Not the first day of spring

Still well below 0

The washing cycle

Since 3AM, our washning machine has been on non-stop, and I'm not sure it's made for that.
Both the Mrs. and kiddo has a kind of stomach flu. Klara needs new bed linen, towels and clothes every couple of hours.

So far I've managed not to get ill, and with some luck (or genetics) I´ll steer clear of it.

It's been a long night and day, and a very little sleep is involved, not my preferred choice at all. :P

Fucking hate this

Why the hell is this part of the country full of idiots, that can't drive? As soon as there is a little snow, they fuck up. If they don't they are driving at 40km/h on the highway. And those are women...

Good

Saw the movie "Good" with Viggo Mortensen today. Not an easy film, somewhat uncomfortable at every turn. It's the kind of movie that you think about after seeing it. Recommended!

Now I'm at the gymn, and come to think about, what a luxury this is. Soon I'll go back home to my family, snow falling outside, not much to complain about!

Now THIS is winter

So the first snow never melted away, and now, we got more snow. And more. And more... and the temperature is below -5C every day.
Yesterday evening I shoveled a path to our front door, and by the time our guest were leaving (a couple of hours later) there was a layer more than 10cm thick to prevent them.
Today, it looks like this in our back yard:




I don't remember having this much snow ever, here in this part of Sweden.
You could compare with this picture...

The forcast has changed, and it could very well be a white Christmas this year!
All is not good though. We left Klara at my parents yesterday, and today I really don't know how to get there. :D

White Christmas

This week it will be around -5 degrees, but the forecast shows rain and +5 the days before Christmas... So, a white Christmas seems to be a utopia once again :(

Designer

This probably doesn't mean anything to most people. To me, it's my current work-baby, and a view of improper CAD-work, that I now have to fix. I really love this job! =)

Chairman

I just got chosen as board chairman in our co-operative building society! :)
Now I only have to fulfill my obligations, but I'll cope with that just nicely I hope.

A great day at work

This is what I love to do. This is the part I love about my job. I love to sit and engineer plastics in 3D, but unfortunately this isn't what it's all about all the time. Then again, when this part of the job is ongoing, it's usually a rush, just as it was this time.
So having a cold this week and feeling tired, around 17 o'clock my head was like a jar of marmelade. Still today was great... Can't wait for the next round of CAD mayhem to commence. :)

Grandparents

Being a father really sets you up for challenges you weren't aware of existed. Klara was at my parents Saturday to Monday evening, and while it was nice to have some time just for myself (the wife was in Stockholm), I looked at quite many video footages on my phone during these days. It's funny how much your child can affect you, especially when he/she is not around.

There are so many great things with Klara spending time with my parents, one of them being learning lots of Hungarian words. But the things that makes me happiest is the fact that she loves being there, playing with my parents, and that they spoil her, not as much with gifts, as with love, care and all the time and patience in the world. She's always so happy with them. Love you, mom and dad!

Less for more

This was a big letdown...

The ticket cost 25% more this year (850SKK), then they charged 120DKK (wtf!) for the rental of a fuckin' box that you almost could use for two winter jackets, last year it was "only" 70DKK and you could fit three. And they only accepted cash, well, a nice surprise after standing in a 50m line.

At least there was no line to get in, so that went well.

And then, nothing. Where did they leave the props? The "Wicked wonderland" stuff? This was like a regular night out, with some lasers added. No bouncing balls like last year. No fountains. No performances that we found memorable. Basically just a DJ and some screens going up and down with the DJ's name. Wow. I don't know if I'll go next year. This wasn't a fair thing to do to everyone expecting to get entertainment value for their money...
Because despite the good music, and the good DJs, we should have gotten more bang for the buck.

Highlight of the evening: Mr. White playing "Aztec Mystic - Jaguar"

WTF

Where is the show? Why am I paying more than last year? No show, no nothing... This sucks. But Axwell is on, things should pick up.

Sensation White

3hrs away...

The flu

So we finally managed to get the flu, though we can't be sure it's the infamous piggy kind.
The whole weekend was like a medium-bad cold, and we both worked from home today. Klara seems to be the least influenced by this, I even wonder if she only has a slight cold.

Tomorrow I plan to go to work, but most important is to get well for Saturday, and Sensation White! :)

English in Swedish

Embarassing? Not even official authorities are able to use proper language...

(It should say "...stay at home")

Quarelin

The drug that would save the world.
What you need is 400 mg Metamizole sodium, 60,0 mg caffeine, 40,0 mg drotaverine-hydrochloride in a small pill. What it does, is a pure miracle.
Take a migraine like mine today, me being on the verge of throwing up. One pill made me being able to act like a human after only 15 minutes, and 30 minutes later I was totally restored.

Thanks EU for putting this on prescription only, retards.
And thanks scientists for making up drugs like this.

Back to work

An era has come to an end. Next time I'll have a long period off like this, will probably be my retirement. :)
Today was my first day at work after six months. Really strange feeling, I know where everything is, but still it's alien. On top of this, I have to start with installing everything on my laptop...
And little Klara, off to kindergarten the whole day, a whole new world for her to get accustomed to.

At least we had lots of fun with the guys at the gymn, wonder if we'll have a reunion-reunion soon? :D

Dos and don'ts

If you are in Budapest, there is a chain of stores that you really should avoid. Office. I can't even post the link to the Hungarian (East european) store here, as the site is reported as malicious by Google.
So, what can you buy there? Shoes. Which in itself is fine, but the staff in both the WestEnd store and the one on Váci utca are terrible. I've been to both, and service is worse than lousy, they seem to be there to have fun amongst each other, and trash the customers if they think you don't speak hungarian. It's like they are in 6th grade. In Váci utca, they even tried to scam us off the pity change they owed us, 10Ft. A useless amount, but stupid thing to do as a store, after treating you like shit.
You have been warned.


Better news though, a good place to go to (though not for shoes) is the Nádas büfé in Palatinusz strand on Margit sziget. Of course, this is only in the summertime.
The guy that has the place is probably the nicest and most customer focused "restaurant" owner I've ever met. You always feel welcome, and I hope we´ll find him there for many years to come.
You have been tipped. ;)

Updating the back entrance

With the proper tools, everything is much easier. Since I had no tools at all for this, except a shovel, I borrowed what was needed from Bad boy (thanks!), and managed to get this done in under three hours, including cleaning and all.


Perhaps not completely like the professionals would do, but it should be fine for many years...

Budapest reunion

Yesterday we were all invited to Marcus' crazy big palace, to reminisce our four day trip to Bp this summer. The evening was a superb mix of good friends, alcohol and music, and getting lost.


We even found some "nice" accessories, but we didn't take them with us when we went out to the club. As usual, the best part of the evening is the house party.


Here we were singing some kazakhi disco song, lullaby, or similar, I have no idea, but we really liked it, as I recall.
Strangely enough, the only thing we didn't get done, was looking at the photos and video clips from the trip. That was sort of the plan from the beginning, but we didn't manage to stick to it. On the other hand, we got lots of new pictures to laugh at...

Also, seems like the Porsche fever is spreading. Now Bob got himself a nice convertible, that has completely crazy sound when opening the throttle fully. Driving it was just wonderful (even though I was hung over like a pig), roof down, sun shining, felt like the summer would go on for ever. Thanks for the experience! :)


And thanks guys, for a great party!