Martin actually updated his resume, printed it out and went around knocking on doors and talking to managers all over Lund, looking for another job today. Very happy about his initiative! He and his friends bought the plane tickets to Peru yesterday, so apparently this trip is really happening…EEK. Now he just has to get shots, order an international health insurance card, get blood tests, make an appointment with the driving school, get his driver’s license, figure out what he wants to study and where, write college entrance essays, apply for college, graduate with honors, get a fantastic job, meet the perfect person, and LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
Karin left on her moped this evening to go to soccer practice and called home 5 minutes later, crying. I thought she’d had an accident or been hit by a car or something. “WHAT HAPPENED!??” I said (calmly) into the phone. Turns out, a wasp had flown into her jacket, gotten inside her shirt and stung the crap out of her, all over her front. She had at least 5 swollen spots and red rashy splotches all over her chest and neck. 🙁 She got the wasp out, after stopping, screaming, throwing off her helmet and jacket and then got the stinger out as well before she called. YIKES. We don’t have any sort of sting medicine except a tube of AfterBite so old it’s probably more dangerous than helpful. We put a cold compress on the stings and she laid down, and now, 2 hours later, the splotches are mostly gone and the swelling spots have disappeared and she’s asleep. Poor little pooh!!
I spent today doing things for everyone else. And that doesn’t even count work, where that’s all I do, haha! And running errands. Martin needed his resume printed out. Karin needed money for new inside shoes. I took my car back for its follow-up inspection (it passed). I picked up stuff from my friend Camilla that she is donating to our village’s upcoming flea market. I went grocery shopping. I picked Martin up at the bus stop. I washed dishes. I paid bills.
In the piles of stuff that Camilla gave me was a bag of old picture frames that she was getting rid of. They’re so pretty! Very old-fashioned, metal with stamped and embossed edges and in 2 cases, flowery filigree. I would have paid a lot of money for them in an antique store, so I am thrilled. Score! I’ve been sorting through photos and frames, so these couldn’t have come at a better time.
It’s suddenly warming up again and the sun was shining much of the day. I went for another “long” walk at lunch (extra 10 minutes more than usual) and it was so nice to feel the warmth on my shoulders. It’s supposed to be summer weather all week, all the way up in the high 20s.
What I’m Reading: Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery (finally!) and then Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
What I’m Eating: artichokes, fresh pineapple, spinach salad with salmon, baby plum tomatoes and pine nuts, mushroom soup
What I’m Watching: nothing, really. All my shows are over. John Oliver and Samantha Bee, when they have new stuff
What I’m Wearing: no-sleeve shirts, still
What I’m Listening to: Haim and the rest of my Spotify playlist
What I’m Working on: the recipe book, duh. I drew a chicken yesterday!
What I’m Coveting: paintings by Andrea Migiano-Lavery, Erin Hanson, Audrey Kawasaki, Melanie Morris, Jess Franks, Michelle Courier, Flora Bowley and Amy Montgomery, among others…
What are YOU doing?