The Passing of Time

Long time no write... After finishing off the project last week - which got some pretty great reviews :), there was a night slightly excessive drinking. Really nice to get all the stress out of my system. The idea was to take the weekend off - which I did - and then come back full of energy for the next project. But somewhere, something went wrong. Monday morning I wasn't really feeling it, and I can't say that I am yet. Not that it doesn't seem like fun, but somehow I feel like I've had the wind knocked out of me.

I suppose the fact that our move is coming ever closer plays in a little. Last night the guy buying my apartment came by to measure and have a bit of a look. I'm actually not too sure he was quite as impressed as he had probably hoped he would be... not that I blame him. He's paying a bloody fortune for the place! So tonight after a pretty much awful day, we went to have a look at our new home. It's frightening what a few months will let your brain do to images left lying around in your brainfolds. Somehow the place had done some serious growing in my mind... Turns out it's not a mansion after all! But it's still a really nice apartment, and after some puzzling I think we've figured out how we'll get all the furniture in. Phew! We actually had me a little worried there for a bit.

As apposed to last weekend, which I dedicated to myself, this coming weekend is being dedicated to my beautiful neice and nephew. Nicklas and I are babysitting from Saturday afternoon until some time Sunday morning. Scarry! Never babysat in the morning before... and I can't say I have breakfast with the little ones very often when we're all in the country together. It will be an experience, I'm sure. And besides - Anton is very good at helping out when there are things we don't know. I'm sure he'll let me know what he's supposed to be having... and Alexandra too for that matter. Just have to remember to not let him trick me... hmmm...

On that note, and very much looking forward to Saturday, toodleoo.

Relief

Tomorrow is D-day. The project we've been working on for 6 long weeks, is due tomorrow... and we are actually done. I hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying that, but i think it actually might be true. We need a picture of Terese, and then we're done.

I can quite happily say that I'm proud of myself and the rest of the class for that matter for pulling it together. I thought we'd be sitting with last minute, but it seems we won't be needing to. Now all I have to do is fiuter out what I'm going to do about presenting the site... never quite know what to say - Tada!...?

Here's the address for our site: Communicate this (all in Swedish I'm afraid...)

So tomorrow is Friday. And for once i think I'm actually going to celebrate it in true Friday style. Starting at 10:00 AM when we all congregate to fix any last necessary fixings, and start the day off with a nice glass of wine, and some strawberries... hihi.

Unpleasant surprises

The plumber is finally here. It's taken until now to get the leak fixed that started night before the aparmtent was being showed. Turns out that the guy who renovated my apartment before I moved in, did a somewhat questionable job. All sorts of safety measures are missing, which means anything that happens with the dishwashing machine for example, will probably not be covered by the insurance. Since we're moving - not such a problem for me - but the guy that moves in may well be less impressed. And for the moral dilemma of the day- do I tell him? Or do I let him find out when a leak has finally ruined the floor, which will probably be the only way he will notice?

I believe I have decided to skip a little more class today. Realised that the testing center at the hospital will probably be much less crowded now than this afternoon. So I think I'll go sit around there for however long it takes. Hopefully not too long. Then let them poke around my arm for a while to find a vein, which for some reason always seems to be very difficult. Now there's something to look forward to.

Hope the plumber is done soon. And especially hope the leak will be done with. Another point ticked off my list for the move. Woohoo!

Ballooning / No Ballooning

It is just past one o'clock on Saturday morning. Thinking we were off on a really cool balloonig trip around 3, and having slept incredibly badly last night, I happily fell asleep around 8. Was supposed to watch a movie first, but eventually gave up and drifted in to sweet sleep. Pasco is with his day mom over night, so that he would be safely cared for while we were away. About half an hour ago, Nicklas's alarm went off to wake him up to call the answering phone that would tell us if we have lift off or no. A few miutes after Nicklas turned the alarm off, I realised that he had simply gone back to sleep... Since I don't have that talent when I know things are going on, I woke him up for the number and called.
Now, after all this planning our flight has been cancelled. Too much risk for fog apparently. This is the problem with ballooning. So much preparation, and so little chance of actually lifting off. At least in this country. So now, since I can't sleep having totally screwed up my clock, I'm left watchin late night tv. Thought it would be worse, but found Third Watch on. I guess it's not late enough yet for the real crap to come on. I used to know what was on when... I guess it just goes to show I've gotten old. I mean I am turning 27 in just over a week. Odd, odd feeling. Although not half as bad as I have been anticipating. Think I actually felt worse turning 26. Now I'm already over that hump, so I guess i might as well just enjoy it. Hehe.
Well, a little while of tv will hopefully lull me back to sleep. Have to pick our little doggy poo around 9 am. Very odd not having the dog around when we're home... Very empty and quiet. Funny how quickly you get used to having the little hair ball around. He was on his day care interview today, and passed with flying colours. Hopefully she'll have a space for him in August. Would be a pretty sweet place for him to be. Lots of other Spaniards for him to party with all day long. Hehe.
As for our ballooning, I guess we'll just have to rebook, and hope for better luck next time.

Ode To My Couch

Aah. What better feeling, than sitting down on the couch after a long day of hard work. At least a hard day of a lot of running around, trying to fit everything in.

Last night we realised that our doggy planning ran into some problems when Nicklas found an extra math class in the morning. His exams are coming up the stakes are mounting. Expecting a useless lecture I thought skipping half the day would be fine. Then it turns out that this was the one lecture that was really important and even fun. So at lunch, off I went to hurry home, have a quick chow down and take Pasco out for a proper walk. Then back to class for another few hours, during which I was also supposed to have fit in a couple of interviews. Luckily these I can get in tomorrow morning, so I'll have some fun stuff to do over the week end.

The project at school is taking a lot of time out of my life at the moment. Especially the part where I try to get a hold of people and interview them. Many can't be found, or are sick, or just plain old busy. I'm pretty sure being a reporter is nothing that I'll ever strive for. We'll see what happens, but I'm hoping I'll get three interviews in tomorrow. I'm wondering if I may be a little over ambitious, but I'm willing to take the chance. Since my name is going to be on everything I write, and as chief editor on top of that, I'm choosing to take it potentially a little too seriously. Now all I have to do is find somwhere to do the internship part of my course. Anyone want a web editor for a few weeks in October??

Pasco is going for his first interview tomorrow. We're taking him to a doggy day care center close to where we'll be living come mid June. If he fits the bill, he'll hopefully have a nice cosy place to spend the days while we're off at school. I'm hoping he'll be on his best charming behaviour. Knowing we had that checked off our list, would take another little bit of stress off. So longing for June to come, and the move to be over. I love school - who'd've thought, but right now everything is getting a little much at times. My brain is not rarely on fried, and things keep slipping. I've taken to using my calandar slaveishly. If it's not in there, it isn't happening. Just sucks when I forget to write things down... oops.

Well, CSI Miami is on i a few so I'm going to prepare with some nice tea, and a blanket to settle properly into my couch. I really do love it. Best investement I ever made. Ciao

Change of plans

I was going to write this whole long thing, but then I realised that writing is all I've done all day. And now I'm writing some more. Come to think of it, I am really tired. I lay awake from 5 this morning thinking about what i was going to write. I think I may be coming down with some odd illness. Although I'm also quite sure I've had it all along. It's just making itself known again. It's called control freak. Me no likey, and yet, I can't seem to stop myself. It all started with being named cheif editor of our current project. Ugh, responsibility. Now, I know it's just school, but all the same. It's not like I would ever be ok with failing... so off I go on long rants in my head when I should be sleeping.
On that note, I am going to go to be with my book, that I haven't had a chance to read for days. And then I'm going to sleep. Because today I've been so sickeningly effective, that there should really be nothing for me to obsess about. Or at least that's what I think... Night night.

Much To Do About Nothing...

Long time no blogging... fact is I've thought about it lots of times, but then something else always seems to come in between. My apartment has been showed, and bought for an insane sum of money. Pretty darn pleased about that. :) And to add to the pleasure I am also now a first time car owner. Woohoo! Bought my first Volvo today. We were thinking about a Porsche, but bringing Pasco gets a little cramped in one of them.
Last week end we emptied Nicklas' apartment, and moved everything to a rented storage space close to where our new apartment is. Then we also cleaned it from top to bottom, which was not so much fun. Now it is done however, and the new owners are in. They still haven't complained, so we've decided to tick that off on our pre-moving list. Countdown is still rolling and lift-off occurs in a month and 9 days. I know I keep saying this, but I cannot wait!
So now that a lot of the moving is done for now, and we can stop car hunting, you'd think some nice relaxing was on the menu. Sadly however, Nicklas has some lovely exams to look forward to, and I've been crowned cheif editor of our current project for school, which is so-so. It's not too bad, but it does add to the stress factor, since I'm not going to have it hanging over my head that it's not a success...
And on that note I should probably get working. Have to plan out all the deadlines for the coming week, and make sure I keep mine... need to get writing.
Toodles