The Best

Sophia is the best.
She let me sleep until 8:15 this morning before waking up.

I needed that after going to bed at 01.30 am... or maybe even later.

Its finally Friday,  and I hope we will be going to sophias gym class. I voted yes to start this week, Memo voted for next month,  since right now we have equal incomes; we have an equal amount of votes. .. lets see if I was able to convince him to change his vote.

Long day with triple O's

The day has been long.
I just finished with everything 20 min ago - at 00.30.
Cleaning, Sophia - who is teething again, her molars, FUN! at least it explains her mood lately - Fer came over for some French talk about Paris and I've been with my face infront of Excel the whole night trying to figure out tables and such stuff.

To bed now...

Perfect weather

It feels like swedish summer today, it's windy but sunny. The perfect mix of warm and chilly.

We are at the play ground enjoying the weather and a fika; banana, cookies (healthy ones), water and watermelon juice I made yesterday - no sugar added.

Mmmm...sophia is going down for a nap as we come home and then I can tend to my business!

Good Choice

Seems like we made a good choice going to Texas, even if it is only for vacations.
I particularly like point 2 & 7 and point 9 feels very reassuring!

You can read what I am talking about here: LINK

Ps. it could be interesting for you to read Yulia since you just moved over there!

Here's a little sneak peak on how our vacation will be!

Letting some steam out

I know, I have been bombarding you all with posts today, but I promise you... this is the last one.

I didn't want to write it while Sophia was awake because I am not sure the subject will rub off on my mood this evening, and I wouldn't want her to suffer for it.

It's about what, or more like who, has been lost. People who meant something to me, who I thought were close to me, who were pretty much family. It hurts when you try to stay in touch, keep that bond, keep the connection, and you get nothing back.

I know I shouldn't care, I should actually, as the poster says: Rise above it.

But it is not that easy to stop caring I guess. People who you shared some of your most intimate moments with... in the end, it doesn't matter. The bottom line is that, I wouldn't care about them being lost if I still didn't consider them as pretty much family. 

So I guess the only thing I can do is to remember the good times we had as a family, and try to create similarly good times with my new little amazing family!

That is only one of all the things on my mind, the other is what happened this spring. 

To make it easier, and I guess more cryptic I will post a few posters that I felt suit the moment.

 

There is not much to add to these three posters. If not that I guess for both parties they are difficult to learn, understand and actually live by. 

This one is true for the people I care about. I guess the point is that if I insult you, treat you badly or disrespect you in any way it is, most likely, because you either did something or said something that was offensive to me or someone I care a lot about. I guess Memo could vouch for this one, I have never raised my voice at home, nor said anything bad without him having done something or said something first (for an extended amount of time). And not only that, I will let most of it "slide", i.e. it piles up inside me, I will even ask nicely to stop so that the relationship isn't damaged, but when the last drop hits the glass, it will all start pouring over, and that is not a pretty sight. I know for a fact I go to far, and I do not have a problem apologizing if I was in the wrong, BUT do not expect me to apologize first if you attacked me, if you ignored me when I asked you to stop, if you disrespected me. I will apologize when you apologize for the reason I offended you in the first place. I guess below poster applies to me pretty well, although I do believe actions are FAR more difficult to forgive than words. Insult me - fine, I will insult you back, we will calm down and talk about it, apologize and try to move on. Throw me out (or alike) - and forgiving becomes much more complicated.

                                                                                                     

 

And now to the last three. I guess they should have been in the opposite order, but what the heck.

The last one is really a lesson I need to learn. I need to stop holding on to anger, disappointment, and quite honestly some people. The middle one needs no comments, and the first one is another lesson I, and others should learn (friends changed for people).

And finally...

Say what?!

Sophia took a 3 1/2 h nap today.
Wtf
I had to go check if she was alive Like 3 times.

Her mood seems to be pretty normal for her age, at least it seems so after having looked around on blogs I read by mothers with babies the same age as her.
She is right now acting like a teenage girl pmsing. Oh well, it will pass.
People seem to think she is going through some stage and need extra assurance and closeness.

Help, please

I do not want to look like I have been working hard in the coal mine over the past month:

How, dear shy readers do I get rid of food coloring/ colorante/ karamellfärg from my hands?