måndag 27 april 2009

doctors and others

Today, I had two good experiences with people in "sjukvården". The first one was a doctor who gave me a vaccin againt hepatitis A och B; didn't feel a thing.
the second one was a midwife, with gentle hands. So all is good, because I thought it would be a tough day and it turned out really well.

I also took a long, fast walk home with my new walking sticks(?) - know what I mean? - it felt good and the sun was shining. We've actually had more of a summer's day today than spring. It got really hot in sun, which is nice.

Everything is in full bloom and I'm very thankful that I haven't got any allergies this time of year :-) now I'm off to bed.

söndag 12 april 2009

Safjället

Since moving in August, I haven't yet gone out exploring all of the surroundings here. But today was the day for a bike ride on Safjället.

Safjället is a lush hill with nice dirt paths for walking and they are lighted in the evenings and during winter as well(like the green walk for all of you in Winona Lake :-) ).
So J and I jumped om my bike and went up there...and i tell you, waaay up there! It all started out with climbing this uphill path at a 45 degree angle (that's what it felt like anyway...) Which means, I had myself, my bike and Julia on my bike to push up the hill.One third of the way up I realized that this wasn't working. So there I was, getting Julia out of her seat while balansing my bike. We both had to walk up the hill.
But in the end, it was worth it. A really beautiful and quiet oasis in the middle of town. Birds singing, lots of people out taking walks and nice fresh air. Julia loved running around up there.
We looked at flowers and trees and had a snack on a bench.

Julia did not want to leave to go home, but I think she was just tired 'cause she fell asleep on the way home.
Another great day in the sun!

lördag 11 april 2009

I'm back....I think

It's been a while but now I'm back....and so is the sun!!!! J,D and I had a great day yesterday and today.
Yesterday, I took a walk to church and in the afternoon J and I had our first bike ride of the season. She loves it so it's great.
And today was another day that started with going to church and then heading out in the park, enjoying the beautiful weather. We meet up with my cousin and had "fika" and then looked at different kinds of animals. J loves running right now; she screams "springa, springa" and then off she goes!

We also think she has a new routine going on. She usually takes a nap in the middle of the day for about 1-2 hours. But yesterday, all of a sudden, she refused to take her nap. She was being hysterical and angry, screaming for 2 hours and ended up sleeping only for 20 minutes. So last night she fell asleep in 2 seconds at 7 pm and slept until 9 am this morning!!! Alas, today we tried the same thing; she didn't have a nap during the day and went to sleep at 7.20 this evening. We'll see how this new routine works out.

I'm also aiming to do some yoga, on my own, tomorrow afternoon. We'll have to see how that works out too......