more than halfway

today marks my 6 month anniversary of being in Stockholm, leaving me 5 months left in this country. i'm not sure i have any great wisdom to share about what i've learned in these 6 months - it's probably not much different than what i had learned on my 5 month anniversary. but i do know that, after being away from home for 6 months - while it has gone by faster than i thought it would - it is so, so wonderful to have your friends come and visit you. it's like having home come to you.

to brad and bobbie, THANK YOU from the very depths of my heart for coming to see me. i wish that the weather was warmer and it wasn't so rainy and that there were more interesting tourist-y things to do in Stockholm besides the Palace and the Big Ship, but it's comforting to have heard from both of you that you didn't so much come to see Stockholm, but to see me. i'm always overwhelmed by the goodness of my friends.

hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to get some pictures up of bobbie's visit; i definitely have some good ones.

i'm home today with klara and sixten, they both seem to have gotten a touch of the flu when they were in france, so they're recovering. i don't mind a bit, i missed my little monkeys. one thing i can say about being more than halfway done - i will miss these kids like nothing else. they are in my heart more than i thought they ever would be.

on that note, i think i'll go watch 'Bambi' with them.