I have adjusted to Arthritis Camp gradually, like slipping into a hot bath. I have to admit I was afraid when I came here: afraid of letting go of the stress, letting down my guard and just being me. When the going gets tough, I don't reflect upon how I really am: the tough get going, right? The tough, the ignorant, and the crazy... It's hard to ( Read more... )

Halland gave me a frosty reception this morning, but I 'm glad to say I have been safely indoors since ten o'clock. I'm much too tired from the poking and prodding that my admission to the rehab hospital (or shall I customize mschilli's appropriate nickname and call it "Arthrits camp?") has entailed. I'll walk you through it later ( Read more... )

My brain is fried. I am dogless and tired and the thought that I might have forgotten to pack something important is gnawing at me so much that I can't turn the lights out just yet. The hospital is located in the middle of nowhere, in the woods overlooking a lake. Although I like it that way, it means shopping for forgotten items would be a bit of ( Read more... )

I'm sure that most people fear losing their memory with age. When it comes to seasons, however, I prefer forgetfulness. After 29 years in Sweden, let me tell you: staying in the present and forgetting summer every existed is the only way to get through winter.

Last night, when I went out for the last evening walk with Mental, the first real cold hit ( Read more... )

Friday is riding day. Although Michelle's instructor works at a riding school closer to Helsingborg now, it still takes me two hours to go to Michelle's school, get her changed into her riding gear, down to the train station, onto a train or bus, and 30 miles south to a town called Landskrona. Then we walk or take another bus before actually ( Read more... )

Tonight I attended Save the Children's introductory course and got to meet some more members of the current board. (In case you forgot, I'm doing my project management internship with them this spring.) I felt very much like the new kid on the block with all of my questions and enthusiasm. The chairman of the local club made it very clear to me ( Read more... )

Whenever I pick the girls up after 4 p.m., they are cranky. Usually low blood sugar is the main culprit, but Michelle often takes after me by coming up with every little detail that has gone wrong during her day:

I'm hungry! I suck at throwing balls! I can't jump rope as fast as everyone else! Elsa* tickled me and wouldn't stop! I'll never be good ( Read more... )

I have been trying to write posts for a few weeks: I have dictated my thoughts into my phone, intending to develop them into posts. only then life has done that thing it does and I never got around to it. So now I'll try an exercise in brevity instead: a few words every day. I can't fail any worse than I have so far, right?

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I am loving our current course on Leadership. We are reading Dale Carnegie as well as a book on group dynamics, leadership and projects. Our teacher's focus is not only on how we can inspire and lead others, but also on how we can inspire and lead by example.
Thus part of our current assignment is to figure out what our personal and professional ( Read more... )