The world

Sunday and sunshine – unlike last Sunday when it was snowing heavily all day. A bit tired today after the late party last night. I had some problems sleeping too so I will probably need to hug the pillow a bit early tonight to get ready for a new week at the office.

We went over to my parents to sign some papers (❤) and have a coffee. Then we took a nice walk back home in the lovely sunny weather. Found a bag of “potatisbullar” (sort of like hash browns) in the fridge which was a perfect lunch today. Then my mother-in-law stopped by with some left-over-cake and dinner from the party. Perfect!

Today it is mother-in-laws’ birthday and she had invited friends and family to a big dinner tonight. They live in an apartment and the housing cooperative has a few perks for their apartment owners. One is a fully equipped place to have meetings or throw a party. You can sit 50 people in there and you have access to chairs, tables, china, glasses and whatever you need to set a table for your guests. It has a kitchen where you can prepare your food etc. A perfect place for a party!

We had a lovely evening together and she had prepared a delicious 3-course dinner for us. Afterwards we stayed and helped  with the dishes and some tidying up. I hope she had the great day she deserves!

Finally Friday! I am so tired after two weeks with no family-time. Great to have a whole weekend with nothing but family-time planned! Yeah!

Wanted to treat myself something so I went and had my nails done after work. It is really not expensive and it make such a big difference. I can never do them myself with the same result. Pink is “da thing” this spring – so I chose the color “watermelon”.

Now some corner-time, with pretty nails, family fed and happy and I’m enjoying my tv-series and a glas of red. Life is not so bad.

My lunch meeting today was cancelled so I made plans with a friend instead. But short before lunch she realized she wouldn’t make it so she had to cancel too. Hm. How should I interpret that? Two cancellations within an hour. I went out and bought some sushi instead. It was delicious.

It was chaos on the subway going home due to the bomb threat on the train in Gothenburg and Södertälje which affected the Central Station in Stockholm too. But, finally I made it home and got dinner on the table a bit later than usual.

Midweek and the luxury of some me-time after work. A well over-due haircut was on my schedule. My hairdresser since 20 years has sold her salon and a new owner is now running the place. And she was very nice and seemed to know what she was doing so a couple of hours later I was as good as new again. I will definitely go there again.

Tonight I had to take my youngest to buy some new pants – I can’t believe how quickly he grows out of his clothes. He is almost as tall as his dad now. Wow.

Back home again after a great weekend. I challenged myself to all kinds of adventures and survived – I’m so proud I made it. And I had a great time too! Even though the weather was not cooperating at all. My body aches all over – my naprapath will have a lot of work next time.. But it was well worth it! I have been skiing in the alps for the first time in my life. Now I know what I’ve been missing and I might dare to give it another go.

A very busy day at the office – and a tough start for me since Tuesdays are my longest day. But, tomorrow I have a short day and a date with my new hairdresser in the afternoon. Nice.

Finally it stopped snowing. So typical. I would have loved to go skiing today instead of yesterday. All of a sudden you could see the mountains – even the ones a bit further away.

The transfer bus picked us up at 08.30 am and we arrived back at Linate airport in Milan 2,5 hrs later. The bus ride was gorgeous in the fabulous weather and this time we could see the surrounding mountains.

Back home again around 5pm – it was great to hug my kids again. Took a nice bath while they cooked dinner. Now some corner-time before it is time to hug my own pillow and enjoy my comfy bed. Can’t say I will miss the one at the hotel..

I am so proud of myself though. I faced my demons and got through the weekend. Had a great time and grew a lot as a person. Yeah!

It’s been snowing more or less non-stop since we got here and it was snow up to our knees skiing. Today we ached all over so it was a challenge to get back up to the mountain to the same restaurant as yesterday for our lunch. But we made it! I skipped the instructor today due to the heavy snow fall which made it impossible to see where to ski.

This day ended just like yesterday – conference, some time to relax and another 4-course dinner. I wonder if my scale will laugh at me when we get back.. lol.

We got up early and after breakfast we got into our ski clothes and headed down to the rental place to get our gear. Then we took the big gondola up the mountain. We had made reservations at a restaurant in the slopes for lunch and it was an amazing place with fantastic food. After lunch a personal ski instructor took care of us who needed his help to improve and it was two well invested hours of my time! I learned a lot and now I just need to practice more to get the hang of his suggestions.

Another afternoon/eve with conference but  also some time to relax and take a look around the village. Day two ended the same way as day one – with a 4-course dinner…

Taxi picked me up around 7 am and then our adventure began. Straight flight to Milan and then a 2,5 hrs bus transfer up to Courmayeur on the foot of Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc). We checked in at the Cresta et Duc hotel around 3pm. After a quick check in we all went to the rental place to get our equipment for the weekend. It was quite a foggy day and not that much snow, but it started to snow later on in the evening. Several hours of conference later we enjoyed a 4-course dinner before it was time to hug the pillow.