Prepare yourself, this one is a bit whiney

When I first planned this visit to Norway, I thought about how happy it would make my grandma to spend Christmas with her over here. She is always begging us to come visit and it just seemed like perfect timing.
But I did not realise how much it would suck not to spend the holiday at home. This will be my first xmas without my family-ever. I know I complain about them a lot, but Christmas is time for families and I really miss mine. More than I ever thought I would. And not only them, but I miss all the familiar things about home, especially now at Christmas time. I miss how beautiful my house looks all decorated and having a real christmas tree. I miss baking cookies with my mom. I miss all the familiar things and decorations that come out once a year, for all of my years.

And there is snow in the TC! It hardly ever snows in December. Not to mention the snow in Portland and Tacoma too! I hate that I am missing the washington snow. Though there is pleanty of it here, its just not the same.

So as not to finish this out with all my negative nacy-ing let me say this:
Norway is beautiful. I know how blessed I am to be here and who knows how long it will be until I come back. It is also really nice to see my grandma in her reguarl habitat and the chocoalte here is WAY better than in the US. When you see me next, ask if I have any left, I will be happy to share, though I can't promise I won't have eaten it all ;-)