mickan in world

In good company and with some nice meat on the bbq, the sun still up and with the knowledge that it wont set for a couple of hours still; that, my friends, is my definition of summer. The way I like it.

As promised, some details on my birthday bbq (only three months late) last Sunday. A good show up, had about 15 really good friends over (we only really missed Bea, but she was labouring in the restaurant as usual, we'll make that up tomorrow with her birthday brunch, only three days late). Beautiful weather too (as ordered) and we were all seated out in our (very small) garden, eating well, drinking well and contemplating frivolous (is that a word?) subjects such as... I don't really rember but we did have an encyclopedia (a gift from Mange and Hugo) and we sure did use it. We finished the evening off with Margaritas on the porch, trying to fit everybody in made it very cozy. Some incence and candles, all imported, and the evening was complete as the sun finaly set and the day closed on our small company.

Monday was relaxing, had Naomi and Fia over for a Mexican dinner and I went to see my old soccer team practise. I got a warm welcome and itching feet. I can't wait to get started again! I've got chronical "I got to kick the ball"-desease and I had a hard time keeping myself from disturbing the practise by screaming "But, I can be goaly since I'm not changed!" or "Here! Here! I'm free!". No, I definitely decided: Today- observer, but in the fall I'll be playing again. Had a good time seing everybody again though.

Tuesday gave more soccer and a very longed for game. Djurgården- Göteborg at Stockholm Stadion (Sthls Stadion våran borg, vårat hem- Djurgården!). I met up with Mange, Jacob and Ingrid early to get in the proper mood before the game, we had dinner at Kungshallarna and met up with Hugo and Mange's friend Bosse. A beer later and we were at the stadium where Bengan and Gustav met up in the stand-up section (N as always) and we enjoyed a good game. Depressed when Göteborg scored the first goal and then adrenaline when we equalized, followed total happiness when Andrej Komac scored the winning goal with a long distance shot, the ball hitting the bar and the ref having to call the goal (in the last minute of the first half). We sang with winning voices the rest of the game and when the ref called it off we fell into each others arms and thanked the players for a brilliant game.

Wednesday and Thursday I spent on the countryside, aka Norrtälje, at Fia's family farm. Surrounded by beautiful nature, sheep, cows, fields and bird song we took long walks, talked about life, boys, the universe, sex and other girly things you can only talk about with you best friends either while out walking or while drinking. We came to the usual conclusions; you know, that boys are complicated but too damn simple and that we still love them and that we wanna go to every single country in the whole wide world, that both of us wanna study history and herbal medicine but never will and that we both wanna find a boyfriend but still wanna be happy, drunk and single etc.. etc.. Absolutely terrific of course. And for a little nostalgia I went to watch Fia's little sister Marie finishing fourth grade; they were so cute! And they had a consert and a play, I really enjoyed it, but I am actually quite pleased with not attending fourth grade.

Today I had a very important meeting with Fia and Naomi; we are planning our annual (third year now) Lappland trip. Very productive, studying the map and calculating days, food and costs. We are going to try to climb Kebnekaise, the tallest peak in Sweden (it's not very tall) in August. Also we bought a tent. Isn't that a sign of strong friendship? Sharing custody of a tent. It will eather bring us closer together or tear our frindship appart. We have been warned; a rip in  the tent might be a rip in our friendship, but I belive our friendship can take it.

Then I went for a run. Kind of have to after deciding to climb Kebnekaise. It was not encouraging, but my new sportsbrah was nice.