Tagged: thisisjusttosay

17
Sep
2013

APROPOS OF NOTHING

Usually when I write a journal post, I write it first and THEN title it, but tonight, because I have nothing to say, I started with that. Things Martin and I have looked up as direct result of watching The West Wing, usually WHILE watching The West Wing: 1. When Israel was created 2. What boondoggle means 3. Who was the first and who was the last President to have facial hair (Lincoln/Taft) 4. Whether Hans is really a Swedish last name 5. Where, exactly, the White House is, in Washington D.C. 6. What’s across the street from the White...

13
Sep
2013

END OF A LONG WEEK

Tonight feels like a harbinger, of sorts. It’s not the first time that Karin has been away overnight, but Martin is out, too. He doesn’t go out often or socialize nearly as much as his sister, mostly because the majority of his friends live much farther away. She can bike to the next village or get one of us to drive her over since we’re in that town nearly every day for something: groceries, gas, soccer practice pick-up and drop-off, etc. But tonight they’re both gone, and while it’s not the first time that Karin has been away overnight or...

24
Aug
2013

REVVED AND READY

I just looked out the window as I saw movement from the corner of my eye and the little black and white cat next door was doing that just-before-pouncing butt-wiggle thing at the little grey cat from next door. Cute! It’s the first day of vacation again (3rd time round) and my brain woke me up at 6:30 a.m. for what I thought was a quick trip to the bathroom and then gave me a panic attack of thinking I might have to be at the airport in two hours which sent me scrambling to check my flight info and...

13
Aug
2013

O! THERE YOU ARE!

I cannot WAIT until the kids go back to school. Back to regular routine. Back to real life. We have had a super summer and I am kind of sad, despite that first sentence, that it is drawing to a close. The fields are bare, or full of hay bales and the clouds have started rolling in. The temperature dropped drastically recently (coooool) and we’ve had thunderstorms and sudden downpours. After this summer of nearly perfect weather, it’s quite the dramatic change. It’s been on my mind to sit down and write a post for…um. WEEKS. Eeek. It wasn’t intentional,...

21
Jun
2013

UPDATEY

First day of a 3-week vacation and my brain wakes me up before 7 am. WTF brain? Couldn’t get back to sleep no matter what I tried so here I am to talk at you. Just realized that I haven’t posted for ages. I’m a little tired of how time flies, wish it would slow down just a bit. I worked until nearly 9 pm last night, long after the last warriors had fallen, the day before the midsummer holiday. Because I was on a training trip to Germany on Wednesday, I lost a day of getting things done that...

31
Mar
2013

TAP TAP …IS THIS THING ON?

That lasted longer than I planned or liked, but it felt necessary. And to be honest, one of the major reasons for the break was that I felt like my head was crammed full of work with no time or room for anything else, and that is STILL the case, but I can’t keep radio silence anymore. I MISS this place. And if I don’t start now, I may never be able to get started so … Karin is in Dallas. She’s been there for a week playing soccer and having the time of her life in the sunshine, despite...

07
Jan
2013

PUT A POST IN IT

Walking into your home when you’ve been away for a couple of weeks is weird. Everything looks new and familiar at the same time. You notice small stuff. It takes several hours before your mind adjusts, but jet lag doesn’t help any. We left a white wonderland for gray and rain, but it feels good to be home, though I already miss my mom and Michigan. How long is long enough? Things that are different: tap water tastes better in Michigan, but the shower water is better here. I have so much churning about in my head, but it’s 5:30...

16
Dec
2012

SAYING IT BETTER

I’ve been too busy and too tired and now too sad to write. I just read this and it says everything I’m feeling about what happened in Connecticut a few days ago: http://truefornow.livejournal.com/111441.html As usual, someone else says it better. Thank goodness, there are others who can write & say what we are all feeling. To be honest, I don’t understand why anyone thinks it’s a good idea to have mass availability to guns. There is nothing but heartbreak and despair down the barrel of a gun and anyone who thinks otherwise is insane on some level that I have,...

23
Nov
2012

THINGS TO DO

….and suddenly it’s Friday again and an entire week has gone up in ether. It’s been a particularly crazy one, it seems, though it wasn’t REALLY anything out of the ordinary. Karin was sick on Monday with a sore throat and head cold and Martin was sick on Wednesday with an upset stomach. Martin and I went to a gymnasium open house at Kathedralskolan in Lund and now he’s considering IB again for which I’m glad, and today we went to his half-year parent-teacher conference and he has some things that haven’t been turned in which is risking major bad...

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