Monthly Archive: September 2017

22
Sep
2017

WE’RE ALL NUTS HERE

Remember this? At least that one washed off eventually… She’s been talking about it for a long time. I am not sure why she has been so set on getting a tattoo, but she was determined that it be something that had meaning for her and when she finally came up with the idea for 4 acorns and oak leaves (Oak = Ek, get it?) she was convinced it would be perfect. She even asked me if I would design it for her, but I demurred. Not because I didn’t want to design a cool tattoo but because I kinda...

21
Sep
2017

MOOD

Headache day. I’ve had headaches almost every day this week, waking with them early enough to sometimes medicate and fall back asleep but not always. Today’s was a doozy and I ended up staying home and seriously (!) being a slug. I slept on and off most of the day, reading a bit in between and keeping an eye on work emails, since I have a lot to do and was stressing a bit about not being in the office. I don’t know if the changes in temperature and weather are responsible, but UGH. Would like to have my head...

18
Sep
2017

COMPARING A NON-SLUG DAY

Just so you can see the difference. Turned off the alarm at 6:45 am Showered Dressed Sprunched Barky Checked emails and Instagram Made and packed lunch Drove to work Fetched breakfast upstairs and ate it standing at my desk Sent 25 work emails in response to questions Closed 30 job tickets Designed and delivered 2 web banners Updated and delivered 4 print advertisements Reviewed 5 business cards Updated and delivered another business card Designed 2 flyers Had lunch with my daughter Went for a 20-minute walk in the sunshine Designed and delivered nametags for 2 different internal events Updated design...

17
Sep
2017

NEWS TO ME

Today was meant to be a slug day, too, but I woke up super early in pain (AGAIN), same as last weekend, and couldn’t get comfortable or back to sleep for several hours. I’ve already been this past week to the doctor and gotten a time booked for an ultrasound (in 2 weeks) to have my gallbladder checked, since it happened last weekend and my brother yelled at me, but now I’m just hoping I don’t have an acute episode beforehand. URGH. So, when I finally DID get up, I showered and dressed, and then, thumbing my nose at both...

16
Sep
2017

SLUG FTW

I have been badly in need of a slug day and today was it. Slept in, read, played games, sat on the porch and enjoyed the sunshine and warm temps, read some more, answered emails, started a new book, watched a terrible 70s movie after finding out it existed, based on the book I had started, ate leftovers for dinner (did 3 loads of laundry, scrubbed the bathtub, vacuumed the house) Can I do it all over again tomorrow? WHY YES! YES, I CAN! (although I’ve all but promised Karin I’ll go watch her soccer game in the afternoon…as long...

09
Sep
2017

SODDEN SATURDAY SPECULATIONS

It seems as though lately it’s always about to rain, raining, or wet from having just rained. It falls in sheets, in a steady frizzling drizzle, in bursts with the leaves turned sideways and inside-out, showing off their silver undersides. The ground is dark with water, rivulets run from every rooftop edge and corner. If waterdrops were diamonds, I’d be a rich woman…they’re hanging from every leaf and faded summer bloom. And yet, it’s a gentle (if annoying) constant patter of water against our lives. Nothing like the thundering gales that are battering other parts of the world. We have...

06
Sep
2017

H’IVE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

In my seemingly neverendingly-growing list of things that I need to fix about myself, today I went to see an allergy specialist in Eslöv. I have been to many, many allergy doctors in my life, but it’s been years and I figured it was time to get a handle on my worsening symptoms and see if there were new possibilities that might help. I spend so much time sneezing and blowing my nose and having itchy, running eyes, etc.—finally figured enough was enough. I already know what I’m allergic to, but the nurses sat me right down and did a...

03
Sep
2017

PRESENT TENSE

Pursuing: tickets to next week’s Cirque du Soleil perfomance in Malmö Targeting: my disinclination to get out and walk Devouring: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Perceiving: faint calls from the cockatoo next door Dithering: whether to continue paying HBO Nordic after the first free month Continuing: never-ending laundry, even with one kid gone Consuming: Anders’ homemade Cheddar & Chantarelle quiche Recovering: from the annual crayfish party last night…fun, but SO tired today! Luxuriating: blue skies, warm temperatures, sunshine, puffy white clouds…last gasp Swedish summer? I’ll take it! Distracting: Two Dots, Instagram, iPad Cribbage Resigning: myself to 18 months in open...