don't be hasty

My dear blog,

It's been a while, I know. My bad.
But since no ones reading this, I'm just gonna write here when I want to.
And I'm gonna pretend that the whole world's reading.

Right now I'm just wishing that someone up there will help me, it doesn't have to be God, I understand he can be busy with more important things. But I need some guidance cause I can't frickin make up my mind. You always want what you can't have right?

And it's not OK to settle for less just because you don't have the courage to fight for what you actually want right? That wouldn't be right for me, or would it? You neeeevvvver know.

Anyway, this has been a fun chat. I'm feeling so much better right now. NOT.

Hehe...... Okey dokey. I need to calm down lol.

Loveeeeee ~Jo

I'm gonna give you all of my love...

....Kinda a weird expression don't ya think? As if you could run out of love...... Welll maybe you can?

Yea I can really feel how the philosopher in me comes out at night time...

Anyway? So.... Who am I gonna giva all of my love?
I'll give you a clue....

...It's about four inches tall but it's growing faster than you can imagine and it's the reason that I've changed my plans from going to the US this summer into going to Italy instead. And it's growing inside my sister's belly.

I'm gonna be an auunt!!! And I'm SO excited. Because if you know me, you know how much I love kids. I probably would've had some myself if it wasn't for basketball..... So I think it's a pretty good thing that I'm playing haha

So that was the good news for today. Love ~Jo

At my sister and her hubby's wedding last year :) It was an amazing day and I'm pretty sure they'll have plenty more to come!  

I've had the best weekend...

...but it feels like my head is floating around at the moment....

Mmmyes.
So I've messed up, so I might have ruined my chances to get something I want.
But you know what, I'm not gonna care because it would do nothing but harm if I did.

Quoting Adele: Never mind, I'll find someone like you.

Love ~Jo

catching up on me

When your body realizes that you have too many feelings and thoughts hidden inside of you and starts to fight back..... You don't feel very well. And that's kinda the place where you find me at right now.

But until my mind and the rest of my body are on the same level I'll just listen to James Morrison and the Script and be thankful for what i've got! It's nothing too serious i'm just really tired and stuff.

Soooo I'm going to bed, gotta be ready for work tomorrow, I love my new job! :)
Love ~Jo

be right back

Sorry but I just have a little too much to handle right now, so I won't be posting anything until.... well... tomorrow. I think.

But I have to get things right and most of all, I just need this frickin exam to be over..... it's killing me and it's definately not helping with all the other stuff I got going on in my mind!

Oh weelllywell. Hope all is good with you guys!
Love ~Jo

I will be bacckkk and I' ll definately bring my A-game! ;)

When the hell does you'll get over it begin

Oh the joy of seeing pics of your ex and their new gf on facebook....... Doesn't matter how much you think you're over him, it's still no fun ok?

Ha anyway...... I had set aside this day to do nothing else but studying for my exam.
And what do you think happened? Any guesses?

Mmmyea that's right..... I did a lot of fun stuff. But did I even open the book? Noooope. Whoopsie.

So I should probably go to bed and wish for a better day tomorrow....
G'night beautful people!!!

Love ~Jo

Oh those happy days! Don't you just wanna go back to high school sometimes?!

when hard work doesnt pay off

Hello lovers.
Had our presentation of our group project today (I'm so glad it's over) and I was thinking that since I was going to talk in front of a lot of people I better put some make-up on.... Cause I have a tendency to turn bright red when I'm talking in front of people.
Well. unfortunately it's raining outside. And unfortunately I had to ride my bike there....... So I ended up looking like a panda with the hairstyle of dolly parton. No offense dolly.

Now i'm getting ready and then we're gonna watch the men's boob game... Yea, boob game. That's what they call it. Breast cancer awareness thing ya knoooow. Ok? Ok.

Later! Love ~Jo

Dolly Parton look-a-like? Ehmmmm mayyybe not

At least my mum thinks I'm cute

I found a pic from our game this weekend....

You might not be able to see..... but I look a hundered years older than I am.

Photogenic? Me? Yes? Of course.....

Speaking of old.... that team that we played had a (starting) point guard who is 46 years old. Fourty six. Years. Old. Starting in the highest league......

That's 5 years younger than my mom....... I love you mom but... no.... it just doesnt feel right.

Eh.... whoops

He he.. he

Whoopsie.
So as you know I've wanted you guys to comment on my posts...... and I was a little sad that no one would do it!

...Until now. I just realized that my settings has made it impossible for you to comment....
Weeeelll let's go crazy now ok?
Cause I'm pretty sure it's fixed! But I can't promise anything cause i'm retarded when it comes to technology...

Love ~Jo

back to where it started....

....Ummmm yes... here I am, sitting on my couch chewing the inside of my cheeks like a little baby.

My wisdom teeth are on their way and they're not very welcome if we are to express ourselves mildly.

So... awkward situation last night when we were going home from the movies. This guy from the salvation army heard me and my american teammate talk english so when my teammate disappeared he came up to me and asked me in english where i was from... To avoid an awkward situation I lied and said in english (even though I knew he's swedish) that I was from the US... which he thought was the coolest thing ever and started to ask a thousand questions. And unfortunately I'm a terrible liar so I burst out laughing and he saw through my lie pretty fast..... And the situation was waaaaay more awkward than it would've been from the beginning.

But oh well, that's just me. I just hate awkward situations so much that I always end up making them a lot worse!

Now it's bedtime for me.... Night lovers!
Peeeeeace ~Jo

Probably the most awkard and clumsy person you'll ever see..... Yey me!

f.i.n.a.l.l.y.

I'm done.
I'm frickin done with out group project......
But I'm too tired to feel any joy about it.
And I've got a feeling I won't be able to until our presentation in front of 50 people is over....

Anyway, this has been an amazing day if we look away from the fact that I feel like I'm getting a cold and we have a game in 2 days...... But ohhhh well, positive attitude usually helps so why wouldn't it now?

Another thing. Don't you guys hate keeping secrets???
Especially if it's a good one, with positive news. Right?
I have so many right now I just wanna yell them out loud...... But I won't..... yet.

Hope you guys have a good day! I can proudly say that redbull has saved mine.
Love~Jo

Mmmkay old lady

Good evening folks!

I just wanted to tell you a cute little story that happened today when I met one of my neighbours... She was a cute old lady who was really nice and asked me if I was new in the building. As I said yes and helped her into the elevator we started to chat a lil.... and she told that she has lived in the building for a very long time, ever since 1951 actually!

Holy moly, that's a long frickin time to live at the same place...... But nothing weird about that, if it wasn't for the fact that this house was built in 1953......

Yea. Got me thinking too. Anyway, I gotta wake up in 7 hours now........ bedtime! Ciao bellas
Love~Jo

FML

Sitting in school writing on our group project, in a SILENT room, and someone is chewing really loud...

....Someone please kill me?! Or take me out of here. Like if this project didn't piss me off enough already....

Practice in 2 hours. Can't f-ing wait.


Wohooo and caaaan yoou feeel the looove today?!
Not quite huh? Anyway.... Love ~Jo

Smart girl

So... I just realized something

If you go to bed earlier, you won't be as tired in the mornings........

I've always just thought of that as bullshit but I guess it's not?

So yea...... good night lovers.

everyday we hustlin'

Yo yo party people.

Just letting you know that we f-ing won our game yesterday!
Best feeling evvvvver!

Today hasn't been that much of a party... Just work and school.
Ok so im seriously considering buying an iphone.... Like 3 years after everyone else, but whatever...

I'm kinda tired of my android..... butttttt, I feel that you cool people know better than me, so what's best? iphone or android???? Tell me tell me tell me.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend cause I sure did! Won our game and I got to see my family and some friends that I haven't seen in a long time... Happppppy Jo!

Anyway, have a great daaay everybody!! Love~Jo

Any questions abt this pic? Yes, we were at a toga party... And the funny thing is that we were all sober! We didn't even have one single drink... Who would've thought? Lol....

Like a drug

He-he-hey ladies and gentlemen

Just got home from the gym, watched our men's team's first official game of the season after our practice.... Basketball is so amazing, it makes me so happy and excited that season's almost here and I can't wait to start playing games. Our american point guard joined the team today so now we're all set for this season to start!

My day today hasn't been much more than bball.... morning practice, lunch, a lil shopping, practice again and then the men's game. And tomorrow is pretty much the same.... mornin practice and then im gonna watch 2 games ;) Geeeze I need to get a life outside bball haha.....

Well, I hope you guys have a great weekend and that you'll do something, or see someone, that you love.
Because that's what weekends are for right?

I sure hope so! Anyway, bedtime for me soon. Gnight lovers ~Jo

Me # 11 last year

friends forever, never apart...

...maybe by distance but never by heart.

I miss my best friends!

One in Australia, one in North Dakota, and one in Norway.

This isn't fair!!! I need my friends close... Love you guys anyway

iM sO CoOL

IsNt iT jUsT ReAlLy aNnOyInG WhEn pEoPlE wRiTe lIke thIs????

........Freaks me out!!!! Some of my facebook-friends posts really long status updates writing like that.
My question is; does anyone read it?? I'm most certainly not.

I have this one friend, who's a really nice person irl, who's ALWAYS typing like that about really serious stuff... like family member that are sick and so on.

It's really sad BuT I dOn'T KnOw aBoUt yOu bUt i cAn'T TaKe tHiS SeriOuSly.

So PLEASE STOP!!!!!

Thanks. a LoT.

no one else can speak the words on your lips

.... live your life with arms wide open.
As you might see I just love the lyrics of the song "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield.

I do believe that every day is a new beginning and a new opportunity to make good changes, or just let things stay as they are. You have to do what you feel like doing, life's too short to please others all the time. Smile, and you'll get a smile back. Treat others the way you want to be treated... and all that cliché crap.

Just wanted to put that out there.... not sure why, but if everybody tried to be a better person every day and tried to encourage instead of complain, this world would be an even more beautiful place to live in.

...But it's so f-ing hard to stay positive when the old lady in front of you is driving 10 mph when you're in a hurry, or when you overslept and wake up 5 minutes before class, or when the guy you like turns out to be a dick.... But that's just life. Life isn't fun all the time, but it's about getting yourself together and when you've got through the hard times, that's when you can really appreciate the good times.


Soooo.... all of this from a song. I'm pretty good at this sidetrack thing ;)

Gotta go...... I'm hungry. Again, and again and again and again. Always hungry!

Love~Jo

 Grateful for all the fun times with these wonderful peeps!

wedwedwednesday

Hola amigos!!

I'm sitting here freezing my ass off.... I seriously have to learn to shower right after practice and not wait for hours.

Was supposed to work 4 hours today... for 30 minutes we were drinking coffee, for 1 hour we were playing cluedo, for 45 minutes eating lunch..... And then we got to go home 45 minutes early. Does this sound like the best job ever or what?? I am most definately not complaining!

But tomorrow it's back to school and our group project.... But that's not until noon because the day will start with morning practice and then lunch at the world's greatest lunch place!

And yea it's ok that you guys don't want to leave a comment on here..... For real, it's ok.... I promise... I'm not sad at all.... Ok?! I said it's ok!!!! Come on.........

Sooo I think I'm gonna hit the shower and then it's bedtime for this chick! I think I promised my teammates that I would be in bed before 10 tonight.... Dunno if that'll happen but keep ur fingers crossed for me ok?

Good night beautiful people!!!
Because don't forget that we're all beautiful, in our own kinda way.
Love ~Jo

Kinda hard to see that this human being (....?) also can be beautiful.... but I've heard that it's what's on the inside that counts?!?!

Russia

Even though this blog is in very much absence of comments the stalker in me have found that I actually have some readers. But most of you guys aren't from sweden, you aren't from the US..... You're from russia!

And I find that really exciting!!! Mostly because 50% thought I was from russia when I lived in the US...

So tell me tell me tell meeee who you aare pleeeeease!

So today it's the cinnamon bun's day here in sweden. yea you heard me. The cinnamon bun has its own day here.....

...And I thought that was a really good excuse to go buy some after practice, and now I've lost count on how many I've eaten. Woopsie.

I hope you all have very very nice day :)
Love ~Jo

Kind of an ugly picture but I think I look happy and that's how I feel right now! :) Let's go out and spread some joy today

Peace of mind

I'm. so. frickin. tired.

I'm desperately trying to not fall asleep.... Not doing well so far..

I have one question for you guys though,
why is it that when you spend a lot of time with someone you start to look like them??
Me and one of my friends who i've been hangong out with a lot lately have had the same clothes on for like 3 days now.... great minds think alike I guess ;)

Had a rough morning today, with a lot of car problems and when I was gonna park the car, and was in a hurry, someone had taken my parking spot!!! I was so pissed.. Have I mentioned that I'm not a morning person? I don't get mad easily but in the morning it doesn't take much to piss me off ;)

Anywayyy, I think i'm gonna make me dinner now. I'm thinkin salmon! Yummmmie :)
Love~Jo

Oh how I miss our hammock we have at my parents house.... I took the BEST naps there!!

Exhausted

Who woulda thought that buying a bike was the most exhausting thing I would do today?
And just to clarify I did spend hours writing on out group project in school AND I was coaching little kids in basketball, and that's usually hell on earth.

But that frickin bike!!!! It wouldnt fit in the car. So I stood there for like 45 minutes in the parking lot... I probably looked like a stupid blonde girl but not even one single person offered to help me?! Only in sweden..... That wouldnt happen in the US would it?

Oh well I can only imagine how funny and stupid I looked... but after a loooooong struggle I actually got the bike home :) I've got bball practice in 2 hours and I feel like I could go to bed right now....

Oh wweeeeelll, gotta stay positive! And stay awake......

Love ~Jo

A totally random pic.... but me and my grandma on my graduation day more than 2 years ago :)

.......Can you see the man standing behind my grandma? So sexy lol

pure happiness

It's crazy how a skype-call can change so much.
Earlier tonight I was in a very low mood....
.....but right now I'm possibly the happiest girl on earth.

I don't really have that much more to say tonight, I'm just gonna go to bed with a humungous smile on my lips! Gnight lovers

~Jo

so fresh n' so clean

Won our game by 30 poinnnnts. I'm looking forward to this season so much it makes me carazey!

Oh well, they game was over like 4 hours ago and I'm starting to think it's time for me to take a shower now... And yea I'm well aware of that I'm disgusting... Movie night at our coach's place tonight! I'm really not in a going-out mood so that sounds peeerfect for me! Might feed my teammates with my carrot cake that didn't quite turn out as I wanted to... I love baking but I've never said I'm good at it.

Sooo... shower, food, coach's house. That's my plan!

Have a good day/night everyone! Love ~Jo

This is a pic of me from when I was living in the US..... I just got in from a run and I really needed a shower then too. And yes I'm one of those who sweat A LOT when I work out........ Lucky me!

swagger like us

Had the best night last night with Alex and Camy, you don't need to go out to have fun on a friday night, we laughed constantly for hours while eating take-out and watching the worst tv-shows ever.

Right now I'm getting ready for our last pre-season game... First game of the season is next sunday and I can't wait!! :)

Gotta go but I'll post something after our game. Love ~Jo

realization

Don't you hate it when you come to understand something you know that you've known all the way, you've just ignored. But trust me, reality IS catching up to bite your ass and curse you because you've been so stupid. So if you wanna know that's where you can find me right now. People you already know are bad will not change just because you want them to. Credulity is very overrated. Good thing I realized this now and not in a month or two :)

Anyway, positive thoughts!! I've got a carrot cake baking in my oven right now..... my teammates coming over tonight and I was thinking that carrot cake is the perfect pre game meal before our game tomorrow ;)

Sooooo I gotta go clean up this mess that my apartment is creating..

Fun friday!!! Wohoooo.... or... not.
Haha, take care of each other babes.
Love ~Jo

housewife Jo-jo

Friday morning fun

Good morning peeps!
I don't know about you guys, but I can definately think of at least 100 things that's more fun to do than paying bills, especially when you just woke up.
But oh well, at least they're paid now and suddenly my bank account isn't as big as I thought..... I hate growing up.

Today's plan is first of all the mandatory lunch with my teammates. We have lunch together every day and that lunch saves my day more often than you can imagine ;) And then I'm gonna go bike-hunting..... we'll see how that'll go.

Anywayayyayay, doesn't get more fun than this on a friday morning. I'll get back to you with some fun stufffff though.

Have a good day everyone!
Love love love ~Jo

Grandmothers

My sweet, wonderful grandma.
She's 92, a little foozy but the most kind-hearted person.

So, last night when I was "babysitting" her and she asked for the threehundredandfiftyfourth time where grandpa was.... I didn't have the heart to tell her that she already had asked that 353 times before so I just said where he was and if that didn't improve my patience I don't know what will...
I kind of feel a special connection to my granny just because I am an 72 years younger exact copy of her. We are the same height, her old dresses fits perfectly on my body.... And when I look at old head shots of her I can't believe that It's not me. I look like so much like she did when she was young it makes me scared.

Grandma ~20 yrs

Ok so it doesn't look like it in these pics...... But I promise you it's crazy bananas how much I look like her

Don't really have anything more to say, I've had a really crappy day but I'm not gonna take it out here on my precious little blog ;)

Just take care of each other and remember that you're all worth the whole world.
We all tend to forget that sometimes, don't we?
Love ~Jo

I love myself!!!

My dear blog,
Sometimes I just can't helt falling in love with myself.
I never ever check my e-mail before I go to bed... but last night I did, and I'm sooooo happy I did.
Because my professor had e-mailed us and said that my 8 a.m. class is cancelled.

I'm so happy for both me and my surroundings that I found out..... I probably would've hit someone because waking up in the morning is not really my favorite thing to do.

So whats the plan for today?
School, practice and then I'm gonna babysit my grandma.

Questions? Okkk no questions on that.

Maybe I should join my group in our group project now.... I feel like a slacker.

Love ~Jo

America vs. Europe

One thing that I'm going to write a lot about in this blog is the differences between the US and Europe.... Or mostly Sweden, I don't really care about the rest. But because most of you americans don't know the difference between Sweden, Switzerland, or any other european country I'll just sum it up and say Europe...

These differences can vary a lot..... It could be everything from health care systems to what and what not they're selling at Walmart.

And oh my god WALMART, I could write for hours about that place...... could it possibly be heaven on earth? We don't have that kinda store here ya know...... Geeez how I miss driving down to the wal-wal and just walking around for hours, trying on everything that I could fit in.... But if we look at it from the other side I lived in the smallest and most boring town ever and there wasn't much else to do.

I'll continue this tomorrow.... Right now I really need a shower. Bball practice two hours ago and I've almost got used to this smell.... But I think that my surroundings would appreciate it if I washed this sweaty body.

I can see that you are a few people who have found your way here.... I would be one very very very happy camper if you would just leave a comment on here. Right now it feels like I'm talking to myself and it freaks me out a little.

Thanks and I hope that everyone has a wonderful day!
Stay positive and spread some l o v e ~Jo

Wallymart. I miss all the weird people that worked there.... Some stranger than others

I can't help feeling that we could've had it all

Why does it always sounds so good when you're home alone singing?

I feel bad for my neighbors but right now I'm singing Adele and I'm not keeping it down.....
I actually think it sounds really good. Hell, i think i'm gonna try out for American Idol.
Until I turn on the actual song with the original artist, because then I blush a little and feel embarrassed that I even thought the thought.

I think I'll keep this singing career between these four walls. But daaamn, I'm good in here.

Let's shrink the world

You see this chick on the left?
That's my best friend. The second before this pic was taken she slapped my face.
But what I was gonna say is that I miss her.
My 3 best friends all live on 3 different continents.
One in Aussie land, one in Norway and one in the US.
And I don't live in any of these countries.
So my suggestion is that we make this world all about me and make the world much much smaller.
I'd say just shrink it to the size of Wyoming. Or make flight tickets cheaper.
But it has to happen cause Skype just doesnt do it for me anymore.

Love ~Jo

yeah buddy, rollin' like a big shot

So, I don't know what you guys think.... But I don't really like waking up at 6.30 a.m.
But because I'm a good girl I was going to class at 8....... only to find out it was a totally useless class and it was over after 25 minutes... So I could've slept in until 10 but instead I had 3 hours to kill at the university. Love my life.

Right now I'm so tired I have to fight against my will to take a nap..... Because I know that if I do, I will hate myself at 5a.m when I'm lying in bed counting sheep, desperately trying to fall asleep...

And just a reminder to myself: I have to remember to send away a special package to a special girl in North Dakota tomorrow..... the world's greatest Dawne has turned 21! Crazzzzy Bananas!!!

2½ more hours until practice starts..... And I have to go do something so that I won't fall asleep.

See you later lovers! ~Jo

This is me and dawne almost 2 years ago! It's craaaaazy how time flies.....

This shit is insane

Oh and excuse my language.
But this blogging thing is way more intense than I thought.
There are so many things to do with the design and all that.... So i forgot to actually write?

So!!!!! Let's start this thing.
Í will start this blog by apologizing about all of the thing that I won't apologize for in the future...

1. I'm sorry if my posts are too long and boring. If they are, you will have the qualified right to cyber-slap me in the face.

2. I'm sorry if my english isn't perfect. I'm not american, english, australian or any other nationality who spoke english even before they came out their mommy's vavuzzle.

3. I'm sorry if I curse.... The only year I spent in an english-speaking country was with lots of ghetto bball players... and their way of spreading their love is by simply saying "i'd fuck that bitch". But I'm not like that, i proooomise...

4. I'm sorry if you don't agree with everything I say. But that's not really my problem.

Ha ha....... Nr 4 is SO not true. But didn't I sound really cool and confident when I said that it's not my problem? I wish! if you don't like what I say, just let me know and I will change. Because I always have a strong urge to please every single person that I meet. I want everyone to like me.

And that didn't sound self-pitying at aaaaaaaaaalll.
I think I'll stop there. I can feel that I'm off to a great start.......

So long lovers! ~Jo

So......

.... This is my first post ever and I'm already having trouble coming up with headlines. Lots of room for improvement. Good good.

So. Who am I and what am I doing here?
I'm a 20-year old girl, high on life and with a lot of random thoughts and weird questions... So I was thinking about starting a blog to see if someone's with me in this madness or if I'm just a really weird human being.

If that would be the case, you're more than welcome to just read and laugh at me..

Lots of love! ~Jo