35 degrees and boat day

Sweaty days now. 35°c today and pretty humid. It’s good to know someone with a boat then. When you’re face is melting off it’s nice to just jump into the water. 
Jim’s boss has a boat and his family is away for a week so he asked us if we wanted to go out with his boat. We drove a bit up with the boat to Connecticut (he lives and has his boat in Larchmont, NY). And then we stopped to swim and relax. Lovely! I would never consider owning a boat of my own, but I do love to go out in the ocean, be surrounded by water. On the way back I sat in the front. So fast and bumpy. I had to really hold on. So much fun!
Anyway. We were out for a few hours and then we had to head back home to Thor. We were so tired after that. The sun really wears you out:) I’m doing laundry now and at the same time doing some stuff on my computer while eating “ballerina” cookies. Jim started to give me Swedish treats on Friday. I have got a kex chocolate, a bag with a licorice mix candy bag and I also accidentally found Kalles Kaviar (caviar) in the fridge on Thursday. Mmm, a real good b-day weekend:)
And tomorrow is my birthday!! 

What a game!

I usually don’t care about soccer, but the World Cup is always a bit more fun. And today was really fun! 

This morning I got up, got ready, felt a bit stressed cause I wanted to go get my test done as soon as possible so that I could be back home with Thor when the inspection happens (they still haven’t been here). I came  there around 7:30am and the place was packed. I had to sign in on a tablet and my name popped up on the TV. 50 min wait, oh my. I had read reviews that they weren’t very helpful or friendly at this place and that you can end up spending hours there. While I waited there was actually a patient who got into a big fight with two behind the desk and I hoped it would be over soon. But it must have just been that womans attitude, cause everyone was sooo nice to me. I got in after about 50, got a needle in my arm and was out the door within two minutes. Bought coffee at the place next door and walked home. 

And then soccer came on. At first I just thought I can have it on and go upstairs to do other stuff and just listen to what’s happening, but then I decided to put my Swedish t-shirt on, put Thor in his blue “thor” sweater (I don’t have any yellow or Swedish for him) and then watch the game after all.
The first period was so boring and I barely watched. But then the second half started and oh my, so fun. Thor kept freaking out because I was screaming at the TV, my phone kept getting messages, I got a few spam calls and one call from the dentist and all this made T very nervous I guess. But Sweden scored three goals!! And South Korea scored 2 so Germany was kicked out so Mexico is still in it. These games was so much fun and I kept writing with my dad and sister who were just as pumped up as I was. Hahah.

Now I’m waiting for Brazil at 2pm. I’ve always been a Brazil fan, most likely because of my cousins:) (and for some reason I liked Holland for many years as well, but they are not in it this time), so I’m excited about that game too. Plus my friend is Brazilian and it would be fun if our countries end up in the final:) 

Knees and trees

Good Morning everyone! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week! Mine has been very up and down. I had an appointment with a doctor across the street from our apartment (same building as my dentist, very convenient) earlier this week. I wanted him to check if my ears are ok, cause it’s been feeling like they are full of shit and I was afraid that there would be something wrong with them. But nope, apparently they are extremely clean, so that’s good news. And then I had him check my knees.

If you have been reading my blog for awhile or perhaps since the start, then you know that I have discomfort in my knees from time to time (I don’t like to use the word pain). I have actually never had a doctor take a look at them before or done any x-rays, I have only been to sports medicine, physio-therapist etc. who works with dancers or athletes. Everyone has told me that there’s nothing wrong in my knees and then they end up massaging my back and cracking my neck and I’m like a new person for a few weeks until I’m back with discomfort again. The doctor checked my legs and nope, nothing wrong in my back. We decided that I should go get x-rays on both knees since I’ve never done that before and then we’ll see. The machines at the advanced radiology place here in Stamford is broken and will be fixed next week, so I’ll know more then. 

Anyway, this has been a very emotional week for me. The doctor told me something what could be going on in my knees, and if that’s what it is, then I have a lifetime of work ahead of me and I took this pretty hard. But I’m motivated to fight for the rest of my life. But again, I’ll know more after my x-rays. 

To something more fun. We are finally getting real summer this week and next. Yay! We’ve had really nice and warm days from time to time, and in between we had really cold and rainy days that feels like fall. It has been nicer in Sweden even. But now it seems like the high temperatures are staying, at least for two weeks, and I can finally say it’s summer. Last weekend we drove to Harbor Point to have coffee by the water and let Thor play in a park and a dog park on Saturday morning. And on Sunday we took Thor with us to a park I had heard about in Greenwich. It was a big and beautiful park. Not much people there and we got a good walk around the whole thing. So a very outdoorsy weekend. It’s good to bring Thor to places too. He still freaks out in the car every time, but we have to just keep trying, get him used to it.
Yesterday, my friend who recently moved from our building to a new place, came over and we went for a walk on the cute street near our house. Such a beautiful day yesterday! And it was nice to spend some time with her. 

This weekend is supposed to be really nice as well. Not sure what we’re gonna end up doing. Hopefully we get our own car back today (it took much longer to fix it than expected after Jim’s accident). Would be nice to go to the beach, but I have to go get a beach pass for that. I walked over there last week but they needed registration and I didn’t know that. I’m watching my neighbors cat today and I have some other stuff I want to get done, so not sure if I have time to go all the way there to get the pass, we’ll see. Either way, I think this weekend will be awesome:) 

Harbor Point:

Bruce Park, Greenwich:

Marilyn Monroe – statue in Stamford

This morning, around 8 am after taking T for a walk and feeding him, I walked over to the government building to get a beach pass only to find out that you need to show a car registration. So I walked over to target to buy new hair conditioner and then continued my walk to a coffee place that I like in the city center. The place had closed down. Bummer:(
So, I walked over to Latham Park to take pictures of the giant statue of Marilyn Monroe that they put up yesterday. Stamford is full of life size statues of people in action, all in 40-50s style. Like, kids playing, someone taking a picture, men in suites going to work, veterans hugging their loved ones, woman walking her dog etc. This series is called “Timeless” and is created by artist Seward Johnson. One day I’m gonna walk around and really look at them all. Right now they are just something I walk by.
This Marilyn Monroe statue is called “Forever Marilyn” and was previously placed in Chicago. When my parents visit Chicago we tried to find her but they had taken her down 2012. She is 26 feet tall and weighs 30.000 pounds. Pretty cool actually. The opening is tomorrow and they are showing “The Seven Year Itch” on Avon Theater. My neighbor mentioned this awhile ago that she is going tomorrow, but it sounded like something else, I didn’t expect a giant statue like this.