Tagged: littlemisssunshine

11
Aug
2026

BIRTHDAZE

It was my birthday yesterday. 62. What a weird number to be. I had a busy day planned so I got up fairly early. Anders is working from home this week, and he had roses and presents waiting for me. A poster of 100 Swedish sights to see that you can stamp off once you have seen them or been there. And 2 gorgeous hanging bird baths. I had asked for one, and he found 2 really nice ceramic ones…one in deep teal and one in off-white. The only problem is that they only have a center hole with a...

13
Jul
2026

ONE DAY, THEN THE NEXT

It’s Karin’s birthday today. She’s turned 27. Isn’t that crazy? We spent yesterday celebrating her, and driving around southern Skåne. Anders and I picked her up with Martin and Theo at Malmö C at 11 pm and then we drove out to Kivik and had lunch at Bhures Fisk, which is a well-known seafood restaurant. It was sunny and quite warm but by the coast there was a rather chilly breeze blowing, and I actually wrapped myself up in a blanket as our table was outside and since we weren’t in the sun, I actually got cold. Karin didn’t want...

27
Jun
2026

I’M MELTING, I’M MELTING!

Being this hot this long turns me into a wicked witch. I almost wish someone would douse me with a cold bucket of water. It’s been in the 90s for 2 days (34C today) and I don’t know how anyone stands it in countries where this is the norm or worse. How do people stand it?? I have minimal clothing, ceiling fans, and a regimen of opening and closing windows and blinds as the sun moves, to block the worst of it, and I’m still cranky and sweaty. I’ve managed to do a few things today, but if I had...

11
Mar
2026

I SNEEZE, THEREFORE I AM

One would never know that I’ve been on this planet for SIXTY-ONE AND A HALF YEARS and that ALL of those years have contained a Spring season. This past week my eyes have been itching terribly, I’ve been sneezing my head off and feeling strained and tired and yet it took an embarrassing five full days of this for the lightbulb to finally light up above my head yesterday evening after a bout of itching, sneezing, and rubbing my eyes so severe that I was nearly crying, with the realization that DUH…allergy season is here! Spring is sprung! ATCHOO! As...

03
Feb
2026

THERE, THEN BACK, THEN UP, THEN DOWN

What a mixed bag of a day. I got up earlier than normal but didn’t stress out about getting ready as I knew I’d need to let my morning bathroom routine take precedence as I did not want to be worrying about finding a restroom on my way to Malmö in rush hour traffic. I got disentangled from the sleep apnea test equipment (went fine, no problems, as far as I know, though we’ll see what the results say), showered, and left the house at 7:30 AM confident that 2 toilet visits would see me through. Wrong. Almost to the...

02
Dec
2025

JUST SAYIN’

I keep meaning to post, but never getting around to it. Either I’m too busy or too tired or too distracted or too lazy. I’ve finished all the Christmas shopping, and this week am wrapping presents, both for Christmas and for Martin and Theo’s birthdays. I have about 3 more left, and then have bags and bags of stocking stuffers to wrap. I went a little overboard, I think…those bags are HEAVY. I’ve finished all the shopping for my first family as well, though I’m going to a Swedish julmarknad on December 13th anyway. We’ll see if there’s anything fun...

17
Nov
2025

NO NO NO NO

Super tired (as always), and wasn’t feeling very good this morning, so I called in semi-sick, went back to bed, slept for an hour, then answered some emails, got up, showered and dressed, and reported for work at my home desk at 11:30 am and worked (very slowly) all afternoon until 4, which is my usual quittin’ time. Thought it was maybe a head cold, but now I’m not so sure. Headachey and just feeling a bit “off” but don’t seem to be sick with anything specific. NO no no no no. I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE SICK. I DO...

04
Oct
2025

SLUG START, ACCOMPLISHED AFTERNOON, UNEVENTFUL EVENING

A major storm has swept in over Sweden and down here in Skåne we’ve been having high winds and a total downpour all day. It’s supposed to continue through tomorrow as well, so I’m quite glad that a) we have no plans that require leaving the house and b) I have an excellent excuse to be a slug all morning, which is what I did today, after falling back asleep at some point around 6 and sleeping all the way to 8:22 am! Highly unusual these days. I stayed in bed and read and played iPad games and such for...

29
Sep
2025

IT’S JUST HAIR

Right now I am mostly sad, on the verge of depressed. On Tuesday, I finally had the appointment at the skin department of the hospital and the doctor examined me, took my history, and then took a biopsy from my scalp. The results will take up to two weeks (it’s been a week tomorrow) and hopefully it will show if any of the medicine I am on is the cause for the massive hair loss. Then the nurse put a huge bandage on my head and I had to walk back across the entire hospital complex to my car looking...

13
Sep
2025

IS IT HAIR-BERNATION TIME YET?

I had great plans to write a LOT, if not every day, then as often as possible, this year. And I was doing pretty well, really, until all the health issues came crashing down on my head and took my hair with them. At this point, my hair is mostly hairspray and wishing. And if one more person starts to say something about how my hair looks just fine, I will punch them in the throat. Today, I woke up at 6:30 am and couldn’t get back to sleep but since I had gotten up 4 times in the night...

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