/ Of course I love it... I just wish we had outdoor labs (even though its still a bit chilly here).

With all this traveling and school, I haven't gone to a Rugby practice in...well in a really long time. So I called them today and told the team that I didn't have the time. Maybe I'm just lazy, or I just don't get excited about it like I used to. I don't know. It just stopped being fun and became more like a chore. It's also really stressful because they explain all the drills in Swedish, and then I don't know what I'm doing. Which increasing my risk of getting hurt. Annnd since I don't have *real* insurance, getting hurt may be more of a problem (I know I do have insurance through my program...I just don't know how to use it...and I don't know if they cover rugby incidences).

Daddio just came for a visit of Sweden and Holland. Though the weather was meh, it was so great to see him! We spent some time in Stockholm and went to some hockey games, then explored the Netherlands a bit, then back to Uppsala! It's a lot of traveling in 11 days, but it was worth it (although I wasn't the one with the 20 hour plane ride back to the states).

So my plan now is to study hard for my last exam (May 31st!) and enjoy my remaining days in Uppsala. I'm going to miss this town so much!