real quick

i'm so tired i hardly have the energy to post something, but i'm beginning to realize that will likely be how i feel every night, so...

1) marissa and i moved out of the sad, dirty dorm they stuck us in and are now staying with her long lost danish relatives who more or less live in a fairy tale castle with a giant garden/little secret garden. it was kind of like we had to endure punishment before winning the grand prize.
2) turns out her relatives are secretly friends with judy goldstein, the founder of hia and this scary powerful presence of a woman. marissa was super ill all weekend (think crazy fever that created fun dream stories) so i got to attend a three fork dinner with judy, marissa's fancy aunt and uncle (we use these terms for simplicity's sake), an american diplomat whose mother owned the first contemporary art gallery in washington, d.c., and the head of a multinational human rights ngo. the dinner lasted a good two hours and i eeked in maybe 10 minutes of conversation. so terrifying, but also kind of awesome. i'm suddenly part of the elite.
3) danes are strange. apparently every single one of the danes in my program is in a serious relationship, but none of them have actually brought their significant others to any of the social events we've had. weird.
4) i finally got to go for a bike ride and it was great. flat land and warmish weater = great times. pray for less rain in the future.

that's all for now. things are great, crazy, busy, and much better now that i'm getting free delicious food provided for me. pictures soon, i swear.