Life is kinda good. Better than it was when I last blogged anyways, ha. I got a job (wooo!), I'm studying Law part-time, I recently booked a trip to go visit a friend in London, and finally the sun is starting to come out after 6 months of darkness! Yay! It's insane the difference sunlight makes, really. Instantly makes me feel happier!
So yeah, been working as a substitute teacher/TA (kids 12-16) since the end of January, and so far things are going great! I was nervous as hell in the beginning and I wasn't really sure what to do or how to act (I've never done this before!) but with time, it's gotten a lot easier. I'm finally starting to learn the kid's names and won't have to call them "you" xD So basically what I do is that whenever there's a teacher sick or busy with a meeting or whatever, I step in their place. Usually the kids have tasks already and I just help out with whatever I can and make sure no one kills someone else :P I do teach Spanish though, which is... Interesting, to say the least. The ordinary Spanish teacher only works 50% so I have the rest of her classes, and since there's an insane shortage on language teachers, I was the best bet they had even though I have no clue how to teach. But I'm managing, I think! No one has complained so far at least, haha.
All in all I'm just happy to have something to do with my time, and a chance to make money! I'm only hired by the hour really, but since there's always someone gone I work 7.45-15.00/3pm (sometimes longer) anyways, so it's basically a full-time job. It feels good to finally be able to buy my own things, my own clothes, and the trip to London for instance!
I'm super-stoked about that. There's this friend I met way back when I was like 13 through some pen-pal website. We've known each other for 6 years now, and we still haven't met! She's been to Norway and even north of Sweden before, but schedules have clashed and we haven't been able to meet up yet. But April 15 it's happening
I've never been to London before, so it's going to be a lot of fun. I've always wanted to go, but as said, never been able to. But since tickets with RyanAir are so cheap between here and Stanstead, I'm sure I'll be going again pretty soon 
Oh, and I started gymming a couple months back too! Work has this health-care-deal where they pay for most stuff that has something to do with health, so I didn't have to pay for the membership which is awesome, and also made me feel like there's no excuse to not gym anymore xD But it's been going awesome so far, I go there 3 times a week and planning on making it 4 in a couple weeks. The other day I ran a kilometer for the first time in years (due to asthma, knee/hip/feet-problems that have made that impossible earlier), which felt like a great victory to me, even though a kilometer might seem like an incredibly short amount to others
Things with the SO are going fine. We're both still very bummed that I can't travel back there right now, but I think we're getting used to the distance once more, sad as it sounds. It's been 3 months already, the longest we've been apart was 5 months I think, and even though I hope we won't have to go that long again, it seems like we might have to this time. Unless he's able to take time off work and come here for a couple weeks, but it wouldn't really seem worth it since I work most of the time anyways, and the time I spend off work is dedicated to studies instead. So paying 1800$/11.000 sek/1100 euros and spend 30 hours travelling to see each other 2 hours a day doesn't really seem worth it. But we're managing, so far. We talk on Skype whenever we can, and we usually text-talk throughout the day via Skype as well. It's not much, as you all may know, but it's something
I miss my dog incredibly much though. I never knew it was possible to miss an animal with the same intensity as you can miss a person (or sometimes even more!) since I never really had an animal of my own before. But now I do, and it sucks. He's grown up without me being there and he's huge now! He has hilariously long legs, it's insane, he looks like some sort of hybrid xD I guess that's what happens when you mix a bunch of different breeds. But yeah, it sucks to only be able to see him through Skype too, and sometimes I wonder if he'll remember me once I get back. Part of me hopes so because I spent 24/7 with him for the first 6months of his life, but then again it might be 5-7 months before I see him again. Any of you guys have any idea if dogs remember people that well? Anyhow. That sounded incredibly depressing xD But I miss the sound of paws on the floor and always having someone there who is happy to see you, you know? Right now, all I have is a grumpy brother and an overly dramatic sister :P
Okay, this turned into something way longer than I expected. I should start working most likely. No classes until 10.40 but I have to go leave an envelope to someone. Shouldn't take me more than half an hour there and back but yeah. I'm also a general assistant, apparently
Have a great day out there!
Have fun in London and take lots of photos