Tagged: adayinthelife

20
Apr
2018

SIMPLE PLEASURES

Today at work, we were entertained for a while…well, entertained isn’t exactly the right word…mesmerized sporadically by the antics of three huge hares that were loping along on the verge outside our office windows. Our building is bounded on the north side by the loop that circles the parking areas and the building itself, a skinny strip of beech hedge, an even skinner strip of grass and then an extremely busy 4-lane road that is the direct access from the highway that goes past Lund. The hares, which were as big as big small dogs; like, bigger than chihuahuas and...

28
Jan
2018

I NEED ANOTHER WEEKEND

I didn’t even go outside today, not even to take trash out, and I don’t regret it one bit. This month has been hell on wheels work-wise, and yesterday was busy and long, so I took today as a much-needed down day: sleeping in late, reading, lazing about, watching a movie, doing a few small things about the house, and bird-watching from the couch. I even took a late nap, and now I just have Bron to look forward to in about an hour, and then it’s back to bed for me. Hopefully that will go some way toward recharging...

09
Dec
2017

TAKING THINGS OUT

You know, I’ve not even had that much problem with my gall bladder, but after a third episode, and getting it checked, and hearing that it was “nearly full of stones”, I thought it was better to be preemptive about having it removed, rather than wait until I ended up with major issues. Considering that my brother, my mother AND her father all had gall bladder attacks, it was probably just a matter of time. My surgery was scheduled for Wednesday morning and I’d had 6 weeks to prepare, and by prepare, I mostly mean losing weight. I managed to...

03
Dec
2017

LIGHTING THINGS UP

This has been a majorly NON-SLUG weekend here at Chez Ek. Anders, who has apparently been replaced by a pod person, went out yesterday and bought outdoor lights and HUNG THEM ALL ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF THE HOUSE. He was too funny, because he came in to the bedroom on Saturday morning, where I was still lolling reading, and asked me if he could get one of these. Apparently they sell them here in Sweden, now. Guess who got the hairy eyeball THIS time? 😀 He had no intention of actually buying one, though, and proceeded to look up...

01
Oct
2017

CLOSER

Ozswede wrote something that really struck me, today: “Sometimes it feels like I have sunk very quickly into the mire of old age because I do wonder where the time has gone. I think if there is any regret it is that I just don’t know where middle age went. I thought that middle age should be now, when there are big adventures and endless wonderings and wanderings. Too often I get to day’s end and think I have just slid one day closer to death.” Urk, that brought me up short, as too often I have the same kind...

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...

05
Aug
2017

SO BORING EVEN I AM ZZZZZZZ

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of satisfaction you get from cleaning out a closet. Even if you mostly just tidy and don’t purge that much, it still feels like a big accomplishment. We have no plans this weekend…well, at least *I* don’t…Anders is still painting the window trims on the house and Karin worked 10-4 today, came home to shower and change, and left again for the evening/night. It’s like we’re already empty nesters. Anyway, since I had no plans, I have been taking it pretty easy. The weather has been so changeable: sunny one second, cloudy and raining...

21
Aug
2016

SUPER SUNDAY

It’s been a nice, pretty quiet weekend with the kids mostly away and me mostly puttering about the house…shades of what’s to come, I guess. Martin is working and Karin was gone Friday for a soccer match in Växjö and a sleepover last night. I’ve cleaned house, worked on my recipe book, read, and relaxed. The weather has been up and down, but today is mostly sunny though I can see a lot of cloud cover from the window. Anders and I are going to fika with his mom this afternoon, sans kids, since Martin works until 6 and Karin...

22
Jun
2016

ALL THE THINGS

Had a meeting with my boss yesterday and was informed about my raise: higher than the average and lots of praise to accompany it, which was nice. Wish it was hitting with tomorrow’s paycheck instead of next month’s. Would have been nice to have that extra money in the States. Got my FBARs done, finally. Figuring out our plans for the US trip: what to see in NYC and Boston on the day each we have allotted for them. Planning a couple of days at a relative’s in Traverse City and my college roommates lake cottage. And a real American...

23
Aug
2015

NOTHING MUCH

It’s been beautiful all weekend, but I sure haven’t done much with it. I’ve mostly been a slug, though I have done the minimum weekend cleaning, and laundry (always, laundry) that is required. Friday night was fun…I was invited to the home of a colleague and friend. She’s English, and had also invited the other 2 Americans on my team, and another colleague who is Swedish but married to an American, and another friend who she is very good friends with that I haven’t seen in ages. So it was a very fun, very English-filled evening. She’s a fantastic cook...

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