storms and eggs

today is mallorie's birthday!
and yesterday was my little brother tobias'. i cant believe he's twenty. he's an adult, a young adult. it feels like he has grown up in my absence. i left for australia when he was sixteen. he has grown up to such a beautiful and talented young man. it's sad to grow up cause it your leaving your family to start your own family. we'll probably never live under the same roof again.

the night between mon-tues there was a storm here. i woke up late cause the sky seemed to be falling down. lightning was lighting up the room like it was daytime. there were tornados spinning around, luckily they passed us by. ive never been in a storm that intense.
ive been working in the chicken houses a bit. it's very challenging. it's easy to get grossed out, pissed off and frustrated. when after cleaning some hard poop off of eggs one egg burst all over my pants and i had had enough. that was alabama meltdown #2.
#1 was when i was hungry and grouchy and everything smelled like fertilizer.
dont get me wrong though, i love this place.

tonight we are going to go out for dinner and celebrate mallories birthday.
and to make up for the poop ill tell you that there are so many amazing restaurants here.
outback steakhouse (american-australian steak house)
their steaks are the best especially with baked potato with sourcream and butter
la parilla (authentic mexican food)
the fajita quasadilla
mikata (japaneese steak house)
they cook in front of you!
cheeburger cheeburger (american diner food)
(as previously mentioned) you design your own burger
river nile (organic/healthy american food)
grapes, homemade potato chips or sweet-potato fried for a side
and there's free drink refills everywhere, always.

Eli (mallories son) is the cutest baby. he constantly smiles!
since we've been here he has learned how to crawl, clap and hold his own bottle.
it's sad that next time we see him he's gonna have grown so much.
freddy is downstairs now making him loudly laugh with delight.

what else is going on?
im job and apartment hunting in sthlm. and applying for classes for next semester.
i just found out that the lighting desk at hillsong's new venue is a glorious GrandMa light.
oh, how ive missed grandma. she's a dear friend.

yesterday i fell asleep with milk, cookies and the movie a knight's tale. it's an old movie with heath ledger. worth checking out.