Monthly Archive: November 2020

27
Nov
2020

ABUNDANCE

Thinking about things I’m grateful for is on my mind this week, like it’s on all the Americans minds, of those who celebrate Thanksgiving with at least some investment in what GIVING THANKS means and not just that it’s a socially sanctioned opportunity to stuff yourself until you feel sick. I found myself getting very upset with some of my relatives who were having family and friends over (in the US), when I’ve spent the last two weeks discussing the situation with my mom and son, imploring them to not get together, and just stay safe, which feels like hypocrisy...

25
Nov
2020

FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

Choir practices Massages 2020 work kickoff AWC lunches AWC monthly meetings Charlie Caper at Victoriateatern Martin’s visit home Bookworms Choir weekend Work trips Valborg bonfire & BBQ Lundaloppet Midsommer Visits with Anders’ mom Independence Day BBQ My grandmother’s decline and funeral Summer vacation in the States Movie nights Crayfish party Flyinge loppis Karin’s university start Dinners with friends Wreathmaking workshop Funny Girl at Malmö Opera Friendsgiving Julbord AWC media sale That’s the short list of cancelled events and activities so far this year. I’m thinking about Thanksgiving since it’s tomorrow, in the US, and normally, tomorrow, I would be meeting...

22
Nov
2020

CINEMANIA

We’re working on getting into the holiday spirit around here. Karin came home this afternoon; it’s the first time we’ve seen her for any amount of time in nearly 3 weeks as she’s been quarantining…two COVID tests, both negative, thank goodness. I’ve been getting Christmas shopping done…have my sister and her family sorted, and my mom, and my brother’s family except for him. I have Martin nearly done, and Karin and Anders started. Pretty good work for a couple of days. Karin and I went grocery shopping, and then brought all the Christmas decoration boxes into the house and got...

17
Nov
2020

YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND BUT NOT ON MY TIME

I don’t care about lots of things that other people seem to care a ridiculous amount about. Princess Diana, for example. Don’t care. The 4th season of The Crown was just released and suddenly my social media is full of her again. Don’t care about royal families in general, for the most part, and the current one in the UK has less interest for me than most. I don’t care what they’re doing, who they’re marrying, where they’re vacationing, and whether or not they’re happy in their roles. I watched the first three seasons out of curiosity and thought they...

15
Nov
2020

FINDING MY WAY OUT

While I was watering the houseplants today, I found another butterfly sitting in a window. There’s no telling how long he’d been inside…we haven’t had doors or windows open in weeks, but he was sitting very still, hidden behind a succulent in the living room window. All summer long I’ve been catching and releasing butterflies who have flown inside and then batter themselves around the windows unable to figure out why they can’t get back outside. After Googling, it turns out some species of butterflies live, on average, up to a month, though there are a few who have an...

13
Nov
2020

STICKING TO MY LANGUAGE GUNS

I often feel I spend too much of my time at work talking people out of stupid and unnecessary requests. Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don’t, but it’s always an exasperating process. We’re so busy and slammed with work so much of the time that having someone request something useless or idiotic is crazy-making. People in my team joke about “Liz says no” and “Marcom says no” as standard responses to such requests. We don’t have time for wasting. We have handled more jobs/requests/tickets this year so far than we handled all of last year and there’s still a month...

11
Nov
2020

BEARLY

I took a nap after work. I wasn’t going to but during my hour wind-down after I shut off my work laptop and before treadmill time and dinner, I couldn’t keep my eyes open. My excuse was that my hands were really cold…I needed to put them under a blanket. And then pull the blanket up to my chin. And then slide down as the best way to make sure my hands were warm was to curl up. It’s full-on hibernation time: dark, rainy, cold. Ugh. It appears I don’t have anything to talk about. Going to go watch Mad...

10
Nov
2020

SOLITARY THOUGHTS

I think the pandemic is bringing out my antisocial tendencies. Maybe I was born to be a hermit and this is just exacerbating my proclivity. How many 4-syllable words am I allowed to use before you smite me? Hee. We are on our third week of working solely from home, and I’ve kind of resigned myself to being alone all the time now. At least I get to read my book at lunch and go out on the porch when I need a break. I was thinking maybe I could turn my monitor screen around so that I can watch...

07
Nov
2020

STEPS IN A FORWARD DIRECTION

In the interest of trying to be more present in this space, here I am. Writing to myself, about myself. Wondering if anyone is reading this; and wondering if I care what the answer is. I’ve distanced myself on social media platforms, seldom commenting, and reducing my sphere of interaction rather drastically over the past several years…am I in place where I’m comfortable now, or is it time to start reaching out again? The thing is, it’s a two-way street, isn’t it? If I reach out, will anyone answer? Isn’t writing here a form of reaching out in and of...

04
Nov
2020

GANGING AFT AGLEY

What are you looking forward to? Today, I had some things pulled out of my anticipation bag and I’m feeling very sad about it. My birthday present tickets to see Funny Girl at the Malmö Opera were just rescinded as they will only allow the first 50 ticket buyers entrance, and we weren’t in that group. They’re offering us a gift certificate for the ticket prices instead of reimbursement. We can pay 100 kronor (just over $11) to livestream it the evening we were supposed to go. And we had an extra AWC board meeting tonight and during the discussion...

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