Goodbye 2016

Hi,

As I have looked through my social media I have seen nothing but people saying 2016 was the worst year of their lives. It has been horrible in a few ways; Trump is now President, a lot of cool celebrities died and my dog passed away this summer, but besides that then 2016 has been the year of my life. 

I went in mindfullness therapy and was taught how to control my anxiety and that made my life so much easier! I passed my exams with top grades and I got this amazing job. I take care of a lovely baby, I love Seattle and the family I work for is awesome and take me to awesome places in the US, places tourists would never go to so I wouldn't had seen it otherwise. It's already 2017 in Denmark and my family called me and said that 2017 so far is cold and dark, my dad is insane that way :)

I meet my big idol Maja Shining and I went to se Alice Cooper, Guns'n Roses and The Pretty Reckless live. I have had a great year! May 2017 be just as good <3 

Happy New Year to you all and remember to always see the good in everything, no matter if you or someone you love battles with cancer or you have lost someone you really loved or something else bad happened, look on the bright side. 

Stay save :) 

Merry Christmas from Hawaii :)

Hi, 

So what can I say? This is so awesome! I'm on Hawaii and it's nice and warm. I take it chill. I work a little but I have plenty of time to just relax and enjoy life. This is paradise for sure :) 

So I have been told that each American family has their own traditions and these traditions are far away from the Danish traditions and it has been amazing to experience this. We had sushi as a starter and then mixed salad, roast beef and potatoes for dinner. Nothing else really happened. In Denmark we dance around the tree after dinner, we eat risalamande were you have to find the almond and the person that does gets an extra present:) but I experienced waking up today to tequila sunrise at a morning drink (awesome!) and then we opened presents. My family in DK just put money in my bank account as that would be a lot easier, my host family gave me shoes to wear in the gym and my host mom's parents gave me Ed Hardy's autobiography personally signed to me! It was so awesome! :D 

Besides that I got a scarf, an uncle Sam nutcracker ornament and lots of candy :P 

All in all, it's strange to not be with your family at this time of year but I don't feel homesick at all and I love Hawaii <3 

I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and you spread lots of love. 

Bye <3

Back in San Francisco

Hi,

Wow, the baby really caught a bug in NY and what a lot of work I have done. I am happy that I have my mindfulness coloring books and books in general to relax with in the evening.
Last weekend I was at a concert with The Pretty Reckless and visiting a little tourist town called Leavenworth (Holy cow it was cold!)
And now I am here in San Francisco again. I'm so happy that my host family actually brings me with them when they travel. I know that I have to work but I don't mind and can you blame me? I get to see a lot of the USA and that was what I came for.
I really hit the jackpot with this family.

Anyways, this time I can really look around and do my own thing because my stupid ankle actually works again.
I really like this city, it's not super warm at this time of year but it's not cold either. It's cloudy and it looks beautiful when you look over alcatraz and see the mountains. It looks like the mountains are producing the clouds.

I'm sorry that I cannot post pictures in this stupid blog I don't know what's wrong with it but I upload picks to instagram here https://www.instagram.com/emma_stage/ if you are interested, it's not private so you don't even need to follow me.
It snowed in Seattle when we left and it was actually a good amount when you think of the fact that it never snows in Seattle. That was just proved wrong.
I brought it with me, that also happened when I lived in Brighton. It's my viking roots, sorry everybody ;)
But me, I'm super chill at the time and I love to explore America and get as many impressions as possible and yeah I'm starting to really speak like them now. Instead of saying "have a good day" they just say "have a good one." And yeah a lot of new expressions are coming automatically to me now. And if I ever feel homesick (I don't) then I just watch South Park :)

Have a good one! <3