The latest two days has been an exposé over February as it's worst. Damp, cold and colorless.
The snow can come back. It can make a comeback as late as in March/April but I prefer snow now. In January and February my mind is set to winter. In March and April all senses are longing for the spring, when the grass, the leaves and the flowers are coming back to life and give us all joy with their scent and colors.
Writing this I'm at home in my little office corner in the bedroom. I have an online course to take, it's more like a conference actually, and therefore I skipped coming in to the office at work. Wish you a pleasant Tuesday.
Life’s returning, coming back to normal. I’ve been working at the office all week and yesterday the most of my team was in too. Our office is undergoing a remake. As so many employers and companies are doing right now, desks are being taken away giving room for other kinds of work spaces.
A new thing in our office. Silent hubs for two people.
After work yesterday me and my wife went to a restaurant. We didn’t have a reservation (hate that you need to make reservations for almost everything) but we were out early and got lucky. We went to Urban Deli and had good beer but not that good food. They’ve changed their deal and are now doing that small dishes concept were you have to order four or five different ones to get satisfied. I like tapas. This I didn’t like. But the place is nice.
We had our table for just one hour so we went to another place after that. My wife took me to a new restaurant built in an old library. The book shelves were still there. We had a negroni and had a good time. Back home our kids were watching movies and hanging around with a friend.
Late February Swedish school children have a week off. It’s called sportlov, sports holiday, and was established in the 40’s as a way of saving heating oil in schools. That purpose was combined with different kinds of outdoor activities.
Sportlov today is not a week when most kids play outside. On the contrary, it’s a week when many kids stay inside hanging around with phones. I wish I could take a week off and go to a ski resort in the north. But doing that during the sportlov is not cheap. I also have to work. My wife also. So what is the kids supposed to do? Well, trying to figure that out is a tradition as mush as sportlov itself.
It’s been some weeks now working from home. Today is back at office day. It felt a bit unusual to get on my bike and go to work this morning. But the ride itself was pleasant. The sun was shining and the air crispy fresh. Down at Tantobadet I saw one of my “everyday guys”, one of those people you tend to see at the same place at the same time day after day. He was biking all, he always does, with his long hair fluttering. I don’t know if he recognises me, but his glance at me make me think so.
Today is the big opening in Sweden. All restrictions are cancelled from now on and things can go back to normal. I hope there won’t be a backlash.
Went to Romme Alpin together with my daughter and her friend this weekend. We had a blast in the slopes. Got up early and went snowboarding all day. The sun was shining on us from the morning to the evening and all I could think of was being in the present.
Back on Write.as as a result of Matt's latest invention: Remark.as. I noticed the good tmo was the first to try it out, but I wasn't hesitating either.
I think this is a good thing for Write.as even if the best thing is, and will be, the clean and simple editor.
The week started okay after all. I woke up this morning tired as hell without energy or geist, but well at work the day turned out better than expected. Some problems were solved, some postponed and some got done.
Never went for a lunch walk and had a quick lunch I (afterwards it felt like I had forgotten to chew the food properly) and when I got home I got my punish. Entered the hall with a burning stomach ache I now am trying to cure with tea. Sometimes I forget to drink water during the day, I am a person who never gets thirsty, but today I did some proper dehydration work. I recently read some information from the Swedish parallel to NHS that not enough water can give you stomach ache. Still, I’m sitting here with a belly feeling sore.
A new thing in our office. Silent hubs for two people.