It's been a busy week. Between final exams, preparing my thesis proposal, final Japanese classes, and rugby, I have hardly had the time to sit down and check email let alone write something here. But that's good.

Nothing much to write about has happened. I helped organize a baby shower for 2 of my very pregnant classmates last week. (there are actually 3 pregnant women in my course out of maybe 20 women....strange)Anyways, it was nice. I've never actually been to a baby shower so ididn't know how it should be but everyone seemed happy with my improvisions. Here are some pictures from that.

I also had a rugby game yesterday. It was my first real game. (the others were short tounament matches. 7 players per side, 7 minute halves) this was 11 player per side, 30 minute halves. Until yesterday I thought I was in pretty good shape. Afterall, I cycle to and from Malmo (round trip 3.5 hours) twice a week. I jog about an hour a couple times per week. I play rugby. I go to classes at the gym. But after the first 15 minutes of the first half, I was sure I was going to collapse on the field. Somehow I made it through and played the full game up until the final minute when I was substituted. We played in Lund so it was really nice to have some fans. I had told several people about the game but didn't really expect anyone to come see but after the game I was shocked to find about 15 people I knew watching on the sidelines!!! We won the game 84-0. Not bad for our first full match. We've got one game per week for the next 3 weeks so I'm looking forward to it...but hopefully I can build up some endurance by then!