a whiter shade of pale

I am setting aside today as a day for relaxation and recovery. Well, it's more a preemptive measure to prevent getting sick than recovery.

I felt crappy all yesterday, I was exhausted all day and felt kinda grumpy. When I stopped to buy milk the guy selling it to me asked if I was alright, I thought it was strange that he'd ask but when I got home I looked in the mirror and I was really pale.

I cooked my self a delicious dinner of sliced apple with peanut butter (so good!) and a salami sandwich (maybe I needed protein, this whole vegetarian thing is challenging) and went to bed early. I woke up at 10 this morning still feeling tired, but a little less wretched then I did yesterday. Anyhow, today I am going to relax, sleep, and try not to get sick.

Thats the plan anyhow.
Just for fun:

Sunset, from my window

 I am disappointed in how bad the colors came out, there were a lot more reds and pinks

Getting schooled

Well, the start of classes has been very interesting. There are huge differences between UiO and Berkeley, as should be expected. Still, sometimes expecting something to be different does not really help when it comes to adjusting to the reality of the differences.
I have had a mixed bag class wise. Some I really like, and some not so much. The biggest shock, and disappointment, came from my old Norse literature class. The teacher was not really qualified, she  did not specialize in the subject and was a high school/ junior high school teacher of drama. That was shocking, I have never had a teacher so under-qualified before in higher education. It was not like she lacked a Ph.D. but still knew her stuff, we spent most of the class time correcting her.
 I have to admit, that after that class I had serious misgivings about coming here to study (of course that was my first class and I had a long weekend to worry about it). Fortunately, my other classes have been better. I ended up dropping the old Norse lit for a Development class which is really great.
I have not started my Norwegian language class, thats tomorrow, but I am hoping that one is good/tolerable.