Finally 

Short day at work – then home – pack the car and away we went. Got stuck in traffic in Södertälje due to the bridge being under construction and a traffic accident on top of that. But, 7,5 hrs later we arrived safely in our paradise. With the magical sunset and a glas of rosé to end the long day. It was great to see the boys again. And everyone else of course. Let summer vacation begin!

Getting closer 

Congratulations to our crown princess Victoria on her birthday! img_20160529_165621.jpgIt is a national flag-day but not a holiday so we all had to work today. It’s been quite a nice day today – but the real summer feel hasn’t arrived yet

Can’t wait to see my boys again – I know they are doing great and don’t miss me one bit – which makes being apart from them so much easier. But two weeks is more than enough – time to reunite the family again!

Tuna 

Had to stay a bit longer at work today – but got everything done. Twpid-wp-1443070990372.jpghen I went to the market and bought some tuna for dinner. We have never tried to grill tuna before but it turned out great. They had a great sauce made specially for the tuna fish at the market and it was lovely. Flavored with chili, ginger and sambal oelek. Quite spicy but delicious. We had invited my brother-in-law over for dinner and had a nice evening together. Trying to make some plans on what to bring to our paradise and what to buy down there.

Extremely proud

After a long day at work I met up with my husband to go and buy that carpet for our bathroom in paradise – mission accomplished. Yeah.

And since our kitchen still is not ready – another take-out dinner – I’m not complaining.. lol. Thai tonight. Pad Mee with shrimps. Yum.

My oldest son got accepted to the Royal Institute of Technology today. I couldn’t be more proud of him. He is on the reserve list for his first choice but got accepted to his second choice. In a couple of weeks they will announce the second round of acceptances – fingers crossed he will get his first choice then. But regardless – he got in and he is so happy! Well done, son!

Monday again 

Another week of work. Time to gather some more energy and get on with it. On my way home the clouds crowded up together and covered the sky. It was really warm too so I guess thunder is on it’s way.

Stopped by my parents house to see to it and then I walked back to ours afterwards. Managed to get home before it started to rain. Yeah!

Went to a new restaurant for dinner since my husband is renovating our kitchen. We have had dinner at this place several times but now it was no longer a local pizzeria but instead a fancy restaurant which was not what we expected. But since we were there we stayed – and dinner was great.

Swedish record..

Not so great weather to start the day so no swim before breakfast today. But by the time of the 11-o’clock coffee it had cleared up and the rest of the day was fantastic.

We could enjoy another day in sunshine and time by the sea. What a great weekend! Lovely! We are really spoiled to have such a fantastic place to enjoy.

And as icing on the cake .. Michel Torneus managed to break the Swedish record in long-jump – 8.44 (new record by 22 cm) and thereby qualified to the Olympics. YEAH! I congratulated him on his success!

Lördagsmys 

Saturday morning in bright sunshine! Started the day with a dip in the ocean before breakfast. Then we got busy for a couple of hours and helped out with different things that needed to be done. Then coffee by the seaside and and some time in the sun.

Around dinner time it started to thunder and the sky opened up and the rain poured down for hours. It stopped for a while during dinner so we could sit in the glas-house – if it is raining that hard it is difficult to sit out there because you can’t hear what anyone is saying. Another great day to an end.

Fredagsmys.. 

Friday finally. Sushi for lunch. Mm. After work we packed our bags and picked up my brother-in-law and went out to our second paradise for the weekend.

It was a great evening – it is so pretty out there and the weather was really good. We had a nice dinner together and sat chatting for hours before it was time to go to bed. Let the weekend begin!

Pizza

Last night we visited my BFF in their new house they just moved into last week. And today we had lunch together! That doesn’t happen a lot – that we see each other two days in a row. Yeah. But now it will be a while until next time. For the first time in years she will not visit us in our paradise so next time I will see her will be after the fall semester has started again. Not so far away as you might think, unfortunately.

We went grocery shopping when I came back from work and now we are relaxing in front of the tv watching the European Championships in Track & Field. Cheering on our long-jumper!

Create another kind of paradise

Since I am not able to be in our paradise just now I try to create another kind of paradise. The luxury of being able to go out for breakfast for instance (even when the real reason is that our housekeeper hasn’t done his/her job and made sure we have something to eat at home.. lol). It was as nice way to start the day – a coffee and a french roll with cheese.

Took a walk back from the subway – it’s very warm and sunny today but almost feels like it is going to thunder. A lot of dark clouds in the sky but no rain yet. It is raining in paradise today I heard – maybe it is on it’s way here.