Archive for October, 2009
What a weekend
It was time to visit Linda’s parents again. Milla had been asking us a few times the last couple of weeks to go and visit her grandparents. We haven’t had the time yet, so now we had… We had to go. And it’s always nice to get a change of scenery.
Zeb was about to fall asleep and I didn’t know if I should go out for a walk with him or stay in. When I got outside, put him in the push-chair and walked around for 5 minutes, I realised it was too cold for me. I checked… 1 digit temperatures. Not yet, please…. Can you wait a minute or 2 with those cold and windy days ? We have 6 months of this ahead of us. Just wait, please….
But nobody listened, so I stayed inside. Looked at the sky and saw this:
So I grabbed my camera and took a few shots. 5 minutes later the colors were gone. It was all back to white and grey.
I don’t know why it colored like that, but it was nice. And weird too. But I am glad I captured it.
Empty
Is how I feel today. Totally drained of energy. It started on Thursday already, I think. No, I know.
I had a few drinks with P., which was a long time ago (in our perspective). Got in bed before midnight. Zeb woke up a few times during the night. Up early on Friday morning. Friday evening Linda went out for a few drinks, and I went to bed just about midnight. Zeb woke up again a few times during the night. Linda normally gets up early in the morning with the kids, but she didn’t feel too well, so I got up.
Now we are getting to Saturday lunch, when I am alone at home with Zeb. Milla is off to a birthday party with Linda. As soon as they get back we have to start packing stuff, because we are over to F. and C. for a dinner and something to melt it all down afterwards. Result: a few drinks and a walk home late at night. I get in bed around 01:00 and Zeb does his thing again during the night.
Up early Sunday again to get to Linda’s parents. It’s been a while since we’ve been there and Milla has been asking us quite a few times when we go and visit them again. So…. up before the sun (not difficult this time of the year in Sweden), packing bags and in the car. Luckily I get 2 hours of sleep after lunch when we are there.
Sunday evening is the same scenario again. I get in bed late, Zeb wakes me up a few times, and I get up early with him on Monday morning. We got home last night which I am very grateful for because a drive home this morning would have killed me. But the coffee at the office today didn’t really help. It just made me feel sick…
So today I will go to bed early and try to get at least 9 hours of sleep…. I need to. So good night and sleep well.
PS: no, I didn’t work on Monday and will not do so for the rest of the year. But more about that soon.
That time of the year
More of these to come. I find this time of the year just wonderful with all those colors. And as long as the sun is out at least, so we can enjoy it as well.
Eating on his own
Not the best movie you have ever seen, but just to show that Zeb is eating on his own these days (since a month ago or so). As a matter of fact, he will get very upset if he is not allowed to eat on his own. His favorite is vanilla yoghurt with raspberries.
The only problem with his behavior …. don’t sit too close to him or you will be covered in food. But that will pass with time….. We hope.
Melody Gardot – My One and Only Thrill
Melody Gardot has a wonderful voice. “My One and Only Thrill” is an album that I can play for hours non-stop. It came out earlier this year, but I never actually heard of it until an online-shop used it in a TV-commercial. So I looked it up and played it over and over and over again.
What it does for me here is that the main instrument on this album is her voice. Less is more as they say and that is what it’s all about. The bass, piano, sax, … are all still there but are more background. Is jazz becoming my thing then ? Who knows, it surely sounds wonderful.
8 Rules
Found this today on the interweb:
- Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
- Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
- Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
- Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
- Start as close to the end as possible.
- Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
- Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
- Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
8 Rules for writing short stories, by Kurt Vonnegut. Not that I am planning to write anything like that. But I guess you could apply them to blogging as well. Or ?
Note to self
Do NOT go running on a Saturday evening again. Ever !!!
Why, you ask ? Well….. it’s not that I’d rather sit in the sofa and watch TV (which I almost never do), but my stomach just wasn’t up for it. It was big as a blown-up balloon. And every step while I was running felt like I needed to be closer to a toilet (don’t want to be too graphical here). It all went OK. I got home without problems, but I never managed to keep running at my normal pace I have these days.
And the reason for a crazy stomach is not unknown to me either. I try to keep away from crappy food all week long. I know what I eat and I “am not allowed” to eat. But during 24 hours starting friday evening after work I am allowed to indulge myself into whatever I want. 24 hours and then we go back to “watching” what I eat. It works fine for me (so far). But today I had a bit too much of the “bad” stuff….. Don’t do that again.
It was a very good year
Not for letting go. But for going on training/education for work. It has been a bit slow for the last couple of years. What am I saying, not existing it was…. But this year I am on course/training number 4 or 5. Too much, I lost count already. Today and tomorrow is one of those days. Just not used to it anymore…. I will try not to fall asleep….