Last weekend we went to Eskilstuna Zoo along with Helenas brother and his family. Last time I was there was over 20 years ago. And I hardly remember anything about the Zoo itself except the "Fantomen"-cave. But the memory I had of the theme park was that it was big. But I knew my memory had to be wrong since it's too small of a town to have a big theme park like "Gröna Lund" in Stockholm or "Liseberg" in Göteborg.
And after a 1 1/2 hour drive in the heat (our AC in the car isn't fixed yet) and with a screaming Sam we finally arrived. And as expected the theme park was really really small. Big enough for Sam for a few years I guess but not much for me. And the Zoo part? Well we didn't see much interesting stuff, mostly stuff we'd already seen before. And Sam wasn't at all interested in the animals. He has a weird fascinating in pushing things - the pram, chairs, cleaning carts or anything else with wheels. And as usual in places like this the prices are doubled for even a small cola!
But I still think it was totally worth the trip! Firstly it's always good to get away for a day. And we got to meet Helenas brother and family again. And she had fun. So even though I missed the F1 qualifying (thank good for our digital recorder) it wasl totally worth it.
NO I'M NOT DEAD
I know I haven'r written anything here for almost 20 days but I've hade my hands full!
I've been on a 3 week vacation, or whatever you can call it since I've taken care of Sam all that time. And this is the first and only week me and H will have together so we're making the best of it.
Also other stuff happening that I can't get into. Yet :)
DOING GOOD
This week has been a good one for us I think. Except my throat being a bit soar we have all been healthy and well, especially Sam. And you can really tell the difference!!
But now he's done with the temporary kindergarten! Now we have about 6 week vacation and then he's off the the real kindergarten that's just around the corner from where we live!
Today we went to my parents. We were supposed to be there last weekend but as I wasn't feeling well we never made it. Anyway, good times, good food, good company and Sam had fun! Tomorrow off to see Transformers 3 at the movies with my sci-fi friends. Here's hoping it's better than the second one!
But now he's done with the temporary kindergarten! Now we have about 6 week vacation and then he's off the the real kindergarten that's just around the corner from where we live!
Today we went to my parents. We were supposed to be there last weekend but as I wasn't feeling well we never made it. Anyway, good times, good food, good company and Sam had fun! Tomorrow off to see Transformers 3 at the movies with my sci-fi friends. Here's hoping it's better than the second one!
WHAT GOES AROUND
Last Friday was midsummer here in Sweden. And we hade planned to go out to old Sorunda for the good old celebrations there They home to my parents for family dinner and maybe stay the night.
But that didn't go to well. Already on wednesday I started feeling like you do when there's something about to break you. And on thursday it did! Not so bad that I couldn't taket care of Sam. But on Friday I was knocked Downtown harder. So H took Sam and went to here brother with his family to celebrate midsummer's eve. As for Me? I was tucked in in front of the TV watching Chuck and then some Starcraft matches. And if I hadn't felt queasy everytime I ate it would have been just like a normal saturday 4 years ago! :)
WEEKEND RECAP
Here's a little recap of what went down last weekend.
We started the weekend off on friday evening with a nice dinner in front of the TV with wine and beer, some cookies and cheese but went to bed early since we knew what a big day we had ahead of us.
On saturday morning my sister AC arrived to take care of Sam for us. We love the little guy but to really relax we needed someone to "off-tank" him (all you Warcrafters now what I mean). We suited up, took some photos and headed into Stockholm. Since we didn't know exactly where we were supposed to be (Stockholm's city hall is a big building!) we went a bit early. After doing some recon we sat down for some coffee and a muffin and a nice lady at a table next to us wanted to take some photos of us with our camera since she thought we looked like the cutest couple ever. And then my dad called my to ask if they could stop by so we had to tell them that "nope, because we're in Stockholm getting married" which they had no clue about. At first he wasn't sure if I was being serious or not but soon realized I was.
After that I took some nice photos of Helena by the water with the wind all over her dress! Then we went in as instructed 15 minutes before the service and it was totally packed! We thought this is where people went that didn't want to have a big wedding but we were wrong - almost everyone had their families with them, all dressed up and wedding dresses and tuxes, made us feel a bit under dressed. And when it was finally our turn it was over in 5 minutes. Just a quick "do you" and "do you" and some text that I don't remember that much about. And fortunately one of the assistants helped us by taking some photos of us, even though she wasn't that camera savvy so half the photos are out of focus.
After the ceremony we got into the car, texted all the people that should know we got married and then drove off into the sunset... or to Norrköping where we had booked a suite with their "Love"-packaged. Got champagne on ice and fruit and chocolate, that was really nice. After winding down and walking around the city for a bit it was time for dinner which was at their local pub. Not really the fanciest place to have a post-wedding dinner but it worked for us. Then enjoyed a drink in the bar and then bed time. Yeah, I know, we actually go to bed early nowadays. But we slept really late on Sunday :)
After we finally got up on Sunday Helena tried out their Jacuzzi while I was just l laming around just enjoying not being stressed or worried or entertaining Sam or anything, it was just us! After we checked out we went to Söderköping for our annual visit to the ice cream restaurant. Then we drove to Huddinge hospital to check up on a friend of Helenas that had a daughter a few weeks ago. She was tiny as hell but she was born way WAY premature so not surprising.
Then home again and take care of Sam so AC could get back to her real work.
So that was our weekend. Except for the mediocre dinner it was awesome!!!
Pictures are here by the way.
We started the weekend off on friday evening with a nice dinner in front of the TV with wine and beer, some cookies and cheese but went to bed early since we knew what a big day we had ahead of us.
On saturday morning my sister AC arrived to take care of Sam for us. We love the little guy but to really relax we needed someone to "off-tank" him (all you Warcrafters now what I mean). We suited up, took some photos and headed into Stockholm. Since we didn't know exactly where we were supposed to be (Stockholm's city hall is a big building!) we went a bit early. After doing some recon we sat down for some coffee and a muffin and a nice lady at a table next to us wanted to take some photos of us with our camera since she thought we looked like the cutest couple ever. And then my dad called my to ask if they could stop by so we had to tell them that "nope, because we're in Stockholm getting married" which they had no clue about. At first he wasn't sure if I was being serious or not but soon realized I was.
After that I took some nice photos of Helena by the water with the wind all over her dress! Then we went in as instructed 15 minutes before the service and it was totally packed! We thought this is where people went that didn't want to have a big wedding but we were wrong - almost everyone had their families with them, all dressed up and wedding dresses and tuxes, made us feel a bit under dressed. And when it was finally our turn it was over in 5 minutes. Just a quick "do you" and "do you" and some text that I don't remember that much about. And fortunately one of the assistants helped us by taking some photos of us, even though she wasn't that camera savvy so half the photos are out of focus.
After the ceremony we got into the car, texted all the people that should know we got married and then drove off into the sunset... or to Norrköping where we had booked a suite with their "Love"-packaged. Got champagne on ice and fruit and chocolate, that was really nice. After winding down and walking around the city for a bit it was time for dinner which was at their local pub. Not really the fanciest place to have a post-wedding dinner but it worked for us. Then enjoyed a drink in the bar and then bed time. Yeah, I know, we actually go to bed early nowadays. But we slept really late on Sunday :)
After we finally got up on Sunday Helena tried out their Jacuzzi while I was just l laming around just enjoying not being stressed or worried or entertaining Sam or anything, it was just us! After we checked out we went to Söderköping for our annual visit to the ice cream restaurant. Then we drove to Huddinge hospital to check up on a friend of Helenas that had a daughter a few weeks ago. She was tiny as hell but she was born way WAY premature so not surprising.
Then home again and take care of Sam so AC could get back to her real work.
So that was our weekend. Except for the mediocre dinner it was awesome!!!
Pictures are here by the way.
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JUST MARRIED
After we'd built the house and we knew we were pregnant and agreed we'd go with it I knew this was the woman I was gonna spend the rest of my life with! Not only did we have a house together and a mortgage to go with it, not only because we were gonna bring a child into this world. Nope, it was really just love! I knew I was gonna love her no matter what because she's just such an amazing person! So for me getting married was a given. We just needed to get some cash flow so we could have a party. But after being home for a while and doing the budget we realized that wasn't gonna happen so we just agreed to do a normal ceremony at city hall in Stockholm because neither one of us is particular religious. For us the most important thing was to just be married with all the benefits and security that brings if something would happen to one of us. And Helena also wanted to have the same last name as her son. They had a 6 month waiting list and pushed it another month to wait for our tax return. We got my sister to take care of our son and made reservation at a hotel in Norrköping so we could swing by Söderköping for our annual visit to the ice cream restaurant.
So here we are after that amazing weekend! If you followed me on facebook you know how much fun we had and how glad and cute we looked all weekend :)
But I do feel bad about not throwing the party but we simply couldn't afford it. I feel particularly bad for Henke and Markus who invited me to their wedding and I couldn't return the favor. But after over a year of one of us staying home with Sam our economy is just recovering.
I'll post something tomorrow about that awesome weekend but for now... I can't believe she said yes!! :)
SAM SICK AGAIN
The kindergarten called H today at work. They said she must come pickup Sam because apparently he has an infection in his eye.
All I can say is "sigh". Because it feels like he'd just recently got over the cold and losing his voice and everything else and now this! When can we just have a normal healthy week for him?!
Oh well supposedly it's normal and lasts no longer than a week so I guess that's good ...
WEEKEND REPORT
The weekend wasn't as kickass as I would've liked. Mostly because of that lame Formula 1 race! They blew the biggest excitement even before it started by starting the race behind the safety car! Having that lineup, with red bulls bad KERS, it would've been awesome! But nope! Then red flag for 2 hours waiting for better weather?? I thought these guys earned millions because it was dangerous not so they could only drive in sunshine! Nah that race was lame! Go go Valencia!! :)
REALLY GREAT WEEKEND AHEAD OF US
To kick things off Helena got a new job at the telecommunicationscompany that she's working for, so that's a great start to the weekend! Exactly what this means is anyones guess but she wanted, she got it so I'm happy :)
Then tomorrow H's brother, his wife and two kids are coming over to.. well celebrate my birthday is the official excuse, but it's been a long time since they saw Sam and H so I'm not taking full credit for it. But good food, good company and good weather!
Then on sunday my sister with her kids are coming up late afternoon to enjoy pizza, the company and most of all the Formula 1 from Canada!
So all in all we've got a helluva good weekend ahead of us!
Then tomorrow H's brother, his wife and two kids are coming over to.. well celebrate my birthday is the official excuse, but it's been a long time since they saw Sam and H so I'm not taking full credit for it. But good food, good company and good weather!
Then on sunday my sister with her kids are coming up late afternoon to enjoy pizza, the company and most of all the Formula 1 from Canada!
So all in all we've got a helluva good weekend ahead of us!
THE HEAT
That was quite a switch from "cold" to "this is perfect" to "cooking" in less than 3 weeks! I've always prefered being too cold to being sweating as hell in bed when trying to go to sleep but when it's closing to 30 degrees in the bedroom you really do think about investing in an AC. Then you're reminded how much they cost, the noise
they make and the hose that has to go somewhere and it's not a good idea anymore!
Fortunately Sam is taking it alot better than I am. He still goes to sleep before 8 and sleeps pretty much all night and wakes up between 6 and 7 ready to rock. But we've noticed that he's way too understimulated at home! Although we try to read to him, play with him or go out walking he still has all that energy that we don't have.
It's times like that that you are thankful for kindergarten!!
they make and the hose that has to go somewhere and it's not a good idea anymore!
Fortunately Sam is taking it alot better than I am. He still goes to sleep before 8 and sleeps pretty much all night and wakes up between 6 and 7 ready to rock. But we've noticed that he's way too understimulated at home! Although we try to read to him, play with him or go out walking he still has all that energy that we don't have.
It's times like that that you are thankful for kindergarten!!
DONE!
Finally done with our greenhouse! I'd like to think I did it in a reasonable time, considering it was a project for those weekends when I've got nothing better to do, and that I've never done anything like it before.
Now I don't really know what my next project for the summer is gonna be. Maybe I should slack the rest of the year.. but H isn't gonna let that slide so I'll probably get some more stuff to do.
It looks comfy doesn't it? Unfortunately it get's really hot in there, kinda as it's suppose to I think..
TREKKING IN THE SUN
Yesterday was one of the most beautiful days of summer of the year here in Stockholm. So what does me and my friends do? Yeap, sitting in the dark watching Star Trek in Skarpnäck ofcourse!
It's one of the few things from my old life as carefree single immature guy that I have left so I have to keep at it! Although back then I used to spend 10 hours there, this time it was barely 5 because me and H haven't spent much time together this week at all, mostly because of work, sickness or something else. But now we have all sunday and monday together! :)
It's one of the few things from my old life as carefree single immature guy that I have left so I have to keep at it! Although back then I used to spend 10 hours there, this time it was barely 5 because me and H haven't spent much time together this week at all, mostly because of work, sickness or something else. But now we have all sunday and monday together! :)
A NIGHT OUT
On friday my sister and brother took me out for a night on the town. 5 years ago this would have included dining, beer, clubbing, drinks, blackjack and a cab home because the last train home is at 1 am.
But things are different now. We still went out for dining and beering then we went to O'Learys at the central train station to get some blackjack in.. but no dice since they didn't have that anymore! So we took a beer, had some popcorn and then calling it at 22:30. I could've gone on and on for a few hours more but didn't really feel like it. Plus today I can't spend money on myself without feeling a bit like "should really save this for a baby seat on the bike" or something else.
But it was good fun and thanks for organizing it sis :)
But things are different now. We still went out for dining and beering then we went to O'Learys at the central train station to get some blackjack in.. but no dice since they didn't have that anymore! So we took a beer, had some popcorn and then calling it at 22:30. I could've gone on and on for a few hours more but didn't really feel like it. Plus today I can't spend money on myself without feeling a bit like "should really save this for a baby seat on the bike" or something else.
But it was good fun and thanks for organizing it sis :)
SAMS FIRST TASTE OF THUNDERSTORM
Today was Sam's first encounter with thunderstorms! When preparing to go to kindergarten I noticed it was getting darker in the skies. So I put on his raingear and made sure I had an umbrella and off we went for that 15 minute walk. About 5 minutes in lightning struck about 5 seconds away (because you always count how many seconds away they are right?). The after that it was only 2 seconds away and the rain came poring down! Fortunately we were able to take shelter under some tin roof which made for some interesting noises for him. A few more lightnings and 2-3 minutes later it was ok to continue the walk as the lightning was getting further away. But just like his dad he got more excited than worried over the sound of thunder! I like my little guy, he's pretty fearless. So far :)
DOWN AND OUT!
I had an awesome weekend! We didn't have any major plans, we only had some neighbours coming by on Sunday afternoon but other than that it was all me and H and Sam! And Formula 1! And movies. It was great, and we had planned to BBQ on Sunday evening to close it on a high note!
Unfortunately on Sunday at around 6 I started feeling a bit queasy. So no BBQing and I went to bed at 8 pm hoping to get some sleep. But at around 10 my body decided that we weren't gonna have any of that and I ended up crawling on the bathroom floor after having everything I'd ever eaten that weekend shoot out of my body like a bat out of hell. The first time was pretty bad but the second and third one just got worse and worse and before the night was over I'd visited the toilet atleast 6 times and it really wasn't pretty. It got so bad I lied in bed shaking like if I had Parkinsons! And man was I delirious! Through all of this though was my Helena comforting me and holding me, making sure I had something to drink all the time and painkillers.
Today I've only had to pay two visits to the bathroom but right now I'm starting to feel ok again. And that's probably because the nicest neighbour in the world brought over some coca cola! That'll settle any bad stomach!
I'm just happy it was me and not Sam or Helena!
Unfortunately on Sunday at around 6 I started feeling a bit queasy. So no BBQing and I went to bed at 8 pm hoping to get some sleep. But at around 10 my body decided that we weren't gonna have any of that and I ended up crawling on the bathroom floor after having everything I'd ever eaten that weekend shoot out of my body like a bat out of hell. The first time was pretty bad but the second and third one just got worse and worse and before the night was over I'd visited the toilet atleast 6 times and it really wasn't pretty. It got so bad I lied in bed shaking like if I had Parkinsons! And man was I delirious! Through all of this though was my Helena comforting me and holding me, making sure I had something to drink all the time and painkillers.
Today I've only had to pay two visits to the bathroom but right now I'm starting to feel ok again. And that's probably because the nicest neighbour in the world brought over some coca cola! That'll settle any bad stomach!
I'm just happy it was me and not Sam or Helena!
LIFE MOVING ON
Nothing really exciting to report.
Sam is doing very well at kindergarten. Surprisingly well I think! I drop him off at 7 am and H picks him up at 5 pm so that's a full 10 hours he's there. But by the time I get home and dinner is over with he's pretty much ready for bed. And then he sleeps 12 hours until it's time to do it all over again. But tomorrow will be different 'cause he'll sleep until he wakes up himself whenever that is nowadays. He definitely sleeps longer in the mornings now than he usually does.
And this weekend we don't have much planned actually. Neighbors coming over for a quick visit bit that's pretty much all we have planned. And the F1 race from Monaco of course! And put up the doors for the greenhouse so I can finally say "Done!".
Sam is doing very well at kindergarten. Surprisingly well I think! I drop him off at 7 am and H picks him up at 5 pm so that's a full 10 hours he's there. But by the time I get home and dinner is over with he's pretty much ready for bed. And then he sleeps 12 hours until it's time to do it all over again. But tomorrow will be different 'cause he'll sleep until he wakes up himself whenever that is nowadays. He definitely sleeps longer in the mornings now than he usually does.
And this weekend we don't have much planned actually. Neighbors coming over for a quick visit bit that's pretty much all we have planned. And the F1 race from Monaco of course! And put up the doors for the greenhouse so I can finally say "Done!".
TECH TOO COMPLICATED SOMETIMES
It never seizes to amaze me how a simple little thing in the tech world can be so damn hard. Especially when dealing with Sharepoint!! A few years ago we had to upgrade our Sharepoint 2007 from a 32 bit architecture to 64 bit. There was no change in sharepoint version, a small upgrade of SQL version from 2005-2008. Yet that one little project dragged on for months and cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, dollars. And now when we have to upgrade from Sharepoint 2007 to 2010 we're kind of in the same spot having to spend all that money. And really, all we're doing is going from 2007 of a product to 2010, how tha hell can that be so complicated? But it, and part of me is thankful for it since I have a job because of it. But part of me says "how hard can it be!?".
MY LIFE IS GOOD
This weekend was a pretty good weekend for me. Not very unique in any way which can only mean one thing... that my life is pretty good right now!
We had guests over on saturday, a couple who are friends with Helena and by default me too. I like 'em, they're pretty funny and share alot of our opinions about what it's like to "moving along, living your life having a blast and BAM! you're pregnant and your life changes drastically to become about this one little thing all day every day". We had dinner, talked alot, tried to get the kids to bed (their
daughter is almost a year old so sam has 4 months on her) and then we woke them up by watching "Battle: Los Angeles". I don't know what to make about that movie... it was the least original film I've ever seen I think. It was kinda like the people who wrote it and produced it had played too much Modern Warfare and Crysis 2 (although Crysis 2 wasn't even released when the movie was made, but still). Or if you'd prefer movie-analogy - mix Independance Day, Blackhawk Down and season 2 of
Stargate Universe and you have the entire movie right there.
Then on sunday we had a looooong breakfast on our lawn, just soaking in the sun and the good feeling of life at that moment! Then in the car for an hour to drive out to my parents to celebrate my dad's birthday and we combined that with mothers day. I also helped dad along on the greenhouse they're building which is identical to the one we've built for us and we helped our neighbours with. So I had a bit of advantage there :) Also got to enjoy my mothers cooking one more time!
Then an hour home, get Sam to sleep and then it was time to watch the F1 race. Although Vettel won again it sure was good to see a Ferrari in the front for a while!!
Yeap, got nothing to complain about here!
We had guests over on saturday, a couple who are friends with Helena and by default me too. I like 'em, they're pretty funny and share alot of our opinions about what it's like to "moving along, living your life having a blast and BAM! you're pregnant and your life changes drastically to become about this one little thing all day every day". We had dinner, talked alot, tried to get the kids to bed (their
daughter is almost a year old so sam has 4 months on her) and then we woke them up by watching "Battle: Los Angeles". I don't know what to make about that movie... it was the least original film I've ever seen I think. It was kinda like the people who wrote it and produced it had played too much Modern Warfare and Crysis 2 (although Crysis 2 wasn't even released when the movie was made, but still). Or if you'd prefer movie-analogy - mix Independance Day, Blackhawk Down and season 2 of
Stargate Universe and you have the entire movie right there.
Then on sunday we had a looooong breakfast on our lawn, just soaking in the sun and the good feeling of life at that moment! Then in the car for an hour to drive out to my parents to celebrate my dad's birthday and we combined that with mothers day. I also helped dad along on the greenhouse they're building which is identical to the one we've built for us and we helped our neighbours with. So I had a bit of advantage there :) Also got to enjoy my mothers cooking one more time!
Then an hour home, get Sam to sleep and then it was time to watch the F1 race. Although Vettel won again it sure was good to see a Ferrari in the front for a while!!
Yeap, got nothing to complain about here!
NOTHING HURTS MORE
Sam had a bit of double-trouble this week. On Tuesday his molars started pushing through which apparently hurts a bit. And for Sam it was more than a bit! He couldn't quite fall asleep at all in the night, only slept for like 15-20 minutes at a time then woke up crying. And on Wednesday Helena stayed home with him and he cried so much he lost his voice. Or maybe it was the cold he's had for a few weeks now but he couldn't even cry or scream or anything and that made him even more upset. But it really hurts, holding your son, trying to comfort him when he's in pain like that. On Thursday I stayed home with him and it got better and by the afternoon I could hear his voice coming back and he didn't seem to be in pain anymore. And on Thursday night he actually went to sleep and slept for 11 hours!
Today we handed him in to the daycare, no problem at all!
STARGATE UNIVERSE
Saw the last episodes of "Stargate Universe". I kinda liked the first 2 "Stargate"-series but they were never ever even really close to striking a human cord or draw out any intense emotions. Because to be honest they were always making fun of themselves and it was hard to take it seriously.
But "Universe" was different. Even from the beginning it felt so much better and more human than the other ones. Less humor, more human. And episode 18 of season two, "Epilogue" was... well science fiction at it's absolute best! I don't know if it's because of how my life has changed so much in the past years or what but I actually dropped a tear in the incredibly well written and directed sequence of TJ's sickness progressing, that was intense.
I'm pretty pissed it got cancelled ofcourse. But hey, life goes on...
But "Universe" was different. Even from the beginning it felt so much better and more human than the other ones. Less humor, more human. And episode 18 of season two, "Epilogue" was... well science fiction at it's absolute best! I don't know if it's because of how my life has changed so much in the past years or what but I actually dropped a tear in the incredibly well written and directed sequence of TJ's sickness progressing, that was intense.
I'm pretty pissed it got cancelled ofcourse. But hey, life goes on...
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