A Month in Review

As of today, I've been in Stavanger for a month. As such, I felt a review of what I've done so far is in order:

• Met coworkers at a cowboy-themed party
• Started work
  
• Bought a monthly bus pass
• Settled into my apartment
• Drove my manual transmission car to work
  
• Took a road trip to and hiked up Preikestolen
• Took a road trip to and scrambled around at Gloppedalsura
• Biked the countryside to neighbouring cities including Tananger, Randaberg and Sandnes
  
• Biked to local landmarks including Ullandhaug, Valandshaugen and the cathedral
  
• Jogged around Mosvatnet about 8 times
• Spent a lot of time walking around Stavanger's downtown and old city
• Biked around Stokkavatnet
• Walked to the end of the island chain of Buøy
• Used the company gym about 6 times
• Learned a few words of Norwegian
• Bought a hybrid bike
• Visited the Swords in Stone monument twice
  
• Visited the Stavanger Botanical Garden
• Got a prepaid cellphone
• Posted my How to Greenify Your Life book online
• Wrote some blog posts about economic doom and gloom
  
• Bought a pair of snow pants so I can go skiing
• Managed to crack my camera's LCD
• Tried orienteering and will do so again tomorrow
• Spent some time at a nature info gathering and lying in the sun at a scouts gathering
• Got my dishwasher and TV fixed

So what am I going to fill the rest of my time here with? Well, I still have Kjerag, trips around Norway to further place, trips around Europe, a trip to the UK (coming up), skiing, more orienteering, a neolithic cave, the Botanical Gardens again once they start to bloom, much more running/biking, maybe training for offshore work, maybe a trip offshore, getting Norwegian ID which will allow me to get a bank account, visits by friends, learning more Norwegian, a visit to a stave church, maybe a trip North to see the Aurora Borealis, more fjord trips, experiencing very short days in winter and very long days in summer, etc. I won't be bored.