At Saturday, Kevin's parents sent Kevin his birthday present, a grill, which is really big, and we found out at lunch that you can make a perfect steak in it. Later on the day Kevin and I went out to do a couple of erinds downtown, we went to the lumber store, the post office and to the grocery store. Kevin and I started a little project Saturday: Assembling an Ikea cabinet, which took a while, but I believe that we had fun during the process. After lunch we went for a walk to see the nearby areas, plus Kevin had to buy some different things. At around halv past six we went for a run to Prospectors Park and around it and back again, around 6 - 7 miles or so, it was fun to see how many people in Brooklyn who are having a good time in the park. It was a good run. When we got back we had dinner, grilled salmon, made in his new grill, very delicious in my opinion. After the dinner we talked about what needed to be done around the house on Sunday and then I went to my room and read a bit before going to sleep.
Now it's Sunday August 19th and I just got back from New Jersey with Kevin. We went to Harrison to see a soccer game, NY Red Bulls vs Portland Timbers. It was a great game, even tho NY got behind 2-0 after just 25 minutes, but then right before halftime they scored 2 beautiful goals. In the 83rd minute of the game NY scored another nice goal and they won the game 3-2, which really made the crowd go wild! Great experience, loved every second of it!
Earlier today I went to try out my new basketball and snickers in the nearby park. I quickly got invited to play with five other guys and we played a few matches to 16 points 3on3. It was very funny to learn how good the other guys were and I even got invited to play with them again next Sunday and also Wednesday night, so I had a great time! When Kevin got back from church we had lunch followed by him learning me to drive their car, so we drove around on an empty block for a few laps, and then we went to do some erinds. I now know how to drive in Brooklyn, yay :)
Now i'm sitting on my room, just had a late night snack with Kevin and I'm about to go to bed.
Monday was my first day alone in the house, because Kevin had to go to work. I went to Manhattan and tried out a bed we had been looking on, it was really nice, so I can't wait to try it out at home. Then I took a walk on Manhattan for an hour or so. In the afternoon at around 5pm I went to the park to play some basketball. A lot of the guys from Sunday were at the court again Monday, so I easily joined a few games before going home at around 7:30. When Kevin got home we had a snack, and then we ran to the Y, which is a gym. Kevin took a swim while I worked out for about 45 - 60 minutes, then we ran home. When we got home at around 9:15 we made hamburgers and afterwards I was done for today, so I went straight to bed and read for a while before going to sleep.
Tuesday I woke up at around 9 am. Then I made some breakfast, eggs and toast + some oats. Yummy.
I met the cleaning lady called Jenny, she was very nice to me and made me a cup of coffee. Then I went to the Social Security Administration in Brooklyn which was a nice 1½ mile walk, but when I got there, there was a line which was estimated to take around 6 hours, so I went home straight away. I am now planning on going there one of the next days, but I'm going to be there when they open at 7am. When I got back I had some lunch and then I read a couple of pages in my book before packing my stuff and going to the park to play some basketball. I played from 5 to 7:30, it was great. I am really starting to know and like these guys, even got my own nickname "Europe" :)
Kevin is about to come home from work here at 8 pm, and then we're going to have dinner before going to the airport to pick up Lisbeth, Kamilla and Jack. Can't wait to meet them all!
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