Off to See the World!

The time has come! We are off on our super duper trip! Tomorrow at 10.20 AM the plane leaves Stockholm to take us across the great ocean and drop us off in San Francisco... with a little stop off in Philly that is...

I am mighty proud of myself, having fit everything for a three week trip into one 50L bag... no suitcases allowed due to the part where we live in tents and paddle around with Orcas and things... Not that I really mind. Quite looking forward to that part :) I would also like to add, that this luggage includes a sleeping bag! Tried it all in the bag last night and it fit. Not that there is room for anything I may want to buy along the way, but at least for once I haven't over-packed... and I did manage to fit an extra bag for the trip home, should I need it! hehe. Now of course there is hoping that the hotels actually have laundry service or at least know of a good laundromat, or I'm dirty girl come day 10 or so...

Rightyho, have some last minute stuff to do - like clean this filthy apartment! Must get on...

Did I Muss Summer??

I'm on vacation, which is great. Then again, we're in the country off on the farm, and it's been raining since we got here a week ago. The dams that we used to have holding fish and crayfish burst and flooded fields etc. last Monday. So, I am of the definite oppinion that it is time for the rain to STOP! I want Summer! I've made myself go swimming all of twice, to get it over with - but I still want to go in the sun and because I'm hot at some point... Well, we have another week here, so let's hope it gets better. At this point I'm just going to keep my hopes up for California. If it rains then too, I am going to be sooooo upset! Then again we're going cayacking with wales so I'm thinking my mind will be less on the fact that I'm still pale as in winter, and more on the wales :)

Rain

I am sick of this rain! Whatever happened to Summer?? Only three more days left of work until I get my vacation. Bless vacation! Sometimes I really would love a fast forward button on some things... Can I go home now?

A Good Day Today

Relaxing is the game... Because - today I finally got my internship sorted. Unless something unforeseen happens, I will be at Svensk Fastighetsförmedling for four weeks. Woohoo! It's even something I'm happy with!

And on top of that I managed to sell my old bed for 2500, and it's being picked up today. The apartment is just about sorted and emptied of unnecessary crap. Everything is booked for our trip in a few weeks AND I only have 3 more days at my job that I still despise... Had started pretending that it might be better than I remembered, but no. I still want out. And I WILL get another job after school is done. That's all there is to it. Happy happy days! :)

A really long week

We have moved... and finally gotten working internet. Took over a week - no thanks to comhem. But now it works, and our business with them is done in a month.

Moving has been quite an ordeal. On top of it all I had to start preparing for today - possibly one of the worst days of my life. As most are aware my stomach is one of those things that generally works badly in my life. So today I was in for some testing. Starting with a quick gastroscopy, and moving on to an extremely painful endoscopy. Mmmm... now there's something I never ever want to go through again in my entire life, unless possibl if it's a matter of life and death.

It all started yesterday, when lunch was my last meal... went home to start drinking four - yes FOUR litres of laxatives... My friends - dont't do it. I have never tasted anything as vile in my life - and the following eight hours weren't exactly anything to wish for either. So today, I went in for my appointment at 12.45 without having eaten anything for over 24 hours and having had little to drink since last night.

Now, everyone has always told me that the gastroscopy is the worst. I beg to differ. Yes, it is very uncomfortable, and gag reflexes were definitely being triggered - but it was over withing 5 minutes. My throat maybe hurt for another half hour. Now the edoscopy - a completely different story. They give you laughing gas as part of the standard procedure and stronger stuff if you need it. Well, they gave me the shot when I started crying and hyperventilating in the gas mask... After it was all over, my butt feels extremely violated, and on top of it, they blew so much air up my ass I'm not even going to go in to the rest...

Now, on pain killers I'm feeling a little less miserable. And I get to eat. Yippee! Although now I'm not feeling even half as much up for it as this morning. At least they didn't find anything. I seem all "healthy" - just have to wait for the the testing of the samples they grabbed to know for sure. It seems I am getting closer to the definitive diagnosi of IBS. Woohoo... or not as it may be.

Well, over the week end we are off to a lovely bout of family reunion on my dad's side of the family. Should be fun - get to go back to where we used to have our old summer house when I was a kid. And in true family tradition, I'm sure it will rain all week end.

Toodles.

Approaching Old Age??

So today I started the day by mailing my travel card together with the letter I had in the same hand. Was very impressed by that. Was very pleased when I realised that today was the last day of it's validity, so I didn't make a huge loss in the process. When I following this tried to tell Nicklas about my rather idiotic blooper, I realised that I had left my phone at home.

Wonder what the rest of this day will bring...?

I really do never learn!

Another wonderful week end has passed. Friday ended with a great tapas dinner with Annika and Ida - with a little too much wine. Saturday was stiflingly hot, and was spent doing laundry and watching the Stockholm Marathon. Nicklas' cousins were running and came in on a whopping 3 hours and 19 minutes I think. Pretty darn good!


Saturday night we spent picnicking in the park. Great company and yet more wine. Sunday I paid for all the good times, with a good old hangover... and my tummy is still making itself known. At least we got some packing done.
By the way - anyone other than me wonder what Linnea has to say to my dog? Is there a hidden talent I don't know about?



Here is Nicklas looking his coolest. Sadly he now has a cold, and has taken to his bed. And I am hungry again... why? It seems like we just ate! Just in case anyone was interested...