HOT HOT H.E.A.T

I got an sms early this morning (or maybe it was night) from Jonas telling me that they had arrived safely in Tokyo. I did ask him before he left to let me know that they had arrived. It's quite a long trip but as I looked at the schedule I think it's the same flighttime as it is from London to Los Angeles so not too bad IF you have good seats. I mailed him asking him to post photos but he can't because he didn't have the cable with him so instead he sent me a photo of the area where they live. He said it's so big like 10 times Times Square. I'm so happy for him to be able to experience this. He will have memories for life to treasure. I can just see them at the home for elder sitting and talking to each other: Do you remember the time we went to Japan? Or the time we played in Long Beach, California? Those were the days. Otherwise nothing much. Work and home, doing the last of the task for tomorrow when I'm seeing my coach again. This weekend me and Helen ...

I'm home again after a very rewarding weekend at Bommersvik in Sörmland. We were all in all around 60 people incl. children but in different languages so our Swedish group consisted of 8 wonderful people. In fact 4 of us was from our own Rheumatic association in Sollentuna-Upplands Väsby-Sigtuna and it was really good to experience and be given the same education. Our leader, Janne, was just great and set the tone by doing a new thing, for me, at the presentation. We had to, with our "wrong" hand, draw a picture of the person in front of us - called a blindsketch. That is we went up to someone, presented us with our name and then started drawing but only allowed to look at the other person, not on the paper. Boy was this difficult and boy did that break the ice. We then sat in a ring and we had to choose two drawing - one that represented what we thought other saw us and one how we saw ourselves. Then tell the others why and also tell something about ourselves. Very good ...

Yes, I'm once again on a course over the weekend. This time I'm at Bommersvik in Sörmland. It's a beautiful and peaceful countryside place. I'm training to become a circle leader eventually :-). Great group and a as usual with ABF a wonderful lecturer. One of the first things we found out was that he lives in Upplands Väsby, small world isn't? It's so wonderful and beautiful here and I have taken some photos but I forgot the cable so I can't put them here right now. I have to do that tomorrow when I come home, if I have the time. For now you can enjoy this photo of the Herrgård and the lake. Talk to you tomorrow again. Sleep well :-))

Today has been a really busy day at work but oh so fun. If I were completely well and not having all these diagnoses and had the strength I would absolutely run a small inn or a small conference center. I really love the contact with the students and caring for them so that they are able to do their best and learn. I generally like to make feel people comfortable and feel good. When I came home I had a chat with Hasse over lunch. Really nice and he's feeling much better. Did I tell you he did his cataract-operation on Monday. I can't believe how fast the operation was. He was ready to go home after only 2 hours. But of course when he came home the anaesteshia had gone and his eye started to run. After a couple of hours resting in his favourite chair he was fit for fight again :-) Now he says he sees extremely well far away but it's very hard to read because it's blurry. Tomorrow it's already Friday. Time really flies when you have fun. I do have to write my CV befor...

This photo shows autumn in a Japanese garden. Today is Saint Bridget's Day. In 1999 Pope John Paul II declared her the patron saint of Europe and since then is this her day of feast. Why am I interested in her you maybe wonder? When I attended college I did a work on her and found her lifestory very interesting and I have continued to follow what is written about her, her daughter Katherine and her nuns. At work things are going great. I have been baking cookies every day for the students afternoon coffee and in the mornings I make delicious sandwiches, if I may say so myself :-) I light scented candles in the morning for a nice start (it's actually getting dark in the mornings now). I see to it that they have fruit and candy. The group is very nice and I get the feeling they feel very much at home and they discuss freely and we have fun together. I like this to be able to do a bit of everything. Today me and Jonas went to IKEA to shop the last things for his flat. When we cam...

This week we are having students at my work. We have made our conference room to a classroom and it works very well. I do fresh sandwiches each morning for their coffebreak at 9.30AM. I also bake cookies like Kärleksmums, Pepparkaksbakelser, kardemummarutor and more for the afternoon coffee. Everyone seems to enjoy them. I also see to it that they have wather, fresh fruit and candy on hand. And I oversee the toilets so there is paper, towels, handdesinfection etc. Besides that I do my ordinary job that is book-keeping, paying bills, open post and more. I really love my job because it's so varied. I don't get tired of it since it differs every day. Here's some photos from where we have coffebreaks. Before I started there were no curtains, no cloths and not cosy at all. I thinks it looks rather nice now. What do you think? I don't know if you can see it but it's a very big room. Time for me to relax a bit now. I need that I can tell you. Tomorrow afternoon I'm off...

This has been a long and fun day. I'm completely exhausted now but I have to wait until 7.15PM before dinner is served. That is way too late for me after this day. I would much rather have preferred it to be dinner at say 6PM so I could get up to my room afterwards, take off my clothes, makeup and just chill. Yesterday I was so tired as well and fell asleep already at 10PM!! We have had body knowledge, muscle knowledge, breathing excercises and more. Very good and so necessary really. Then we also had to read a poem or recap a text from a newspaper in front of the class (see photo). The woman standing beside me is one of the deaf interpreters. For tomorrow we have a task of talking about something, or our own choice, for max 3 minutes. I have thought of two things I can talk about. One is obviously H.E.A.T that I know a lot about and the other subject is how I found my sister in USA. I haven't decided yet but I weighs over to H.E.A.T because I think 3 minutes is too short to te...