Flu times

This week has been a short one at work. I went home early on Monday because I was not feeling well. I stayed home on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday to Friday this week we have "study days" (studiedagar) at work, so the students are off school and us teachers are left to do planning etc.

I spent my sick days on the sofa with loads of films. It was actually kind of nice to be a bit under the weather and just to enjoy some relaxation. It has been quite exhausting this first month at my new job. But I like it a lot!

On Thursday I was working all day at the "after school place". Because the school is closed there have been more kids there the past few days.

Last weekend I went out for a long walk in the forest trying to find some chanterelles, but I had no luck. Instead I found a load of blueberries :)


Mike has been over a lot at house nr:9 fixing up the roof in one of the rooms. Soon enough the floors will be put in also. Here we can see some work in progress.


Today I have been working alone at school creating a local curriculum based on the general curriculum in English from year 3-6. It was a little bit difficult to do it by myself. I hope the principal will approve it. I had some nice lunch togehter with two of my colleauges at the local Thai Resataurant. After work I went to town, did some shopping, went to see Ida (ate sandwich cake) and had a bath at my Moms.
Now I will relax in front of the telly with a glass of wine.

Leo is keeping me company while eating cake

Tomorrow I am off to see Dad and Karin for some dinner, and in the evening we are having some drinks at Idas I think.
Mike is away in Falun (North Sweden) to see some friends, so I am alone with the cats until Sunday evening.

Work, work & more work

Work, work and more work, that kind of sums up my past two weeks. When I get home in the evening (around 17pm) I am so tired so I do not have the energy to do anything special.

On the 7:th of September I went to see my doctor for the second checkup since the “all clear”. Everything was fine this time too. Happy days!

Last weekend was a quiet one. My Mom and I went to Emmaboda market and I did a lot of shopping. In the evening we did a BBQ.


On Sunday Linn and baby Tuva came over to visit. We ate some food and apple pie.

On Monday Carl came over for dinner and drinks. It was his birtday a few days ago so we celebrated him with a pint of wine :)



On Wednesday Annie was here. We had some coffee and pie. She showed me the pictures from her holiday to Turkey and I got so jealous. I really want to go on holiday now. But I do not have to wait for too long because my Mom is taking me to Gran Canaria in February! I cannot wait!

Today we had a “sport day” at school. We went to “Svartbäcksmåla” forest and did some running and some other activities. It was a great day.

Svartbäcksmåla

This weekend: I have no plans yet for tomorrow. I might take a long walk in the forest and try to find some mushrooms. On Sunday Erika and family are coming over for coffee and cake.

Gypsey killed a snake

1 year of sponsoring a child

One year ago, I saw an advertising on TV about sponsoring a child. It feels great to know that I have managed to help a family in Mali this past year to get a better economy and chance in life. The daughter in their family can now go to school and the whole family gets free healthcare. They also get money so that they can buy themselves more animals, crops and clothes for school. Barnfonden gets 200 sek / 20£ a month from me and they do so much good for people in need.
This is a little something that Djeneba draw for me.
(Her father wrote the letter)


This past week has been filled with work. I find it all interesting, fun and exciting. I have not been up to much more than work really. In the evenings I have been so tired and I have had to do planning for the next day in school, so I have not had the time to do anything else.

On Thursday Mike and I met exactly 8 years ago. We celebrated by going out for dinner in Kalmar yesterday. We ate Chinese food (the restaurant that we were suppose to have gone to were full). It was delicious! In the evening we got some horror films to watch.




In the week, Mike and Mattias have been ripping the stinky floors out at Växjöv 9. It was disgusting because the dirty people that lived there before let their animals piss on the floor. You could actually see the urine on the other side of the floor boards. Yuck!




On Wednesday after work I went to see Ida. She and Annie with friends are going on holiday to Turkey. I will be "taking care" of her cat Leo for the week. I just can't get enough cat petting :)

Leo is playing with water


On Friday evening I went to see Linn and family. We ate taco pie, played some cards and had a really nice evening.


Today I will cut the grass in the garden, clean the house, do the planning for Monday & Tuesday, drive to Nybro to pet Leo and have a bath at my Mom's place and tonight relax with films.

Next week will be filled with work of course :)