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Worked a long day today and decided to make our dinner a bit easier by picking up some already grilled chicken. (photo borrowed from Kronfågel). Haven’t done that in quite a while. Cooked some rice to go with the chicken and – voilà!

My husband is helping his parents tonight so I’ve crashed in my corner with a nice cup of tea going thru my social medias and emails while watching the news on TV. I’m probably going to bed early tonight – another long day tomorrow.

Short but very busy day. Welcomed a new colleague today – fun! 

Got home and made a bowl of noodle soup for lunch – then prepared a lasagna for dinner. Yum. Also got some laundry started. 

Tonight our Sweden is playing another Nations League game, this time facing Romania. This is the second game towards them – the first one we won. But tonight it is an away game which is always trickier. Then we have second games towards the other two countries too before the group play is completed, but this will be played in November. 

We love our national theme days in Sweden and October 4th it is time to honor the cinnamon bun. A given part of the Swedish fika tradition and loved by most people. 

A nice Sunday with various chores and a lovely dinner at my parents-in-laws. Haven’t seen them in a while so it was a nice catch-up. 

The weekends pass by way too quickly and this one was no exception. New week tomorrow – but a short week for us since we are off on Friday. Nice. 

A lovely sunny day and we went thru our regular Saturday-chores. After lunch I had a massage booked in – perfect me-time and just what I needed. Haven’t seen her since August so it’s been a while. Next appointment in three weeks so that’s great. 

Made a pork filet marinated in a Korean marinade that we found this morning. Nice to try something new. It was ok – didn’t taste as much as we’d hoped for. Served it with rice and oven baked carrots. 

Now we’ve started to watch the second season of “The Game” (Dödlig Lek) about the Ripton stalker with Jason Watkins and Robson Green in the lead roles. It is sent on SVT Play and it is quite good! 

Friday! Yeah! Nice weather today and also quite a nice temperature outside. But, fall is definitely on the way. A lot of leaves are turning into sparkling colors of yellow – orange – red. But still most of them are green and remain on the trees. 

We went over to NK for lunch today and had their Caesar salad with chicken and bacon. Delicious. 

Tonight I was a bit more lucky going back from work. No missed subways or wrong directions and no delayed or cancelled buses. Lol. Now I’m tucked in my corner waiting for my husband to come home so we can get some dinner. Probably a take-out tonight. 

Woah what a day. A stressful start – then a lovely lunch by the dock eating a “tunnbrödsrulle” on a bench looking at the ferry boats – ending the day with a more manual labor task moving workstations. But, we got it all done. Puh.

Bad luck on my way home with delays in the subway traffic and cancelled trains. Ended up going via Skärholmen instead of Fruängen but there was no buses going my direction when I got there so I had to take three different buses in order to get home. Another puh.

When finally I arrived home the dinner was already on the table and I could just sit down and enjoy the wok my hubby had prepared. Lovely.

I found this beautiful butterfly sitting on the floor in my house on Öland last weekend and I helped him/her outside. So pretty. 

Wednesday means short day at the office and I’ve spent the afternoon doing laundry and also prepared a roast beef for dinner. 

It got really dark tonight and looked like it was going to rain, but so far it hasn’t. Weather forecast predicts colder weather this weekend so fall might be on its way. Hey – tomorrow October begins so I guess it is time for fall to arrive. 

Long first day back starting with breakfast at the office. Picked up the breakfast rolls on my way to work. Then I’ve been a busy bee all day with various tasks. 

Got home and made some “falukorv” with pasta for dinner. Not very exclusive or exciting but a nice meal that is kind to the wallet. 

Now some corner time watching an episode of “Slow Horses” on AppleTV. We are on the 5th season now and Gary Oldman is excellent in the leading role. 

A lovely morning and time to pack the car and start the long drive back to the everyday-life again. 

My dad and I took turns driving and we chose a different route this time due to some construction work on our regular road. But, the trip went without any problems and we stopped for lunch in Vimmerby where they usually stop when passing by. 

Now I’ve hugged my boys and been fed a nice dinner. Maybe we’ll enjoy the spa for a bit before it is time to cheer on our soccer team playing their second game in the Nations League tournament. 

What an amazing day. A bit chilly in the morning but then it got really nice during the day. Hardly any wind and clear blue sky.

We went for a long walk – 1.5hrs – and when we got back I put on my swimsuit and took a dip in the ocean. 13.5C / 56.3F. A bit cold to begin with but I went in a second time and it was really nice. So glad I could do this!

We finished some leftovers for lunch – smörgåstårta and pasta bolognese. We took out some chairs from the winter storage and sat outside for a bit – enjoying the lovely sunshine and view and just being  here in our paradise. Tomorrow we have to return to the everyday-life again, but I’m so grateful that we could come here for a few days and have some quality time together and also spend some time with my uncle and other friends and family.