Saturday & Sunday: My weekend started off with sun shining through my window bright and early but I am not complaining. I spent my day enjoying a run by the sea, coffee downtown with old classmates, and a girls night fueled by wine. H was off all day Saturday for a bachelor party so we ended up meeting up downtown that night for a few hours of dancing fun together. Our late night just meant that Sunday was a very low key day. We lounged in the pools and sat out in our yard welcoming the sun rays to our very pale bodies. It was a great weekend, I can’t wait for more beautiful sunny days.
Monday: After such a fun weekend Monday felt like the longest day! It probably didn’t help that I had to work late at an event I had coordinated. Many of the people who work with me are Icelandic so I get so nervous when I have to go to these events alone knowing that everyone will be speaking Icelandic. Luckily the event turned out great. My evening ended with a run on my favorite path along the sea, you just can’t beat these views.

Tuesday: What a busy day at work! I love those days though when you look up and its already time to head home. I also got my hair done for the first time since moving to Iceland. I was really nervous to try a new hairdresser but it turned out great. Apparently here in Iceland hairdressers go to school for 4 years before they are licensed to do hair so they really know their stuff. It felt great to finally say goodbye to those nasty roots and deadends!

I must have let the hair color chemicals get to my head though because I ended up taking two wrong buses on the way home so instead of a nice 20 minute bus ride home I spent over an hour riding all over Reykjavik. At least I got to see parts of the city that I have never seen before

Wednesday: The highlight of my day was getting a new desk at work, exciting right? I was pretty excited though, my new desk can be adjusted electronically so I can stand or sit while I work. I love this feature!

Thursday: We had the day off yesterday for what Iceland calls Labor Day(or Union Day), this is the third Thursday in a row we have had off of work! There were parades going on downtown so H and I headed out to see what was happening. So many people were downtown to watch the parade, which had an awesome marching band!

It was such a nice sunny day outside, H and I spent most of the day walking around the downtown area before coming home to sit out in our yard for the rest of the afternoon. My face is finally not a ghostly pale!

The rest of our day off was spent looking at flights for our trip to Croatia this summer. Trying to make everything work when you are going to a few different stops and have to match connecting flights is so difficult! We think we finally have it planned out though and I am already getting so excited for our summer vacation:)

Friday: Today feels like Monday all over again after having yesterday off. These days off in the middle of the work week really mess up my schedule! I am already looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.

Happy Friday Everyone!

Question of the Day?
Did you have Thursday off this week for Labor Day or is that just here in Iceland?