It's a school-weekend, but I wanted to check in and perhaps mention that I found out that another acquaintance died while I was busy with my own drama two years ago. Natural but unexplained causes, in her sleep. She can't have been older than 39. Yet it is still E's suicide that I can't wrap my head around. Oh, and they put a picture of our ( Read more... )

2012 was the year of unwanted change:
Giving up my dream house and my vision of the future
Starting a new education in order to attain a new career
Making my kid change schools twice

It was a year of reunions:
I saw my sister in April
I spent quality time with a high school friend
I finally met up with an old friend from Gothenburg
I finally found the ( Read more... )

Last night I had an evocative dream. I had houseguests - university friend Johan and my ex Ola from Stockholm, along with childhood friend Nanci were the most prominent. Nanci had apparently bought a plane ticket cheap from Idahoswede, who had changed her travel plans for the week and needed to get rid of a nonrefundable ticket from the States. ( Read more... )

I have known J for almost exactly 10 years. We met at a dog training club when we both were trying to get our crazy dogs to become Search dogs. Her dog was a Dutch Shepard and mine was a Belgian Shepard. My dog ate the upholstery in J's backseat whilst trying to escape from the car while J's dog eventually had to be put down because his crazy ( Read more... )

 Begging your pardon, I will not be reading your posts today. I have taken a sleeping pill and should have been in bed a quarter of an hour ago, which I am sure is apparent in my spelling. I might not be catching up with you tomorrow either, as I have been falling asleep at 6 p.m. after every work day this week.
I am only here today to mention a ( Read more... )

Today it has been exactly 21 years since I moved (or was moved) to Sweden. You'd think I'd be more Swedish by now.

Finished To Kill a Mockingbird the other night. I found it much less horrific than Light in August (by William Faulkner) and other novels that revolve around racial conflict in the American South. It didn't try to sell itself on ( Read more... )