life will never be the same

Yesterday afternoon my mormor, swedish grandmother, passed away. Although we found out a couple of weeks ago that she had hepatic cancer nothing can really prepare you for the loss of a loved one and the emptiness it leaves. I can't even imagine a world without her in it and I'm finding it hard to get my head around the fact that I will never see her again. I'm trying to believe that she will always be with me, giving me strength to work hard for my loved ones like she did during her lifetime.

Although I know I should be grateful for a lot of things; all the lovely memories, the knowledge that she had a happy life and the fact that I got the chance to say good-bye to her, I still feel such impossible, never ending sadness.

And, as I'm far away from my family, Harland and I lit a candle in the window and I tried to think about the happy times rather than being sad. It was hard.

I thought this candle was appropriate as mormor loves music and it was a big part of her life

morocco here we come!!

sleepy girl eating breakfast as the sun (behind the clouds) rises over gatwick whilst flicking through the french dictionary



although slightly later than planned, due to the volcanic ash, we have set out on our magic moroccan mission. As the flight is an early morning one we're spending the night at the airport:)

It's been a rough week or so... One of the hardest ever but I'm pleased to have managed to take my exam as pkanned... We both need a holiday and I can't wait to relax completely!

b-day weekend

Some photographic evidence from a very good birthday!

Balloons, flowers and a pinata (sitteing on my brand new custom made gorgeous surfboard)

Danelle made cupcakes :) Delisioso!

The second best present; my surfboard. Gorgeous isn't he?

some ninja-like pinata action....

cake:)

rugby weekend!

Mean looking girl

I will score tries:)

on the tube

fast forward

from snow and xmas hols to sun and studying for exams in the sun

xmas hols!

The joy of the christmas holidays! Getting up at 7 am and sleepwalking in to uni to work on my assignments: anthropometry x 2 (one oral presentation and one report), a nutrition patient information leaflet, Cell Science (an essay on dna replication and transcription, and some joyous revision for the numeracy exam in January. Just to mention some of the things that will keep me busy over the three week "holiday". To sum up my first semester at uni I have to say that it has been hugely challenging but fun! And although there are days when I feel I'm in over my head, I am learning so many new things and have a much greater understanding of the human body now. Incredibly interesting and I was craving a challenge...

Winter Wonderland

I am, however, looking forward to going to Sweden for christmas, above is a photo taken by my dad a couple of days ago. Bring on the snow fight, snowman creating, sleigh-riding rammy! Also can't wait to chillax with family and stuffing delicious food down my gob:)