July 2010

July was very focused on spending time with Anna since she was moving back to Thailand. We took walks, had coffee, talked and just hung out. We also spent an amazing weekend in Falkenberg. Just us, the ocean, wine and good food. Such a good weekend. Miss her like crazy!

July also has the mandatory road trip to the Hamburg Salsa Festival. Me, Tove, Andreas, David and Ellinor took Andreas' Volvo and drove to Hamburg. There Mr Smooth aka Valentine came in from NY for the weekend. Great dancing and fantastic people - no wonder Hamburg is mandatory!

Having dinner at the Irany restaurant

Me and Tove chilling at the hotel

V, Ellinor and David at a restaurant on Colonnaden

Andreas, Tove and me

Tove's and my favorite hotel

May and June 2010

These months were filled with friends and learning my new job.

Me and Tove joined Anna's brother Fredrik on a roadtrip to Varberg to watch Anna's fight.

We spent midsummer in Lina's cabin in Lyse - amazing weekend!

I found a new favorite spot.
Tove helping Fredrik exercise.
Tove's famous midsummer cake

David the Devil and Ida the Innocent

Lina showing us one of her many talents.

I also made a lot of thinking. The trip to NY gave me a lot to think about. And after a looooooot of thinking I decided to see what I could do to get over there. Conclusion - apply to the Master in Social Work at the university in NY. Ok, first step - the test of English as a foreign language. You need it to get in. You could take the test in either Stockholm or Malmö (since then they actually have test dates in Gothenburg, but that was not the case at the time). So I decided to combine a little English test with a visit to my beautiful friend Deja in Malmö.

Tove had the fabulous party Glassens dag (The day of the ice cream). Long story short - waaaaaaayyyy too much ice cream and a little barbeque to top it off.

Next adventure

I know I shouldn't be doing this at work, but I just wanted to share what I've been up to during my lunch break.

Thursday 24th feb 2011

09:30 - 10:15 Göteborg, Landvetter - Köpenhamn, Kastrup
11:25 - 13:10 Köpenhamn, Kastrup - Zurich

Monday 28th feb 2011

16:35 - 18:55 Zurich - Stockholm, Arlanda
20:20 - 21:20 Stockholm, Arlanda - Göteborg, Landvetter

Tickets for Zurich are now booked and paid for. So the 24th of February me and Tove are going to Zurich for the Zurich salsa festival 2011. Joining us there are Lilly, Valentine and Disa from the US, Wesley from Canada, Karla from Brazil and a bunch of other people. The salsa UN. Already looking forward to it!

April 2010

In April I turned 25. The day before my birthday Anna took me on a surprise trip. She told me to pack a bag with clothes for working out and a bikini. She told me to meet her at the train station that morning. That's all I knew. I was kind of nervous she was going to take me to a Thai boxing boot camp. We got on a train and got off in Varberg. I was still clueless when we were walking through the town but when she finally stopped it was in front of the Asian spa. We spent the day relaxing in their spa pools, hot wells and taking relaxation classes.Perfect birthday present as I was fairly nervous about my birthday. Why? Cause that would be my first day as a paid social worker.

I also celebrated my birthday with a proper birthday party for the first time in years.

Jeanette, Tove (whom there isn't a single normal picture of from this party) and Lina

Andreas and Anna, whom I miss dearly

Ida, Tove och André

Pia

Me and Tove

February and March 2010

February was characterized by the anticipation of the adventure to come - New York!

The 15th of February me, Tove and Magnus headed to the airport for a salsa vacation in New York. Little did I know how much it would affect me.

The first two weeks all three of us stayed in a beautiful apartment on 1st Avenue. We surprised Magnus by taking him to the New York City Ballet as a gift for his 40th birthday. He surprised us by only turning 39. Probably the most expensive 39 yo-present I'm ever going to buy.

At the New York City Ballet.

We all nurtured our inner geeks by tending to our crops and animals in Farmville.

We met a whole bunch of wonderful people.Ronald, Tove, Marlon, me and Valentine at LCL.

Leon who sent us the best NY-salsa guide-email. Here at BaSo after our last class.

Leon introduced us to the fabulous Lilly one night at Jimmy Anton's.

We did some shopping.

And a couple of touristy things, this is on top of the Empire State Building.

The trip consisted of dancing, meeting new people, eating and some shopping. The city of NY turned out to be very addictive.

When we got back mid March the Scandinavian Salsa Congress gave us just about two weeks to rest before we were at it again.
Guy, me, Tove, Agnes and Adric having lunch in between workshops.

Me and Agnes on Friday night.

Tove, Adric and me.

Me and Andreas.

2010 - a year of experiences and friends

This year has been filled with a lot of experiences. Figured I'd do a summary like I did a few years ago. Starting with January:

Me, David and Anna - not only did we finish our Bachelor thesis together, but we made it to the end together. Here having champagne breakfast.

Me and Fedja at the graduation ceremony

After graduating came the denial process - I'm not unemployed, I'm studying Spanish!

Last lecture

I think I've written about this before, but I watched it again the other day:

Randy Pausch Last lecture. It's a little over an hour, but it's a wellspent hour.

I'm not saying that I'm back, just that I suddenly remembered how much I used to love to write this blog.

A lot has happened since my last entry - too much to tell everything in a single entry. Maybe I'll come back and tell you about it, I don't know.

I'll leave you with a good tune by Mr Legend: