Nothing much to say really

I have not written nor posted anything since february last year. Now; some do this and their lives have been full of moving houses, births and new jobs and whatnot and it is easy to understand that words had to be saved for real life stuff.

This is what I have done since then:

•  Mediated between my parents' big bruiser of a cat and the neighbours' slightly smaller, but far more tenatious cat. This involves a lot of swearing, and depending on the weather sometimes a lot of clothes must come on. Then it is to locate them; this part is fairly easy as there is a lot of noise. Then to locate a rake or a shovel and try to intimidate the intruder into leaving. (My size is apparently not enough. Neither is clapping hands. And no; I never acctually touch the cat with the tool in question.)

• Sitting on the commuter bus to Oslo. Again, And again. 

•  Made less then awsome xmas cakes. 

•  Broke my foot just as last summer's heatwave hit Oslo and spent two weeks on the sofa, in 30 deg C, bored to tears. (Good thing: no cast. That would have been horrible. As it was I was just sweaty, grumpy and exhausted. Imagine ichy on top of that...)

•  Started studying clinical nutrition. There is one exam per semester, so I survive. Not very elegantly: exam prep involves tears, desperation, vomiting and insomnia. But then it is done. No 5-exams-in-two-weeks bullshit. Since it is a five year masters, I'll graduate before turning 40. Go me!

•  Completed pepper panic saga.

•  Discovered grunge/alt rock 20 years after the fact. What was I listening to in the nineties? I remember Enya, Boheme and Enigma. Lots of classical music and that my friends loved Blur and Smashing Pumpkins. 

•  become hooked on one-note lists. 

•  done laundry

•  eaten lots of chocolate chip cookies

Give me sunshine

        According to those who count these things (the public meteorologist) we had 7 hours 19 minutes with sun in January, spread over four days. February looks to be even worse. So now I am craving sun and colors. I have a bright yellow raincoat, blue and purple knitted hat, and pink lipstick. More is more when it is February and one should be staying by the fireplace with tea and homemade bananabread in colourful pj's. Alas, I have to work.
       

Same procedure as every year, James

So, that went fast.

I could do with another week in bed reading, as this spring will be hard between work and studying for exams in May. But finally I begin to feel fit for fight. I have had a couple of days where just the thought of what will come made me hide under the blanket, wimpering.

I wish you all courage, laughter and kindness!

Hugs

Where my titles for the new year come from:
Dinner for one

Almost fall

Eventually I did finish the scarf.. and time flew by and it is the end of august and there is work and studying and proyects and me hauling butt to performances: Sleeping Beauty with the National Ballet, Some contemp dance at Dansens Hus, Blur and Tame Impala at Øyafestivalen (it was soooo good I get shivers to this day) and today I walked down to the church in town to listen to an ensamble called Barokkanerne. It was brilliant, and afterwards I tried to pinpoint what it is with baroque and earlier music that hits my I-Likey-spot. I feel like dancing and it is organic and the sound of wooden instruments.. They did Spring (Vivaldi) with strings, flute and Hurdy-Gurdy and there was so much going on. The usual cd-versions now feel sanitized, sterile. I sort of need to digest it and put words to the images in my head and the dance I was doing in my head as I sat there listening..

Knitting

 Current project, and it's taking forever and a day, because my mom wants two loose loops around her neck, and I am knitting with 3mm needles..

Finished project: Lovely Alpaca Wool from "Du Store Alpakka". It is really cool to drive and suddenly do a double take because instead of the usual sheep along the roads, I spot Alpacas.

Sugar in the morning!

A new year! A new beginning! And I can almost hear King Theodens speech there on the hill before Minas Tirith, although I'm not going to scream death.

I saw the Hobbit in 3D and got the extended LOTR for christmas, and had a Tolkien fest. And now the waiting begins and mentally preparing myself for Thorins death in about a year and half. Sight.

I wish you all a balanced new year!

Smart rat

This little rat has taken a liking to the bird feeder: food and safety in the same place!