before civilization.

okay, so I guess my title is a bit over dramatic. But I am me and I have always been a little bit over dramatic, so the title stays.

I wish I had happy news for my blog readers about my laptop, but I don't. I am still laptopless, but I am blessed with friends who let me use their computers during the moments they are not. I'll be honest, not having a computer was great the first three days. I got all of my homework done for the week and even some fun reading. Now six days into my new life I feel my life slowly fading away. It is so sad how dependent I am on my computer, its my "go to" companion whenever I am bored, lonely, and even happy. It is my way of communication with the world outside Iceland, and it has my class notes on it...

But I have done some fun things besides pester my computer savvy friends to work on my laptop. Like climbing Tröllakirkja, a 939m high mountain that kicked my butt. The morning was beautiful and so was the mountain, but as the afternoon continued the clouds started to roll in and soon we were in the clouds. Ice covered the rocks and moss making it difficult to walk. I can sum up this day in two words: Epic Iceland. Everything you'd think of when you hear Iceland was there on this hike. When we got to the top everyone was frozen and we couldn't see 40m down.

I was blessed greatly by American Style on Sunday night. After church I went out to eat with Charlize and our two new Icelandic friends Johanna and Dagny and that night American Style was offering a free meal to the youngest person if you were in a group of four. Thank You God for that gift. I really needed that. I have noticed that during times of "suffering" (yes, I am suffering without my computer) it is important for me to acknowledge the blessings in life, even the small ones.

I'm not going to go into great detail about life before the death of bella or during because now I have more stories to share when I get home :) My time is coming to the close and finals are a few weeks away! I am going to start writing my Icelandic Culture paper tomorrow (thanks to a friend who is letting me borrow their computer, I don't have to use the nasty library computers.) Once that is done all I have is studying. ahhhh... I don't want this semester to end.

"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever" 1 Peter 1: 24-25. (Danielle Translation: All computers are like ice cream, and their files are like cookies. The computer melts and the files are eaten. good thing my bible isn't on my computer. ha) Bless friends.