day 101I've turned in my last big assignment. Now I can sit back and wait anxiously for my final exams.
For the first time in a while, I was actually able to sit and watch TV with my family tonight. They were watching some bizarre show with puppets -- maybe like Danish South Park? -- and one of the characters kept saying to the other din mor er billig luder.
I asked my host sister, Billig luder?
I won't type her answer here for fear of upsetting the Blogger censors, as well as my delicate Grandmother and my 6th grade teacher (Hi, Dana!), but it means something like cheap woman.
Unfortunately, luder is very close to lyder. In Danish, the "y" is sort of a deep "u" sound. I asked my host sister to pronounce both words, one having a very nasty meaning for "woman" and the other meaning "sounds" or "seems" (as in, det lyder got -- that sounds good), and they were practically identical. I slumped in my seat. You have got to be kidding me. She laughed and said them both again. I had no clue.
Well, I declared, I'm never going to say that anything "sounds" good because I'll probably just end up calling someone a cheap woman.
I'm going home in just a little over two weeks (?!) which is good because I miss home and I'm running out of money, but bad because I will miss Denmark and I still have so much to do. Luckily I was able to buy a box of 45 skildpadder (chocolate rum cream-filled turtles) on sale at Fotex for just 100kr -- usually they're 200kr ($40) -- so I can check that off the list.
I'm already booking up quickly stateside. I have a hair appointment less than 24 hours after I get back in the country (we must prioritize, non?), as well as doctor's and dentist's appointments in the week following. Gotta take advantage of that insurance policy while I still can!
Also, I got some great news: I have been accepted to begin training as a volunteer for an organization that I really admire. Training starts the day after I get back from New Year's in California and continues through January.
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