Smelly cat butt

This is basically my life at the moment. Not too bad.

Feminism

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And they called it puppy love

Today, we're puppysitting this adorable baby! It's my friend's puppy, and she went on a trip so Ella and I are doing our best to take care of her baby today. They dropped her off last night, and after a few accidents including poop and pee on the floor, we went to sleep in my bed and just cuddled.

 

 The cats were very suspicious of her at first, but Sasha seemed to come around after a while. Misha is still pretty upset about her being here, but whatever, he'll just have to deal.

We only have her until tonight, so we will make the most of having a cute puppy to cuddle with!

Kitty cat

Sasha

RAWR

Ugly selfie war

Last night, Sandra and I had a fucking blast while taking "ugly" selfies. We sent them to Ella and soon we had an "ugly" selfie war on our hands. We won though, Ella can't be as ugly as we can :)

Autumn longing

So...yeah...what's new? Nothing much in my life at the mo really... Well, the tutoring firm called me today and said they wanted to hire me, so I'm supposed to go by on Monday and sign the contract. This means I now have three part time jobs, wohoo... And tomorrow I have to work for a cheeky, dirty old man, but whatever...at least I get paid for it.

August is almost over and here in Gothenburg you can really tell autumn is on its way. This past week has been somewhat cold and rainy, which is normal for Gothenburg I guess, but this summer has been extremely warm and sunny, so the return back to "normal" weather has kind of taken me by surprise. It's mostly welcome by me though, since I have never been much for hot weather, but it also means we haven't gone swimming at our newfound place Ganlet for the past few weeks. I've gone swimming in the ocean (and once in a lake) several times this summer, and it's been absolutely lovely, and I JUST LOVE SWIMMING SO MUCH!! So the arrival of autumn also makes me a little sad, since it puts a stopper to my frolicking in the waves.

The cliffs at Ganlet

Ganlet is near enough to our apartment for us to ride our bikes there (takes about 15 minutes). Swedish summer is just so beautiful, especially at dusk and sunset!

However, I do love autumn in all its crispness and coziness and natural, beautiful colours! Having cold weather also makes it possible, even desirable, to put on fleece pajamas, fuzzy socks and curl up in bed with the cats, a cup of tea, and a good book, which I've been doing the past few days. I honestly can't wait for the autumn storms to begin so that I can take refreshing walks in the windy loveliness that is the Swedish west coast, and snuggle up in bed with some fika after! I love it when it's windy, because it feels...hm, difficult to explain, but it feels like I can breathe, and I feel more alive and at peace at the same time. This is why I have a hard time imagining ever living more inland, because I don't think I would be happy in a place that isn't windswept. 'Windswept' is such a lovely word...

Anywho! I'll leave you with these random musings for now...

Sasha and I in bed yesterday

Toodles!

Oh, hello again!

Thanks to receiving a comment on a previous post I re-discovered my blog today! Looking back on the latest gap in time it is apparent to me why I didn't blog between September and March. Last September I got a job as a personal assistant to a man in a wheelchair, and I worked for him more or less full time until March. I really disliked working for him, and my quality of life definitely took a big dip, but when I stopped working for him in late March I was so happy to finally be rid of him!

However, I was so tired and just felt all blaaaaah so I stayed at home for a little over a month before I could even muster the energy to go to the employment office and begin the long and arduous journey of finding a new job. I really hate working just because that's what you're supposed to do, and I think the way we view work and money in our society today is royally fucked up.

I long for a simpler life, having a small farm and a nice house in the countryside where I live in a collective with my friends and family! Growing our own food, feeding our own animals and making sure they have a good life before we eat them, spending time in nature, living, loving, laughing in peace and happiness is all I want from life!

This is my dream lifestyle, but I have a hard time seeing it actually happening. I mean, it's definitely not impossible, it's just...hard. Maybe it will become my reality in the future, but for now I have to keep trudging in modern society to take care of myself and my little family. Btw, the little surprise I hinted at in a previous post about my kitten Misha was that we were actually adopting his brother Sasha as well! So now, we have two cats who are a little over 1 year old, and they are both a blessing and a huge pain in the ass. Some days we hate them, but most of the time we love them dearly.

Misha and Sasha

Misha

Misha and Sasha as kittens, adorable!

Geek King

Mmm Nathan Fillion...

Weekend fun

I've had such a good weekend! I spent most of yesterday and today at Liseberg, yesterday with Ella and Stoffe, and today with Ella and Cecilia. 

Yesterday we went on one of the water rides, got stuck under a small waterfall for a couple of minutes and got COMPLETELY drenched. I am not even kidding when I say that I was dripping when we finally got off the damn ride. This happened when we still planned on spending several more hours at the park, which we also did, but man were we cold and wet, for hours! I jumped straight in the shower when I came home, hot hot water, and then went to bed in full pajamas with a hot water bottle clutched to my stomach. Ugh.

Ella and Stoffe :)

Little things in life that are nice and apply to my weekend:

We skipped the horrible water ride today, but since it rained every now and then we got wet today as well. Our clothes dried nicely between the showers, but my socks and shoes were wet and cold all day :(

I laughed A LOT today. I love uncontrollable, can't-stop-or-breathe-laughter, and Ella and Cecilia are really good at making me laugh. According to Ella, I have a kind of laugh which makes her laugh just because it sounds so funny (and because I look so funny, because I often laugh so hard no noise comes out), and then she starts laughing and I keep laughing and then I almost pee my pants, so I stop laughing. But then we start laughing again. I'm almost tired of laughing now, and I certainly am tired of the word "laugh".

One thing that's really nice about hanging with Ella and Cecilia is that they get my references to things like Supernatural and Harry Potter and we can talk and laugh and fangirl for hours about this stuff. Most of my other friends don't get most of my references and I'm sure they wish I'd just shut up about it already. Getting my nerd off while riding roller coasters and eating cotton candy is absolutely the best way that I can think of to spend a day. Take it away Ernie!

Riding roller coasters is, without a doubt, one of my favourite things to do. I ride them all, no hesitation, no fear, just pure joy. Ella was too scared to ride Atmosfear (afraid of heights, lame-o!), but damn, I just love it! And the view over Gothenburg is great! Balder is my absolute favourite at Liseberg, closely followed by Jukebox, which, without fail, makes me laugh every time I ride it.

 I discovered today that autumn has sneaked up on Gothenburg. The leaves are slowly starting to change colour and the air is getting cooler. Also, The Rain has begun. Every Gothenburgian knows what this means. But I love autumn (perfect time for fika!), so I don't mind the slightest.

All this running about, laughing, screaming, eating fast food and snacks, and acting like the child I actually still am has made me tireeeeeeed! My spirit may be that of a child, but my body knows it's older than that, so it punishes me with aches and soreness and fatigue. So I plan on curling up in my bed to watch Peter Pan while listening to the autumn winds outside my window. Mys!

Kilts!

Men in kilts...hell to the yes

Valkyriiiiiiiiiieeeeeee! She's cooler than you!

Update on life...go!

I finally sent in my essay! In a week we will have an opposition seminar at which they will probably tell me to fix this and that, but when I have done that I AM DONE!! Goodfuckingbye teacher training, hello rest of my life!!

On Wednesday Sandra and I are taking a mini trip to Kiel to do some shopping and bask in the glory that is Germany! (Is the north part of Germany so glorious? I don't know...) 

And after that we will become cat mums!

I'm so fucking happy I could shit rainbows! :D

FRUSTRATED

I WANT TO WATCH THE REST OF SUPERNATURAL, BUT I CAN'T, BECAUSE I'M FINISHING MY VERY LATE ESSAY, CRAP!

Some of my summer in pictures

Now that the power chord to my mac has undergone home reparation (don't worry, I didn't do it, I'm not insane) I thought I would post some pictures from my summer :)

Starting with:

Midsummer! I spent my midsummer with Vanessa, Magnus and Joakim in Kungsbacka and at Tjolöholm Castle. We had a barbecue, they danced around the pole, it rained, we took a walk around the castle grounds, we went home and barbecued some salmon, we ate strawberries...it was a nice day.

Tjolöholms slott!

I need these flowers in my future garden, but I have no idea what they're called.

Later in the summer, I spent a lot of time with my godson. We went to the playground, we went on bicycle trips to the countryside, we ate bananas, we threw pebbles in Rolfsån, and we napped. It is exhausting spending time with and taking care of a kid, phew. Kudos to all you parents out there, I have no idea how you manage!

One day Sandra and I took the ferry out to Vrångö. We love it there and spent a whole day sunbathing, reading, swimming and picknicking.

We love going by boat, wohoo!

I went back and forth to Kungsbacka in July, to babysit Joakim and help Vanessa with stuff. Joakim has a knack for falling asleep on the bike, it's actually pretty adorable.

One afternoon we went to Stensjön to swim, it was absolutely lovely! It's only the second time I've gone swimming this summer, I should feel bad about that...

One particularly warm and sweaty day I went on a picknick in Slottsskogen with Mellgren, Andreas and Dille! Apart from me almost dying (you know I can't handle the heat), we had a lovely day in the park, looking at all the animals, eating ice cream, enjoying the view of Gothenburg and just wandering about. I love my city (and my friends!) so much.

Another day Mellgren took Sandra and me to visit our soon-to-be kitten, Misha! Hopefully, he'll be coming home with us in two weeks, and we also have a surprise related to this, but you'll have to wait and see... ;)

Me holding Misha, and Sandra being all "I want to hold the kitten, gimme!"

A few weeks ago we puppysat these two fur balls. Nera is the black puppy and the golden one is Yozi. They are adorable and I love them, even though they peed and shat on my floor...

Baby Nera

Last week I finally got to spend some time with Elsa, my dear old friend who it has been very difficult to see for the last five years or so, since she doesn't live in Gothenburg anymore. It was her 25th birthday and we celebrated her with pannkakstårta (a cake made with Swedish pancakes, ice cream, whipped cream and berries). It is delicious. 

A few days later Elsa, Lina and I went for a fika in Trädgårdsföreningen, and we visited Palmhuset (first time for me!). It contains exotic flowers and plants and is a very nice place to stroll around for a while. The admission is free, so I highly recommend a visit there!

My darlings Elsa and Lina :)

Hej Lina!