Monthly Archive: March 2004

Verian posted a horrid (but good) story today that involved amusement park rides and blood, and it reminded me of this story I wrote way back in 1985. 🙂

The sun was well up this morning, and shining directly into every crevice, sparkling and gleaming on the Kävlinge river and highlighting the mossy curves of trees. It worked hard yesterday melting the remaining snow, and all that is left are a few holdout patches clinging to ditches and shady spots. I think it will finish the job today, as the skies are a uniform bright blue. We’ve had more than our fair share of lovely winter days lately. 🙂 Still feeling under the weather, however, but made it to work today. Not sure I’ll stay the whole day, but...

Left work with a scratchy throat and a flattened feeling yesterday, which developed over the course of the evening into full-blown sore throat and head cold. 🙁 Thank God for Tylenol cold medicine imported from the heavenly land of superior over-the-counter-cold-remedies. I stayed home today so as not to infect the rest of the office, even though it’s probably too late as they say you’re most contagious before you show symptoms. It’s a gorgeous day today and the sun is doing aerobics on the remaining snow that is left in our yard (Feel the burn!). I slept until 12:30, held...

Today marked my 4-year anniversary of working for Ericsson. It’s been a (mostly) fun ride of ups and downs, creative challenges and some boring stretches. Seems my job is always either feast or famine: too much or not enough. I do better with the too much side of things. At lunch today, after Johan admired the salt & pepper shakers the restaurant had, Bodil suggested he steal them by stuffing them down his pants, and I said, “Is that a pepper shaker in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?” I didn’t know he could turn that...

This morning makes the second time I have driven to work, and on auto-pilot, gone straight to our old building. I can blame the Oscars for it this morning, though. I completely forgot that they were on last night and heard the news on the radio this morning on the way to work. My boss’s boss is back from his business trip, and has arranged his desk so that he’s basically peering over my back when he’s at his desk. I feel like I’m under survelliance. Plus, he and the woman on the other side of me have already started...