30th of December, some random thoughts

It is a bit depressing to realise that I have language skills similar to an average eight year old British child. And at the same time, back in Sweden I noticed that I'm missing words and phrases. So I've lost Swedish without learning English.. I should just give up the idea of recapturing my old French. Better to be fairly incompetent in two languages than totally incompetent in three.

It's just one day left of this year, so I guess I should summarize things, but I won't. I see no point in that right now. But I may upload some nice pictures tonight or tomorrow. Or next year :)

I have very little energy for work these days, nor for anything else. It takes ages to get out of bed, and then it's another effort to leave the shower. Why is any small change so hard to achieve? I went to the beads shop today to find black beads for the necklace I'm making for tomorrow night, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. I'll probably take tomorrow off to finish it. Which means that I should move the restriction enzyme reaction to the fridge, and leave it there over the weekend. Or will it overdigest? Maybe I'll have to come in tomorrow anyway. I'd probably better do. Oh, those hard decisions, the problems in a developed country. My mood is improving though, still crying but feeling less sorry for myself.

I spent yesterday night at the Hobgoblin pub reading about Brussels, Bruges and Ghent, the cities we'll visit in two weeks. That weekend will sure be busy! I really liked Ghent, out of environmental concern they have chosen to make Thursdays a vegetarian day, where schools and public canteens for civil servants serve vegetarian food and veggie restaurant street maps are distributed. They call this day Veggiedag :) Isn't that just lovely? Maybe there is hope for this planet, after all. And according to Happy Cow, there is a vegan café with an ecology information centre, that serves milkshakes and pancakes on Sundays.. Oh, and the city is full of Gothic architecture. I just have to go there, even if the rest are lazy and want to stay in bed that afternoon.

I hope to have milkshakes in Stockholm when I get back. It's been planned for a couple of months now, although we never seem to prioritise it.

Well, off to the swimming complex now to clear my mind a bit.

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