It's been a while...

Well its been over a week since my last post and a lot has happened since then. FSU is 2-1. There last home game was last Thursday and they killed the team that they played...
Last Friday night we went Reykjavik and stayed with Sy's parents for the weekend. Sy's uncle, Halli, had a 40th birthday party Saturday night and the entire family was there. It was good to see everyone and a lot of his extended family found out that we were expecting a baby that night. Everyone was excited about the news. We came home sunday afternoon because Sy had practice that night. The team had a video meeting from 4:30pm-5:30pm and then they practiced from 5:30pm-9:00pm!! I was wondering why no one could tell me what time practice would be over. Iceland does not have the athletic rules/laws that we have in the states. In the states, collegiate athletes practice 2 hours at most.
Monday I spent the day with Aya, Bjarni's mom! She lives about 7 minutes from us. Aya made me curtains for my living room and kitchen and they are beautiful...I love them! She is amazing! She can sew anything! She is so sweet and I really enjoyed spending the day with her. Later on that afternoon she taught me how to make lamb soup. Lamb soup, also called meat soup, is very popular in Iceland especially around Christmas time. Lamb soup is the first real Icelandic dish that I have learned how to make. Speaking of Icelandic food- I ate horse a few weeks ago!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know what it was...We sat down to eat lunch at Sy's parents house and there were two kinds of meat on the table- one was chicken and the other looked like beef, or so I thought. Sy put a peice of the meat on his plate and I tried a bite of his...I thought to myself, this beef taste funny...and so I proceeded to eat my chicken. Later on in the meal, Sy asked me if i liked it. I said "no" and he kindof laughed. I asked what it was and he was like "horse"! After I found out that it was horse and that it wasn't supposed to taste like beef I had another bite and it actually tasted better.
We finally made our first doctor's appointment this week. My first appt will be November 12!!!! I have been feeling fine expect the usually morning sickness or should I say "all day sickness". We also found out this week that the medical insurance that we bought to cover us until we got into the Icelandic socialist medical system does not cover our pregnancy. That basically means we will have to pay out of pocket for all of our pregnancy medical care for the next 6 months (it takes six months for us to get into the system). We went to check on the costs of everything yesterday and thankfully, its not too bad. It will costs us about $150-$200 per visit. An ultrasound, which I will get at 18 weeks, will cost about $150, as well. We will get into the medical system around the first of May so the birth of the baby will be covered- Thank you Jesus!!!!
We also checked on getting me into school so that I can start learning Icelandic. Unfortunately all the classes are full until January ) : So i will have to wait until then to get into a class.
We have had a carpenter at our house for the past 4 days fixing the wall that was damaged during the earthquake. His name is Brynjar and he is a very sweet man. When I first met him I didn't think that he knew how to speak english; however, one morning he was at the apartment working and I was at home by myself (Sy had already left for work)...All of a sudden he says ´Good Morning!´...and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship, as they say. I sat at my kitchen table and talked to him for about 2 hours that morning...I was so thrilled that he knew english...Not only did he know english, but he also knew norweigen (I know that i didn´t spell that right, anyway the language that people from Norway speak)...The reason that I bring that up is because the new washer/dryer that me and Sy bought was not in english...I assumed that it was icelandic, however when Sy started to assemble them he realized that he didn´t know what language it was in either...of course i´m thinking ´GREAT´...Sy explained that the operator manual that comes with appliances, etc usually comes in icelandic, english, etc...but for some reason our washer/dryer didn´t...I explained the situation to Brynjar that morning and he offered to take a look at it...As it turns out Brynjar, his wife, and his three children lived in Norway for five years and he was fluent in Norweigen!!!!...so he translated my washer and dryer for me that day!!!! Talk about a divine appointment!!!
Brynjar finished fixing our apt wall yesterday!!!! So i finally got to uncover my new sofa and red leather chairs and basically put my living room together! I think it looks pretty good so far...I still need a picture to go over my sofa, a coffee table, a rug, and a few decorative items...The curtains that Aya made for me look great....
Today is Thursday and I am at Elsa and Siggi´s house...Sy has a game tonight...They play some team that´s about 5 hours away so the team had to fly to the game tonight...it was about a 40 minute flight...I hope that they play well...FSU is getting a new player tomorrow...I can´t remember his name but he is actually from the Huntsville area...He is a 6´9 guard...The team is really excited about him coming...He was playing for a team in Italy and now is coming to FSU!
Saturday one of Sy´s uncles is getting married so we will travel back to Reykjavik for the wedding. It should be fun-more time with the fam!
Sunday night I am having my first dinner party!!! I invited three of Sy´s teammates over for dinner...I am not quite sure what I am going to cook yet but i know it will be good because i can get down in the kitchen!!!!!! I also want to try to check out this church that Bjarni told me and Sy about in Selfoss on Sunday...I haven´t been to church since I left Huntsville so I am ready for a little fellowship...FSU will be having 2 a day practices starting saturday to try to bring their new player up to speed, so I don´t know if Sy will be able to come...I may just go by myself...I am learning my way around selfoss pretty good now...
FSU plays again on Monday night so ya´ll keep the team in your prayers...Also, so many people have been asking us about our faith...Brynjar the painter, Sy´s teammates, etc...I really want to start a bible study and Sy does too, but Sy has a lot on his plate already with work and b-ball...those are both important things BUT we have got to also be about Kingdom Business if you know what I mean, SO you guys please pray about us making time to share about the Lord...Also pray about what the Lord would have us to share with these people.
Well, that´s about it for now...Later!
PS...I am 12 weeks today!!! The first trimester is OVER (let´s pray that the morning sickness is too!)...