Busy busy busy
So busy, in fact, that I've already been staying in Eastern Norway for a week, at my mum's, and haven't had the chance to mention it here yet. I've been so busy, I'm behind on both Game of Thrones and Lupin III (and that's saying something)!
In summary:
- Traveled from Bergen (where all my stuff remains decidedly not packed).
- Spent hours cuddling with Linni who's been staying here this last month (doing well, although it's getting time for some claw-cutting again. Already dreading it).
- Went to a job interview which I think went pretty well (fingers crossed).
- Helped my sister and mum prepare cake and decorations for my niece's Confimation.
- Went to my niece's Confimation (the first Christian one I've attended - in Norway we've also got humanist/atheist Confimations as an alternative rite of passage).
And next week it's time for my sister Tiny's wedding (I'm the maid of honour), as well as her daughter's navnefest (literally "name party" - it's the humanist/atheist alternative to a baptism). Oh, and I'm hoping I might have found a place to live before I head back to Bergen where I can continue begin to pack, seeing as I definitely need to move out in June.
I've had time to keep an eye on Eurovision Song Contest though. Usually I don't care one jot about ESC - I haven't watched any of it for at least five years (the only way I found out Norway won that one time was because there were people outside my window drunkenly singing the song at four o'clock in the morning), but the moment I catch a second of it I'm always hooked. The grating melodies, the way too big stages, the odd costumes! I am very pleased that my favourite entry won, I don't think that has ever happened before. But I still think Moldova's cute, eccentric performance should have been in the top ten. (This is where we quietly ignore Norway placing last and how we've actually hold the record for the most ESC flops.)
In summary:
- Traveled from Bergen (where all my stuff remains decidedly not packed).
- Spent hours cuddling with Linni who's been staying here this last month (doing well, although it's getting time for some claw-cutting again. Already dreading it).
- Went to a job interview which I think went pretty well (fingers crossed).
- Helped my sister and mum prepare cake and decorations for my niece's Confimation.
- Went to my niece's Confimation (the first Christian one I've attended - in Norway we've also got humanist/atheist Confimations as an alternative rite of passage).
And next week it's time for my sister Tiny's wedding (I'm the maid of honour), as well as her daughter's navnefest (literally "name party" - it's the humanist/atheist alternative to a baptism). Oh, and I'm hoping I might have found a place to live before I head back to Bergen where I can continue begin to pack, seeing as I definitely need to move out in June.
I've had time to keep an eye on Eurovision Song Contest though. Usually I don't care one jot about ESC - I haven't watched any of it for at least five years (the only way I found out Norway won that one time was because there were people outside my window drunkenly singing the song at four o'clock in the morning), but the moment I catch a second of it I'm always hooked. The grating melodies, the way too big stages, the odd costumes! I am very pleased that my favourite entry won, I don't think that has ever happened before. But I still think Moldova's cute, eccentric performance should have been in the top ten. (This is where we quietly ignore Norway placing last and how we've actually hold the record for the most ESC flops.)