mickan in world

Seven days; a week back home and it has been wonderful.

I brought the weather with me from the sunny SE Asia, Sweden has seen a new June heat record, starting the same day as I came home and since Sunday I have not seen a cloud.

I love hanging out with my family. Having taken care of myself for so long it is amazingly relaxing having mommy around to hug me and feed me and say good night and tuck me into bed. I must have regressed about 15 years since I came home, but that's okay cause that puts me at the same age as my daddy and we're having a really good time going to football and such (I think he missed his soccer-bud). Hanging out with my sister and catching up on some news and gossip isn't bad either.

Also meeting up with my friends has been extrodinarily easy. I mean, just picking up where we left it is as easy as that. A hug and a  "Welcome home!" and you're back were you were nine months ago (counting Ireland). I guess that's what really good friends are for. I love you so much! Sure, some of them have new boyfriends and has moved out but that is just stuff for the gossip bank and it is stuffed I tell you and I love it!

Only cloud in my blue, blue sky is that I got farily sick coming home. But a visit to the doctor ( I took all the tests in the whole wide world) and an order for ten days of antibiotics to get whatever tropical infections out of my system and now I feel as healthy as the seed of a nut (old Swedish expression).

Things I've done since coming home:

- Saw Sweden beat Island with 5-0 in the Euro qualifyers at Råsunda Stadium

- Played kubb (extremely exiting Swedish game involving big pieces of wood and a king) with Bengan and Bea
- Drunk many cups of tea with many people
- Had a salmon sandwich
- Went to four graduation parties and on the back of one graduation truck getting totally soaked in beer and drinking strong, cheap, far too sweet cider (just like the good old days)
- Went to the doctor
- Went to the library
- Got drunk with my best friends and danced the night away
- Had three bbque's
- Hugged a lot of people and got hugged a lot
- Swum in the Baltic sea
- Missed Asia (a little)
- Had meatballs
- Bought two dresses
- Had sushi
- Went to Systembolaget (Swedish bottle shop, age limit 20, first time!)
- Went to dinner at grandma's
- Sunbathed
- Took a bike trip around Stockholm
- Heard the Swedish Euraovision Song Contest melody (It wasn't very good, might put my life at risk saying that)
- Lay in the grass

Today we are celebrating my 20th, a little delayed but still wonderfull. I have 12 friends coming over for a big bbque and my parents sung for me this morning and we had a birthday breakfast with cinnamon buns and card games (I lost). Also I got a few usefull gifts; an alarmclock (welcome back to reality), a new sports brah (for those of you who remember I had a little incident with a sports brah in Laos) and from my sister two CDs with the songs of the spring (One with the radio tunes, just for common knowledge I guess and the other CD with the songs that are actually any good. Quite thoughtfull don't you think?).

Now I'm going sun bathing with my mum. All the papers are screaming out: "The heat will last til Wednesday, take your chance you might not see the sun again until next year!" I will take my chance.

My tan is great. Isn't that enough to make your day? Also I have bought a new bikini, might be my one chance to use it.

Sverige är vackert och livet är bra. Använd solkräm och simma lugnt!

PS. Stay tune. The blogg will go on. Next time: Details on bbq.