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Final Reflection

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I have been in a constant state of disbelief with graduation coming up. I thought the two-week break we had for the holidays would discourage me. I really did not know what to do with that time and when it was time to start class back up I was so eager to finish. Most of my work was completed days before it was due which is rare for me. During this whole program, I think all my assignments were submitted at the very last minute to the point I had to set alarms to make sure I got it in before the deadline. I am usually the definition of a procrastinator. I would wonder if my peers noticed the change since I would have their feedback done the minute they submitted their work. I am beyond ready to be done and I never thought I would make it to this point.

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Week Fifty Two

Whoo hoo! I've lived here for a year. Jeg har bodd i Norge i ett år!

On the language front:

After one year, I'm not fluent. I'm not surprised, but I feel good about where I am.

This week I attended a poetry gig. I ended up performing and afterwards a girl gave me a compliment. I didn't hear the last sentence she said and I told her so, in English. She apologised and repeated everything she had just said but in Norwegian, despite me interrupting to say that I had understood everything she said expect the last thing she said. I need to practice saying, «Kan du gjenta den siste setningen?» [“Can you repeat the last sentence?”]

A couple times this week I've had to ask the fiance' to just speak English because my “Norwegian brain” was tired.

I went back to my Norwegian class last night. I remembered a lot. Also there is a new English guy in the class. I have seen other people who share languages group together. It will be nice to talk to him about the British perspective on Norway from time to time.

Weather:

This week I haven't left the house without a hoodie/cardigan and/or an umbrella.

My mother sent me a care package which included SEVEN pairs of sandals. The weather has not been consistently appropriate for sandals at all. I doubt that there will be enough summer left for me to get a chance to wear them so I moved them into storage in the basement. I will have plenty of choice next summer (and probably the next few summers) though.

#ProjectHeadwrap is back. There has been several mornings that I have not wanted to go out with wet hair so I have gone back to occasionally covering up.

Culture:

Last week we had a family dinner for bestemors [Grandma's] birthday. There were a few a instances when I started to say something in English and after a few seconds I realised I knew all/most of the Norwegian vocabulary so I stopped myself and started again in Norwegian. After dinner we established that, “«Jeg kan K.» [“I can K.”] That's probably a terrible way to structure the sentence. What I am trying to say is: I can pronounce the letter K. It is one of the harder sounds for new Norwegian speakers and even Norwegian children to learn. I can't hear the difference between a correct and an incorrect pronunciation yet, but by some fluke I'm saying it right. This was confirmed by the seven native speakers present, including one teacher!

In the middle of the week I went to a monthly poetry show called, SLAM! Due to a clash with the days that I attend Norwegian class I won't be able to attend again for a long time. This was my last chance before I started class this week so I'm glad I got to squeeze it in.

A few days later I met up with two of the other poets for a writing group. I so needed that. And most importantly it resulted in me writing an almost poem.