Tagged: americanabroad

The American Women’s Club Malmö turns 10 years old this month. I’m pretty proud of that fact because though I wasn’t the one who started the club, I HAVE been around since the very first meeting (at which there were 7 people, including Lizardmom, and of said 7 only 2 are still members: me and the founder) back in 1997 when I was gigantically pregnant with Martin. He was supposed to be due right then, practically the day we had the meeting but he chose to take his sweet time and in fact, had to be YANKED OUT 3 weeks...

Today, in its loosely defined state of 33 hours awake so far, involved 3 airplanes, 9 hours total of layover/airport-wait time and a train, plus two 50-pound suitcases. I am very glad to be home. Things I boggled at, the short list: The Butt Hut (bwahahahaha!), ketchup-flavored potato chips, THE PRICES, the fact that I spent an hour and a half in the bookstore and came away with ONE BOOK for myself, the amount of strip malls in America, the variety of goodies on the market with Reese’s name on them. Things I wanted to eat while in the States...

The air here smells right, the water here tastes right. My body remembers Michigan. There are red-breasted robins and grey squirrels and black squirrels in the yard. There are 2 pairs of cardinals flitting around. There are deer walking through the woods…the snowy woods. We have been shopping 4 of the 5 days we have been here, for clothes, for books, for CDs, for food, for STUFF. We have been to a hockey game and our presence meant that the Detroit Redwings won 3-0 (we have the Magic Power). We’ve had our pictures taken and we’ve been up at 4...

laundry – 3 loads 2 loads 1 load send final translation project scrape tank and change water in aquarium clean bathtub drain empty wastepaper baskets water plants buy last present collect cameras – batteries – cards select activity books for kids fill kids’ backpacks pick up kid’s department dust and vacuum house go for a walk in the spring sunshine, buy pansies at the nursery, clean up the front garden beds and plant them in pots empty fridge set timers put “ingen reklam” sticker on mailbox call farmor and farfar with flight info check michigan weather online one more time...