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Update on life and such! Midsummer + Fallout LARP

Gawd, even though I've wanted to update her for ever, but either I haven't had the energy or I haven't known how to start.

Anyway, if you want a current update on what is going on in my life, you can always check my Instagram at anytime! :-) I'm really active there. It has ended up my favorite social media.

OK, so as updates go. Let's start with Midsummer. If you've read my thoughts for a while, you'll know I always end up with some serious Midsummer-blues. Since my dear Mr P /

peting77 always go to his so called friend a bit further north in Sweden. Anyway, since he got divorced since last year, he stopped calling Mr P totally (he's called less and less over the years), and so Mr P was with us this year! AMAZING! And helped somewhat with my Midsummer blues. :-)

So we ended up going to moms all of us, which was nice since mom had promised to with her gentleman caller this year. So we had moms house to ourselves. Felt weird, but was OK. :-) We went to a traditional midsummer celebration with all the trimmings, then we went to a neighbouring city I used to go to during Midsummer. But things do change in 30 or so years. So everything was closed. X-D Back to mom's house for some traditional midsummer food. *LOL*

We spent a couple of more days at moms just being lazy and enjoying my moms company when she came back from her gentleman caller. Was really nice, and I hope we can do it again next year!

So that was Midsummer, for once a good experience! Very happy about that!

The weekend after Midsummer the Fallout LARP I go to each summer. Usually it's arranged mid to end of July but this year it ended up being arranged end of June! Which surprised me. But I still got the go ahead from Mr P that it was OK, so off I went.

Counting on my fingers I figured out it was the 9th year this year! 9 YEARS!!! Insane! And I've played the same character each year!!!

Preavious years a lot has happened to her story wise, but not this year. Which was FINE! You can wish for an active or inactive plot when you sign up, and previous years I've always wished for an active one, which means a lot of actions and stuff, but this year I asked for an inactive plot since I just wanted to enjoy myself.

And I succeded in my goal!

My character Katya Hollander still has the trading post in the village / settlement of Bockaby, making her one of the wealthiest once. Although this year I kept the prices pretty low and I was open for haggling, just for fun. :-)

Worked great! I needed a lot of temporary guards for the trading post, since for whatever reason I always get a tiny bladder on that LARP. X-D Which is good, since that means I get caps (in game money) going in the LARP economy.

Other than that I mostly sat and talked to the mom in the family that always brings her kids there. She's done that every year, which I wouldn't do with Alexandra. Alexandra doesn't like big bangs or doesn't quite get this with pretending to be someone else. Not yet at least. If she wants to when she's older, she can come. :-)

These kids though have always acted very oddly, and even though the older son is way past diaper age, still wears diapers. None of them talk but makes... noises.

This year I had some of Alexandras old baby toys with me, and those kids LOVED them, so they hung out a lot at the trading post.

And I found out those two kids have an extremly rare genetic condition that effects the brain. And said condition will eventually kill them, quite early. Three kids, the two oldest have this condition. Since the parents have a latent gene that combined will give this. Talk about unluck! So their youngest they did an IVF with donated sperm, and that little girl is perfectly normal.

Sad, right? But they still try to give the best to said kids, hence they take them with them everywhere, and they behaved really well, despite not being able to talk.

I gave all off Alexandras baby toys to them kids when I packed up after the LARP. I think them kids desvere it, and it made them happy. :-)

Hopefully all three of them will come next year to. Fingers crossed.

Right, this is long enough. I'll make another post about my birthday and our little vacation-trip to Kolmården. :-)

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Social media, beloved Mr P and Midsummer Blues...

Sometimes... sometimes you need to take a bit of a step back, right? I did that the other day on social media. On LJ and DW I've done several clean ups, so it wasn't needed here. But on Twitter and Instagram, it was getting a bit ridiculous. I was following way to many accounts/people, so I had to do a serious clean up.

I mean, online stuff and social media should be for fun, right? Well, combined with the stress of work and everything else, it just added to the stress. So hence the clean up.

Work is really stressful at the end of the school term. Last day of school is on the 15th of June next week. And this whole month or a bit more actually, has been SO hectic with everything that I need to do with the kids and teens at the school. Classes I need to hold and information I need to spread. I have made it, if just, but I did. I am getting WAY way better at planning than I was when I started this work. And I feel more confidant in my role as a school librarian to, which I think has a thing to do with it to. I dare more to demand things and push more for activities I need to do. You know?

It helps, of course, that I've been allowed to go to TWO educations on the University here that my employment payed for. And it was during working hours (sort of), so that was cool!

At home it's been a bit much to, so this term I have gone down to work 7 hours a day instead of 8. It has done WONDERS for both me and Alexandra to be honest. It's just one hour a day, so it doesn't effect my paycheck that much, but it does make sure I feel less stressed and less guilty each day. :-) Win-win!

Also, it's that time of year to. The dreaded Midsummer time.

For those that have been around a while, I dread Midsummer each year. Last time I was so down I am sure I showed quite a few signs of depression.

My beloved Mr P, or Peting, has a friend who USED TO BE his best friend that he goes to visit during Midsummer each year. To him and his friend Midsummer is no big deal. It's just a few days extra off work and a reason to have a small party. So that's what they've been doing ever since I got to know them. Even after he got married and moved 8 hours away from here.

His wife was... special to say the least. I don't use the word lightly, but hysteric is a word that would actually fit her. I've visited there a few times. Last time was when Alexandra was a year. I was not doing good during that visit, let me tell you. Even worse than last year. After that, Mr P went all by himself.

But that meant, he wasn't with us. No big deal, to him. But big deal to me. Because when I grew up Midsummer was a family thing. My aunt has always and still do have this HUGE Midsummer Party the day before Midsummer Eve. Where ALL of my huge crazy extended family go to. These days were about 25-30 people there. (Including spouses and kids.) And when I grew up on Midsummer Eve, we had a smaller gathering at home. And on Midsummer Day the family went to a traditional feast area to dance and hang out.

All family things. Mr P didn't do anything like that, and I guess is not used to it. But him not being with us has effected Midsummer badly for me.

This year though, his friend, who really hasn't acted like a friend ever since he got married to that woman all those years ago, hasn't talked to him all this year. Last year I think he called twice. On his own birthday and then once more to invite Mr P to come for Midsummer. This year he did neither. Probably since he's gotten divorced and has no area to be at for any Midsummer party.

I'm sad for Mr P, he has last what he thought was his best friend. I can't help but feel happy though, because that means he'll be spending time with us. And I need that, I think. I need that very much.

We've been together since 2003 now. And sure, we've had our ups and downs. None of us are perfect. But dammit, he is mine and I am his. And want to be with him and kiddo when there's holidays and shit.

*sigh*

I guess some of the Midsummer blues has set in. :-P Even if I do look forward to it to. I'll get to visit mom, spend some really good time with her, and I do svery much look forward to that. She has retired now, 65 years old, and has taken on the project of clearing out stuff from her house. I'm actually curious to so what she's done!

Anyhow. Over and out! We'll see when I poke my head in here again. :-) Hopefully it won't take quite as long until next time. I do feel better after writing this!

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Midsummer 20017 - a little report.

If you remember I didn't do that good before Midsummer. And in the end, that might have been a blessing in disguise. Which sounds weird as fuck, but hear me out here.

I was still down and a bit out of it during packing in the morning, to the point I almost pissed Peting off, because he figured I could try to see something good with the trip. And I did!! I did! Meeting my huge insane extended family is GOLD! It was what kept me going, to meet them all at my aunts as she holds her annual Midsummer party the day before Midsummer Eve.

So, once we packed (which actually went surprisingly well... very surprising!), we were on our way to meet up with my aunt and her family. One of my cousins are still globetrotting, which she's done for years, but her two siblings would be there. Those three cousins are the closest to me of all my relatives. We grew up as siblings almost, since our mothers are so close.

We hung out with my aunts husband (totally awesome!) and one of my cousins until my aunt got off work. Then we just hung out, talked and helped her. Alexandra charmed everyone that saw her, as par usual, even if she was very shy at first. Also normal. Peting left early, since he had an 8 hour drive to do from my aunts to his friend further north in the country.

Which is part of what stressed me out and left me feel totally out if it. Because now we're basically dumped at my aunts. I didn't know when my mom was going to show, and I knew she just wanted us to drive her to the next party with her gentleman caller and then we'd be abandoned at her home for Midsummer Eve. Just me and Alexandra. By ourselves. During a holiday usually celebrated with family. (Unless you are a teen or of drinking age, then you just get drunk.)

Either way, it felt really depressing and stressful. My aunt hugged me lots and kept saying her sister was insane that she didn't want to hang out with me and Alexandra on Midsummer Eve when we so rarely get to go to visit her.

A bit past 8pm Alexandra was starting to whine that she was tired and wanted to leave and go to bed. She was being very good and had stayed up more than an hour past her normal bedtime, so totally understandable. I had a ton of packing, so I asked my aunt, cousin and some more relatives to help me carry my stuff to mom's car, since she'd arrived an hour or so earlier.

And then it started. How I was supposed to drive her and her gentleman caller here and there BEFORE I could go home to moms and put me and Alexandra to bed and the things there was in the fridge for us to eat, classical Midsummer food, and this and that and I just...

I lost it a bit. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I did. So mom and aunt and one of my second cousins (that I adore) saw and heard.

Everyone hugged me and helped me and all was good. I drove off, just me and Alexandra. She was sooo tired, but was doing good and even though I said she could sleep in the car, she didn't. The phone went off twice during the drive, but I couldn't answer and drive at the same time during the evening, so I figured I'd see who it was once Alexandra was in bed.

She did great, went to bed at mom's feel asleep and all, after almost an hour (!), but that was expected when not being in her own bed.

Checking my phone while unpacking the car (headphones is the shit), it was mom that had called and texted me. She was upset I was upset and all... and when I called her she said she'd cancelled her plans with her gentleman caller so she could be with me and Alexandra.

I felt bad about that, guilty that she cancelled her plans. I had her car, but some relatives drove her home. We hugged and talked and it was all good.

We ended up having a GREAT Midsummer Eve! Probably the best one I've had in a couple of years. Ever since Peting started to go visiting his friend by himself, I'd say. I kept feeling guilty about ruining mom's plans, but it faded eventually.

My aunt and her husband came over to, and we had SUCH a good time! We really really did! Mom told me she had such a great time to, and I believe her! I could tell she wasn't just saying that.

We ended up staying with mom for a whole week! :-D Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day just me and Alexandra. Peting joined us late late Midsummer Day. The day after that my brother dropped off his kids, and they stayed there as well for the rest of the week. FULL HOUSE! *LOL* It was great. :-D It really was. Alexandra had a blast the whole time. There was much giggling to be heard every night when them three kids was going to sleep. *LOL*

And I managed to relax to! Me, who am always stressing over one thing or another managed to STOP doing that and just... relax and hanging out with the kids. It was GREAT!

We took it easy at mom's, went to the public pool, cooked and baked together... It was WONDERFUL! I could see mom had a blast to being surrounded by all three of her grandkids at the same time, which is pretty rare.

So that whole trip ended up amazing, even if it had a very rocky start. :-)

On Sunday

snowstormskies is coming here for her, by this point, annual visit! I think it's the fourth time she visits, unless I've lost count. *lol* We don't have any huge plans. Just to hang out, visit mom and go to Karlsborg's fortress. Going to be nice, I think! :-D

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Midsummer depression and summer-plans...

Midsummer. Again. :-/ Ever since the disastrous trip to Peting friend a couple of years ago I feel really horrible during Midsummer. Which ALSO bums me out, because Midsummer used to be one of my favorites holidays during the year. :-/

*sigh*

Thing is, it has gotten even worse. Because since my mom meet her gentleman caller, she goes to parties with him on Midsummer. So... Me and Alexandra is pretty much dumped all alone at Mom's house during Midsummer.

Peting is going to his friend in the north this year to. And mom, well. She's going to two Midsummer parties with her gentleman caller, which makes me feel even more down. I mean, we're not able to go visit her that often, but still he goes first. :-/

If I'm jealous? A little, yeah. If we're there, why doesn't she want to hang out with us? When her gentleman caller is there, it's... I don't feel as comfortable. I don't know. It's odd. :-P

And I feel horribly guilty for saying that to. Because Mom seems to genuinely care and love him. *SIGH*

As you can clearly see I am not doing quite good right now. I hope I'll feel better shortly. I do have my vacation from work right now. Which doesn't mean I'll have it slow.

Oh no.

22 - 28 June, Being at mom's and celebrating (ha!) Midsummer.

2 - 6 July, snowstormskies are here visiting, which I'm SOOOO looking forward to!!!

7 - 8 July, Astrid Lindgrens World Park with brother and his kids as well.

10 - 12 July, Going to the coast and staying at a luxury hotel for two nights. Hopefully the weather will be nice...

17 July, going back to work. So there's a lot of things going on. Fun things! I should be happy about it! It's just.... A lot. And then Midsummer... UGH. Next year I'll be renting a car, because that would take a load of the stress for me, to be quite honest.

Wish me luck tomorrow?

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Midsummer happiness!

Midsummer… I actually had a good midsummer this year, believe it or not.

peting73 went to his friend like he does every Midsummer. And wanted to do this year to. I wasn’t so very interested after the disaster last year, put it that way…

Plan was to go to my aunts, since she always has that HUGE midsummer party every year where pretty much my whole crazy extended family meet up. So they did this year as well. :-)

At first it was said that

peting73 was gonna take moms car there and just go, but since mom had just done a plastic surgery to get rid of excess skin on her stomach, we had to pick up mom’s car at my brothers. No problems. :-) We did, so when

peting73 felt it was time to go, me and Alexandra waved him goodbye and enjoyed ourself at said party. We had A LOT of fun and stuffed ourselves with the awesome food my aunt always cooks for said party. Cooks and bakes, I might add. :-D And there's a lot of games, and it's just... such an awesome party! But the best part was that I got to hang around my beloved extended family.

It was weird going home to moms after that though, since mom wasn't there. Alexandra was exhausted, so it wasn't hard to get her to sleep. Once she was, I borrowed mom's computer a bit before going to sleep to.

Mom came home the day after. Me and Alexandra had just spent the day exploring moms yard and saying hello to the neighbours hens and rooster. We also had time to go check out the traditional midsummer celebrations in the little town, which are run by the folklore dancing group I was once part of. So it was fun to let Alexandra experience that. Which she liked. And to see my old friends again which I haven't meet for years. It had been raining on and off all day, and after we'd had a horse and carriage ride, we got caught in a heavy downpour so we got somewhat wet.

That's what meet mom when she got home. We'd just gotten back to moms house and Alexandra had good clothes on, so she was fine. I was soaked through. :-P Seeing mom was great! The surgery had gone wonderfully, and she was doing awesomely despite having had her surgery just the day before. Aunt was driving her and she had my cousins as company, so we had an impromptu midsummer mini-celebration, since mom wanted that. She was a bit bummed about missing aunt's huge midsummer celebration the day before. She's never done that.

We had a lot of fun, aunt even got somewhat drunk which is always hilarious. I think I laughed so much my cheeks hurt once Alexandra got put to bed. Mom and I shared the bed and Alexandra slept in the guest bed mom has bought for all her grandchildren to use.

Next day me and mom and Alexandra just hung out and relaxed. It was, in a word, just what I needed. :-D Bliss. Calm. Nice. And I got to fuss over mom, to the point she told me I was being silly. X-D

peting73 was supposed to be back in the late afternoon but since his friend figured he could get some help from

peting73 and asked it a bit late, he didn't get back until around midnight/1am somewhere. We chatted a bit, got a bit caught up with each other. I found out that despite that, he'd had a good time meeting his friend even though he agreed with me his friend needed to skip the grandeur since he still clings to the good old days of the student union pub and the Sexmasters and how cool he was then to everyone... *sigh*

Still,

peting73 had a good time. I had a good time. Alexandra had a good time. And mom did to, getting to hang out with her grand-daughter. I think this was a win-win situation for everyone and it will probably be a re-run celebrating Midsummer like this next year to. :-)

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A summer for the history books...

This summer is going to go down the history books... Geezes christ. o.O

I don't even know how it ended up this way, but I'll be exhausted after this summer. And it's not like there's anything bad going on. It's all good fun exciting stuff! But... THERE'S A LOT OF IT!!! o.O

May 8th and May 9th Ruchi is coming to visit me! We've followed each other here on LJ since I got my LJ almost... which was 2001. That's A LONG TIME AGO! And now she's coming to visit me. In just 2 weeks. I can't even wrap my head around that. Crazy! I so look forward to it though! I just worry what to show her? I mean, what can little Borås have to show to a born and breed girl from Brooklyn New York?!?!? I am just a LITTLE panicked over this fact! o.O *flails and runs around*

June 5th I am going to Sweden Rock Festival to watch Mötley Crües final visit to Sweden. It's their Last Tour run in Europe this summer, and once they'd done this world tour (running around the world a couple of times it appears... mostly in the US...), after that... They'll split up. They've even signed a contract for this. It's sad. Mötley Crüe is one hell of a band come glam metal rock. I love their music. But Mick Mars, bless him... His body is literary giving up on him. I have SUCH admiration of that man. So I understand if they pull the plug, I really do.

June 18th-21st me and Alexandra was supposed to stay at mom's to celebrate Midsummer. Supposed, I say. Since mom called today. She is getting surgery done on her stomach to remove extra skin after her gastric bypass. Something she's waited a long time for. And she found out today what dates to be at the hospital for this. 18th. Of course. Fuck. Peting is going to visit his best friend that lives 8 hours drive from here for that weird Midsummer paty that said best friend arranges each year. And what with the disaster last year with neither me nor Alexandra doing very good... I am NOT going. So I'd planned to spend Midsummer with mom. Well, that just didn't happen. Now I don't know what to do? I might call my brother and see... Maybe MIL... Although Peting and his relatives just don't celebrate Midsummer, which I love to do, so we'll see what happens there. I have some time yet to plan.

June - July somewhere snowstormskies might come to visit me again. She did last summer and she LOVED it here, which was wonderful to hear. We had a lovely, lovely time. Unfortunately she's having a really rough time right now, so it's not sure she'll be able to make it. I'd love to be able to give her hugs again though.

July 17-19th it's the yearly summer LARP based on the Fall Out games. So we call it the Fall Out LARP even if it's really called Valvet. One of the BEST LARP's I've been to! I've had such AMAZING things happen during that LARP, I don't even have words. I just pray and hope my darling friend J is coming this year. I ADORE playing with him! He is SUCH a sweetheart with one hell of a twisted mind. You end up plotting with him? You bet your ass you'll have one hell of a time. I've screamed. I've cried. I've scarred myself (accidentally from stumbling and hitting my knee on a rock!). I've been terrified. I've laughed so hard my stomach hurts. It's... such an amazing LARP, I'd hate to miss it. Oh, and it so happens it runs during my birthday weekend this year. Of course. X-D (My birthday is the 19th.)

22nd of August my friend Chigrima who I wrote my masters thesis with is getting married to her long time friend and then partner Silvestris. They've meet and ended up friends before I meet Peting and got together with him. They were just friends at first. Then they were friends sharing an apartment... And then I think it progressed from there. These two ladies are AMAZING! They really are. And I am absolutely THRILLED they are getting married!

And I'm supposed to be able to work there somehow to. At a new job. I don't even know how this happened. I swear. But I need an extra vacation after this summer. o.O

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Meeting the lovely snowstormskies... in person!

Can I get a vacation from my vacation? *lol*

Anyway, to continue my story... After I'd been to the LARP that I wrote about in my last post, I had to do a quick clean in the apartment during the Monday because I was expecting some FINE visitor!

Who you might ask? Well, no other than

snowstormskies!!! :-D

( Story of the epic meeting between KSena and SnowStormSkies under here... )

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Midsummer celebrations from hell? Yes? No? Judges is out on that one...

Right, so this trip, this Midsummer-marathon…. *shakes head*

No. It was not a good trip. At all. Well, it had some highlights, for sure. Like the country manor where we had our stop during the trip since we didn’t want to drive 8 hours with Alexandra in the car. That country manor saved the entire trip for me. It was glorious. What a place!

But the goal of the trip, the family of

peting73’s friend? I felt horribly uncomfortable, frustrated and irritated the entire time I was there. And I don’t think Alexandra liked it much there either nor the long trip, since she hardly ate anything at all during the entire weekend. :-/

( And so the sordid story about this trip unfolds... )

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Midsummer greeting on the run!

To all of you who celebrate it one way or another... I just wanted to say

HAPPY MIDSUMMER!

And now I'm going to make myself comfortable in the car...

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Stressed out like fuck about work and weekend...

I don’t even know where to start with this post. To say things have been stressful lately would be an understatement.

( Stressing out about work... )

You’d think once I got home from work I could relax, right? Nope, no such thing.

( Stressing the fuck out over trip to celebrate Midsummer this weekend... )

Right, so… To make a checklist:

( Checklist of the weekend... )

I honestly have no idea how I’ll keep my sanity this weekend… :-/ *ready to collapse*

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Surviving Midsummer...

I did survive Midsummer, if anyone was wondering... ;-)

It was a close call though, I will admit. We kept to the schedule I posted before Midsummer, and it worked out fine. :-) And Alexandra behaved GREAT the whole time!

During the Midsummer-party day before Midsummer-Eve at my aunts, she even stayed up later than usual. And she got to meet a ton of my relatives that hadn't meet her before. So that was awesome! :-D She will be as crazy as the rest of this huge extended family before she turns 10, I swear...

Had a lovely chatt with one of my relatives while there... a younger one. And randomly she asked HOW we were related. Well, I said, your grandma and my mom are cousins... which makes me and your mom second cousins... And you and me, she asks. Well, I say, you're my second cousins kid.

Yes, I did mention my huge extended family was huge and crazy, right?

Anyway, much yummy Midsummer-food was eaten, much hugs were shared, and much talking was done. :-)

And then we went onwards to our next stop, Lindesberg. We were to stay at one of the hotels at the city centre there. An older hotel, historiclly speaking. And it was very nice! Big room, even if it hadn't been renovated in a while, it was still nice. And the breakfast in the morning was YUM!

We had one of those traveling cribs with us, and it worked like a charm. Alexandra slept great in it. :-)

Next day we traveled the last four hours to

peting73s best friend, Kiltfan.

And that's when I got a bit pissed... Because when we were ALMOST there, after traveling for two days, around 4-5 hours each day... They call and let us know they are not at home, but at another place to dance around the Midsummer-pole.

WTF?!?!

Yes. That pissed me off somewhat. But as luck would have it, they made it back just before we got there, so all was well in the end. Still, not a cool thing to do.

More Midsummer-food was eaten. Our old Student-overals were put on. Alexandra charmed everyone and behaved wonderfully. :-D And apparently slept really well, because she didn't wake up until 8:30am the next morning, shocking me quite a great deal! I'd gone to bed at midnight/one am or so. Early for a Midsummer-party, but I was in charge of Alexnadra so there we go. :-) Now...

peting73 and Kiltfan on the other hand... X-D They'd been up to 4am drinking beer! *LOL*

Let's just say it was a good thing we didn't start our travel until in the afternoon. ;-) (There were a few stops on the way while I was driving... for

peting73 to... look at the nature... bent over... *cough*)

Unfortunately though that had me hanging out with Kiltfan's wife. She apparently likes me, but... I have... a hard time hanging out with her. She is BEYOND over protective off her kids. Seriously. They are not allowed to go anywhere alone. They live on the countryside. There's nothing dangerous around, trust me. But the kids are not allowed to be on the yard, outside the house alone. They're not even allowed to walk in the stairs (a big, simple stair) alone from topfloor to bottomfloor. Kids are 5 and 3 years old. To me, that is NUTS! I've grown up like that to. Mom kept the door open and let us run however we wanted. Up and down the stairs (not quite such a safe stairs as theirs) and in and out and in the yard and just... all over the place. If you live like that, in a safe community way out on the countryside... I think that is how it's supposed to be.

But yeah. When she was living here? In the city Borås? Who is a pretty calm city, compared to the biggest cities in Sweden (Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö). She didn't dare go outside the door, unless Kiltfan or someone he trusted walked with her...

I wonder what their kids will be like when they grow up... *shakes head* Teen-years sure will be interesting.

Anyway.

So we left and started the journey back. Alexandra was a bit more bored in the car this time, so even though she slept much of the journey as she'd done on the way there, we had to do some more stops this time.

It went well though, and we found the hotel in Örebro fine. :-) This one was a bit newer a hotel, with rooms that were clearly newly renovated. BUT! The room was WAY smaller, so we barely managed to set up Alexandras travel bed. Once it was in place though, it worekd fine and we went to bed REALLY early and slept wonderfully...

... until Alexandra decided to wake up at 5:30am. X-D Silly girl. Good thing that hotel served breakfast from 6am onwards. *lol*

We didn't stress at all, and took it easy during the morning, but it still made sure we got home quite early despite making several stops during the way. We even traveled through the city where my aunt and cousins live... so we took a break and feed Alexandra at my cousins place! :-D

So the whole journey worked great! Better then expected really. :-)

Now we can relax some... until mid-July when a shitload of birthday-parties and summer-parties and I don't even know what is going down among my relatives again... X-D

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This weekend... and the one that will follow...

This day and this weekend, I tell ya'.... Ugh...

It all started on Friday, really. During Thursday me and Alexandra had been out walking in the pouring rain, and apparently that was not a good idea for me... Alexandra was fine! No worries there. But to me it was not so fine...

Because I got a cold. And not just any cold. But the cold from Hell...

I haven't been that knocked out from a cold before, I am not even joking.

peting73 was a doll all weekend and took full responsibility for Alexandra so I could relax and try to heal up.

And I got it all.Stuffed nose. Stuffed throat. Stuffed ears... Stuffed everywhere!

And then on Sunday? I couldn't breath properly. Not even joking. It was really heavy and tough to get a breath. :-/

Now a wise person would have gone to the ER right away, right? Well. I am not so very smart. I am my fathers daughter. Eh... It'll pass. But it didn't. And at 2pm I gave up, and called

petingt73 to get the car home (he was at a park with Alexandra) so I could go to the ER.

Did so. Stressed place that. I got a special inhaler thing there and it cleared it up. Almost, but I figured hey! I can BREATH! X-D So I left and got home with a stop to the drugstore to get more of the inhaler, since I got a recipe for it. :-)

Great right? Well not. Because after I'd been home for... an hour, maybe? It got back. I had trouble breathing again! So I used the inhaler I now had at home. Only worked for a min or so. I know I took it to much, four times in just an afternoon, but... I really really didn't wanna go back to the ER. Instead I went to bed. But as soon as I put my head on the pillow, my throat pretty much closed up. o.O Or so it felt like.

Yay. Back to the ER I went! And now, since I'd sorta overdosed on the inhaler I had at home, they couldn't give me the good stuff. Instead they gave me a ton of other stuff... and nothing worked! Until 4am in the morning, when finally enough time had passed and they could give me that thing again. I COULD BREATH! OMG! Such a feeling... They kept me there a few hours more for observation, threatening to keep me for a few days (over Midsummer? OH HELL NO!). But at 10:30am in the morning... I could FINALLY go home! I had even slept some! :-)

Poor

peting73 though. He stayed up until 4am Monday morning worried about me... Then had to get up at 5am and call his workmate to tell his mate he would not come in to work that day... and then Alexandra woke up at 6am... Ready for a new day!

To say he collapsed when I got home would be an understatement. :-P So we just lazed around all Monday pretty much. Doctors orders: Eat five of these pills each day for five days, use your inhaler four times a day for six days, drink plenty tea and water and RELAX! Oh, and those pills give you energy so take them all in the morning... And did we mention relax? *lol*

So that's what I did during Monday..

Fast forward to today, Tuesday.

Where I definitely did NOT follow the Doctors orders... o.O

Watch this:

Alexandra woke up at 6:15am, of course... Not all bad, since I had to start laundry at 7am sharp. So up we went, and got new diaper and both of us dressed. Sorted laundry (A LOT!) and found the baby carrier so I could carry all the laundry and Alexandra down stairs to the basement where our laundry room is. (Alexandra who now weighs about 9 kilos, I might add... HEAVY!) Got down stairs just in time and started two loads of laundry, carried Alexandra up stairs and got morning porridge in her... or so I thought since she was in a MOOD and threw it around, so she only got half if it in her belly. Then we went downstairs to the basement, this time carrying the diaper bag and Alexandra and changed the loads and got the clean stuff in the drier. Then we went to Open Preschool that had their last day today before summer vacations and all that + Midsummer celebration for kids all ages. So we got to our usual bus-stop. Just to find out the quick bus is canceled during summer. Crap. So another buss and off we go.

At this point, it's only 9am.

We got to the Midsummer celebration just in time! Got a message from

peting73 saying he might get home early from work since he is not totally OK. So I texted him back telling him all the stuff I'd been doing in the morning, sorta proud!

Got back kinda Oh woe is me, I can not be sick, everything is always worse for you, sorry I might destroy our midsummer-vacation-trip-thing, since I just about puked during breakfast-break at work...

Me: *FACE-PALM!*

So I called him up and we dealt with misunderstanding.

Onwards.

Got nice strawberries and ice cream at the Midsummer-celebration at Open Preschool and then we went home!

Dealt with laundry so everything was hanging up to get dry or in the dryer.

Up to the apartment and getting more food in Alexandra. Then

peting73 came home, went straight to bed, still in a mood and not feeling to great.

Took a seat in the couch. Alexandra asleep for two hours (!).

Down to get the laundry. A bit late, so the next person is already there, but she was fine with me being late. Lovely woman!

Folded and got all the laundry ready and then carried all that plus Alexandra in the baby carrier upstairs! (PHEW!)

It's 4pm at this point.

peting73 all mopey, food what, don't wanna cook don't wanna do anything...

So I got all the flowers drenched in water so they'll be fine while we are gone and then set to preparing dinner while I told

peting73 to go shop baby-food since we'll need it during our trip. I can't cook baby-food for Alexandra then.

5pm I feed Alexandra and 5:30pm

peting73 comes home. Now annoyed he didn't get food BEFORE going grocery shopping. *FACE-PALM!* He is still feeling sick. He goes to lay on the couch after dinner. Me I deal with Alexandra and trying to get all the clothes that I'd folded put away.

Success with half of it! Then time to get Alexandra a bath so she'll be clean and nice for trip.

peting73 still on couch slightly sick don't wanna...

Right! Me do! And does so successfully at 6:30pm. Alexandra loves it! So she gets a long bath and then her pajamas on + diaper and then she sits in

peting73's lap a bit while I prepare her evening porridge. She eats well, but is very tired.

peting73 still on couch. Now asleep. AGAIN!

Nature calls for me just when Alexandra is done, prompting a HUGE bout of crying from Miss

mini_viking waking

peting73 up so he deals with her for a bit until I can again. I take Alexandra with me and let her fall asleep in my lap and take a breather.

PHEW!

What a day!

And tomorrow? Tomorrow we are finally going on that trip! :-D Because now

peting73 is fine. :-) Whatever sickness he got it passed during the day, so this evening? Fine. So there will be a trip tomorrow.

Plan is set and will go as follow...

Tomorrow: Drive to my aunts for the HUGE family gathering / Pre-Midsummer party she arranges every single year! There'll be around 25-30 people there or so, all of us related in one way or another to each other or married into the family. :-) (2 hour drive.)

Then drive on for 3 hours more to a small city where we'll stay at the main hotel and sleep.

21st, Midsummer Eve: We'll get up when Alexandra wakes up and drive on towards peting73s best friend for another... Maybe 4 hour drive or so? And then celebrate Midsummer's Eve with him and his family and some more friends! We'll sleep at theirs that night.

22nd, Midsummer Day: We'll spend some more time with peting73s best friend and his family, before we leave. Drive for about 4 hours or so and then stay in another city this time and stay at one of their hotels and spend the night there.

23ed: Wake up with Alexandra. Get ready and drive home the last 4 hours on the road...

It'll be an interesting experience for sure to make such a huge trip with Alexandra... But we've prepared as much as possible, so I am quite confident it'll be fine. She don't mind going in the car, and I'll bring toys and such for her to play with, not to mention plenty food and water. :-) So I am quite hopefull for the trip. And it'll be great to meet everyone of course! :-D

Right. I should go to bed. It's quite the day we have ahead of us tomorrow!

HAVE A GREAT MIDSUMMER IF YOU CELEBRATE IT, PEOPLE!

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Midsummer-report!

Had a blast during Midsummer! :-D

Trip there on Thursday was a bore though. :-P First we went on a buss for one hour, which is usually not a problem, but the road this one was going was really curvy and it was quite crowded. Plus,

peting73 don't like going on long-distance busses... :-P So he was a bit grumpy about it... It is at those moments one is very VERY grateful for smart-phones since that kept us occupied that hour... For the next track we went with a much more comfortable train for yet another hour.

Then we got picked up at the train station by mom (even though we missed each other there for about 10mins! *lol*). And off we went to my aunt and her huge Midsummer party!

I love that party. She arranges it every singly year and has done so since my brother was newly born... that would mean 31 years this year... o.O Quite impressive!

Was a lot of people there, as usual. Checking we figured we were about 25-30 people... All relatives, significant others and kids. SO MUCH FUN! There was plenty belly-patting on me since everyone thought we didn't want kids (FOOLED YA'!) and congrats and such... There were a lot of stories told, a lot of checking up on each other what they were doing nowadays... Just so much love all over the place! :-) I do so adore my huge extended family. There is nothing like them, nowhere at all. :-D And they have truly taken

peting73 to their bosom... *lol* Should have after 9 years... ;-)

I think we stayed at my aunts until 1am... Last to leave, we were! I was driving, since I figured I can't drink anyway! It was a sober party but I drove anyway. Mom's car is fun to drive, since the gear is an automatic, not a gear shift. :-) She's the only one I know who has such a car. :-)

Next day, Midsummer Eve, we went on a graveyard tour.. Sounds boring? I'd say not. :-) I always want to check up on my dads grave when I'm visiting mom. She'd planted some really pretty flowers there and there were plenty flowers left by my dads brothers and my brother and well, mom also puts fresh flowers there every weekend. Constantly. It was beautiful. :-) Of course I still miss my father, I probably always will. But these last years it feels really really good visiting his grave. It really does. So we put nice and pretty Midsummer flowers on his grave.

Then we went to my great grandmothers grave to. Mom don't check up on that one quite as often, but now she wanted to. Also a very pretty grave, I'd say. Even though I never meet her, I am used to visiting said grave. And it is very peaceful there, so that was nice.

Once home we had a light lunch and then took a long nap instead of checking the raising of the Maypole/Midsummerpole in the little village. For some reason we all felt quite lazy. :-P After that though we went to visit my fathers brother, my uncle and his wife for some more midsummer food. :-) And she is a good cook... A VERY GOOD COOK! So we ate until we almost burst! And she offered beer and Baileys, so I promptly took the car-keys from mom and

peting73 and told them to enjoy it and that I'd be the designated driver! *lol* Mom and my uncles wife can be quite lethal after some alcohol so I just sat back and enjoyed the show... ;-) Was fun!

I think we left around 11pm and then promptly went to bed and slept until next day, Friday and Midsummer Day.

Got up around 9am and had breakfast with mom, talked and just hung out... Listened to the so called "Musik-krysset" on the radio. (A radio-show where they play various music and then ask you questions about said music and you fill in the answers in a crossword in the news-paper.) Mom and me worked together to figure out the answers, so that was fun! (Thanx to

peting73 I am quite familiar with Kraftwerk! *lol*)

After that we went into the neighboring city and checked out stores and just hung out before it was time to go to the train station so we wouldn't miss the train.

And the trip home was much MUCH more comfortable! :-) First trip on quite a new train, and the second part, well... an older train, but still damn comfortable. Read books and talked the whole way home. :-)

So all in I'd say I had one hell of a Midsummer celebration this year! :-D I am very happy about it!

Once we got home, we knew it was a LARP-night, and we hmmmed and haaaed about going there or not... Since we'd been on said Midsummer-trip and all... But after taking a nap, we decided to go. And man am I happy we did! :-D We had so SO much fun! And my LARP-friends are beyond cute with my belly, they pat it, listen to it, try to make out if Nerd Jr are making any sounds or moving around in there... So excited about the fact a little mini-LARPer is about to be born soon! :-D I've promised to come visit with Nerd Jr often as soon as we are all settled and all... :-) I plan to keep said promise.

The LARP was a blast to! So much intrigue and plotting... My goodness! X-D But that is normal by now, isn't it? ;-) My servent is writing one HELL of a letter for her mistress, let me tell you...

Also, since I can't be a part of the apocalyptic LARP this summer (the LARP based on the Fallout games) as I've been these last years, I was asked by the GM's to write some IC-letters to explain why my character will not be in the village this year. :-) I'll be GLAD to! I love that character and I do plan on joining in on said LARP again whenever Nerd Jr is big enough. And I hope I can play the same character then. :-)

Hopefully everyone else has had a really REALLY good weekend! :-D I sure have!

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Midsummer time! :-D

All packed up and ready to go! Yep. Tomorrow we'll be going to visit my relatives to celebrate Midsummer with them!

Ah... Midsummer... I love love LOVE to celebrate Midsummer! More then Christmas, actually, despite the gifts you get then. It's just something... special. With the loooooong bright nights... the food... the company. :-) And usually... the alcohol. Alas, no alcohol this year. But I'll live. :-) I'll dance around the maypole sober with the kids instead. *lol*

My aunt, mom's sis, always have this HUGE Midsummer party the day before Midsummer Eve for pretty much my entire huge extended family on mom's side... Yeah. I suspect we'll be around 30 people there... more or less. Around there anyway. They are my safety net. And I love them ALL equally. That party is usually the only party where we ALL meet up. So I can't wait for tomorrow afternoon! It'll be SUCH a blast! :-D

Then, on Friday on actual Midsummer Eve, my uncle, one of dads brothers, have invited us for a smaller midsummer party. :-) Not as many on dads side of the family as it were... plus they are not quite as loud... well, apart from my aunt that has married said uncle.... She is INSANE! And has such a dirty sense of humor, my goodness... I'll make sure to pour some wine in her and mom and just watch the show... X-D It'll be awesome. :-)

Come to think of it, I'll probably pour wine in mom and her sister tomorrow to... Those two after drinking some alcohol? DANGEROUS! GAWD DAMN LETHAL! And totally insane...

I've mentioned how much I love my huge extended family, haven't I? X-D Well, I do. They are loud, boisterous, loving and TOTALLY INSANE! X-D

Wait... that might explain a lot of me... *lol*

Anyway, so that's the plan for tomorrow and for Friday. Meeting relatives. (And probably get lots of pats on the belly! Nerd Jr, my dear... you'll be just as insane, you won't be able to help it....)

On Saturday we'll go home and then go straight to the LARP. Well, almost. :-)

Since our car is giving us such troubles, we'll go buy train. I haven't traveled by train in quite a while. I like it, so I am actually looking forward to it. (But damn, those tickets were expensive! 700SEK for two adults! That's 96USD!)

peting73 does not like it that much though... Well, he don't mind it TO much, but yeah... He loves his car and driving instead. Fully understandable. So it'll be interesting for sure. :-)

We won't leave until 2pm tomorrow.... and then get home at the same time on Saturday. :-) 2 hour trip. Good planning!

So with that... :-D

HAPPY MIDSUMMER TO ALL!

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Midsummer and weightloss....

Right, so... Midsummer celebrations went better then expected. Well, apart from the regular angst and drama.... I don't get that.

Anyway, instead of bringing my folklore costume, I brought my student overall. Since everyone else had student overalls it felt like the right thing to do. And it is easier to be snarky and mean in a student overall... ;-)

It wasn't just us and Kiltfan plus his wife and kids. Oh no. Eo and her Rumanian hubby was there to. (They meet through World of Warcraft and now he's moved here. Quite awesome.) And M and K who are around there 40's and 50's and own a student overall each. In fact, K had his 50'th birthday not that long ago. Who said only young people could be crazy in a student overall? Just saying. *grin* And then there was J as well who had some tough times with family so it put a damper on the party at times, but he got help from friends, so I suppose it all ended well. :-)

Alright, so... Photos? Of course you want photos of crazy people in student overalls filled with patches and slighly drunk... (Well, quite drunk as the day proceeded... I took my first cider at 11am or 12...) Also, all photos are clickable for bigger, should you want to. :-)

( Photos and such under here! )

Didn't take more photos, since we mostly just sat around talking and drinking... and I got increasingly drunk. X-D I went to bed around 11pm, being the first to go to bed after the kids. I didn't drink as much as

peting73 did, but he can hold his alcohol waaaay better then me, and I am still pretty good. 6 strong ciders I drank, and some shots from Kiltfans wife... She seems to like me, even if I have some problems standing her. Strange. So overal it was a great Midsummer celebration, I'd say. :-)

It was an 8 hour drive there...

peting73 drove the whole way there... I drove the whole way back. It wasn't very fun. Damn why did they have to move so far away? *grumble*

Right so... Since we got home me and

peting73 has started on a diet, Modifast (Swedish link, English link). It is a bit like the Cambridge diet that we were on around two years ago. I've gained weight since then again... Damn annoying. So now we are going to do this again. We'll be on this diet for about a month or so and see what it can do. It is hardest the first two or three days so right now, on day two, I am damn hungry. But I know it'll pass soon enough. And it'll be worth it to. I know.

My ticker:

And also... I am apparently Tom Kaulitz. *lol*

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Midsummer is approaching...

As you who check my LJ now and then might have noticed, the font is now a brighter grey, clearly visible. :-) I hope that helps those that had problems reading and commenting here? I liked the black and I like this, so to me it doesn't matter really.

subvocaled is a really really good graphicsmaker. She makes wonderful layouts and awesome blinkies... You can check out her work at her communities

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seastarcove. She codes everything, makes all the graphics to your requests and everything. Totally cool. :-) I highly recommend her.

ANYWAY!

Tomorrow me and

peting73 are going to visit Kiltfan and his family to celebrate midsummer. I both want and don't want to go. It'll be great to meet Kiltfan and his kids. I have known him as long as I have known

peting73 since Kiltfan is his best friend. And his kids are wonderful, cute and cuddly and quite well-behaved, surprisingly! BUT! There is his wife.... I really, really have problems hanging out with her... It is not that she is impolite or anything... we just... don't work together. And since

peting73 wants to hang out with his best friend (understandably), it is left to me to entertain her. :-/ And that's exactly what it feels like to. Not to mention the trip there takes 8 hours or so. So not really looking forwad to this. *sigh* Ah well. I'll live. Maybe we'll have fun dispite it all. I'll try to keep a positive outlook on it.

I am also so behind on my friends list it is ridicolous. I am working on it though, so if you get random comments from me, that might be the reason. It is summertime now... June and July is two of the most stressful months for me, since nearly all off my huge extended family have their birthdays during those months.... BAD PLANNING WITH THE SEX THERE PEOPLE! So I'll be traveling to and from the tiny city where I've grown up all summer, staying over at moms... It's going to make me even more behind. AND we'll be fixing upp the floor and walls in the computer room to this summer. Yes, more wallpapers with lots of patterns. :-P

Busy summer is busy. One thing at a time though. Survive the Midsummer celebration at Kiltfans...

peting73 has bought me a lot of booze.... That'll probably help. :-P

Lastly I want to share some stuff that I have found while following my Twitter-list and trying to read up on my f-list.

First this BRILLIANT qoute about Young Adult books. Let them read what they want, says I! (As long as they don't grab horror-novels for adults...) That's what I say as a librarian, and I stand for that!

When some cultural critics fret about the ''ever-more-appalling'' YA books, they aren’t trying to protect African-American teens forced to walk through metal detectors on their way into school. Or Mexican-American teens enduring the culturally schizophrenic life of being American citizens and the children of illegal immigrants. Or Native American teens growing up on Third World reservations. Or poor white kids trying to survive the meth-hazed trailer parks. They aren’t trying to protect the poor from poverty. Or victims from rapists. No, they are simply trying to protect their privileged notions of what literature is and should be. They are trying to protect privileged children. Or the seemingly privileged. [...] And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books — especially the dark and dangerous ones — will save them.
Quote from THIS article.

Good quote, isn't it? ;-)

Talking about books for kids... This is so fucking epic, I don't even know. I love Samuel L. Jackson. He has such a wonderful cool voice... and he is perfect to read this childrens book.... Go the F*ck to sleep! X-D It is awesome! I am giggling through it everytime I listen to it. *grin*

( Go the F*ck to sleep!!! )

This is another thing that makes me laugh out load. What an idiotic man! X-D He will never ever get a girl with this attitude, let me tell you! X-D Listen to this: The Reason Some Girls Stay Single... ;-) I promise it is worth it to listen to!

These inventions are pretty cool to... 34 Cleverly Designed Inventions. I saw quite a few there that I'd like to have. :-)

Right. Lets move beneth the belt, shall we? ;-) And stay there for a bit. This was shared on Twitter by... someone. :-P Don't remember who, but I swear... I laughed so so hard when I saw it! It is perfect! Lets all go gay, people! *lol*

( Neal Patrick Harris 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number )

And then lastly, lets give some love to the one of the parts we all share girls... Our vagina.... I have had this song stuck on my head for days. So awesome! And while on the subject, get a Mooncup. It rocks.

( Love your vagina song.... )

So... To all those that celebrats it:

HAPPY MIDSUMMER!

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Huge Midsummer post! Photo-spam! Beware!

So, I haven't been around posting.... again. I am alive! Promise! :-D

Anyway, Midsummer was awesome, as expected. It all started the day before Midsummer Eve. On the 24th. When we visited my aunt and her family. :-D They always have this HUGE family gathering / party / what have you the day before Midsummer Eve. I think we were about 30 - 40 people there. And that was only my relatives... and only on my mothers side... X-D Yeah, my extended family is huge and crazy and dammit, I love them all! *laugh*

( Family is family is family? Especially during Midsummer! )

The day after was Midsummer Eve that we spent with

peting73s best friend Kiltfan and his family. Was awesome! There kids are beyond cute really. :-)

( Midsummer Eve with Kiltfan and family... )

So that was my midsummer celebration. And the day after, on Midsummer Day, we went to the vampire-LARP of course and had a blast like always. Didn't get home until 5AM on sunday morning. X-D Was extra awesome since we had a really, really young kid there. We don't have any age-restrictions, but it is advised that you are around 16 years of age since the game is a horror game and we deal with pretty brutal and bloody subjects. Vampires ain't angels, folks. But he had two older siblings with him and his mom came to check us out! The first mother that has ever visited our vampire-LARP! And she was AWESOME! Such a cool mom! And the kid had a great time to he said when I asked. I suspect he will be back... and his siblings to. ;-)

Right. Now I am off to prepare for the LARP this weekend! Busy times indeed!

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Happy Midsummer!

Indeed! Midsummer time! WOHOO! Especially awesome considering the long and very snowy winter we had this year. Swedes love there summer... No really. Swedes turn into sun-worshipers when the spring comes and continue to be just that during the whole summer, and a bit into the autumn to. Busy days now, but fun, fun days! :-D

Today we are going to my aunts for the yearly Midsummer party there with my HUGE and insane extended family. (Only 50 people or so...) Then tomorrrow on Midsummer Eve we are going to celebrate Midsummer with Kiltfan and his family and friends, something we have done for many years now. Gonna be fun! But a bit sad since this is probably the last time that will happen. Since they are moving in just a few days quite far from here. I know

peting73 and Kiltfan will miss each other a lot since they are best friends. :-/ Thank gawds for phones and the internet! Onward on Saturday we are going on the weekly vampire-LARP, so yeah... Busy times. On Sunday I think we'll simply collaps and not do much else. *laugh*

So, anyway...

HAPPY MIDSUMMER TO ONE AND ALL!

*runs off*

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Midsummer, movies, games and friends...

Yes. Midsummer was great. :-) Always fun to meet family and friends, ain't it? :-D And even though I did drink quite a lot of alcohol during Midsummer Eve, I didn't get that drunk, really. It was all during such a long time, since we started at around 11:30am and didn't stop drinking until around 1am or 2am. Long time, and so I didn't get that drunk. :-) I did get giggly though, and we did play the classical game Kubb, a must each Midsummer Eve. :-) Kiltfan's and M's little girl was with us to, she is only 1 ½ years old, and sooooo cute! I love kids!

peting73 even thought her his special beer-dance, a sight to be seen, trust me... X-D

The vampire-LARP on Saturday was great to. Lots and lots off political changes and plots and intrigues... Who said it was easy being a vampire??? (Well, SMeyer, does, but lets ignore her... for now...) Rose gladly didn't get in the middle of things. This time. But I am fearing that will change soon. :-P

spicehobbit thought I should continue writing the story about Rose and her servants... Sadly that muse has fled me. I am considering printing what I have, bring it to

spicehobbit and see if she can kick-start my muse on that project. It is such a great project, I would hate to fail in finish it.

Talking off said woman, I visited her the other day. Just to talk (and eat a delicious dinner!). Gladly she surprised me with having a movie on DVD that I really, really enjoy. It is an old and a bit odd movie, so I wasn't able to buy it, or rent it online. :-P She had it though! WOOT! The movie I talk about is Bugsy Malone, and it is older then me since it was filmed in 1976! Such a cute movie! (The trailer and most of the musical-numbers can be seen HERE, plus a documentary about what the actors do today.)

Also, in the RPG I am in,

cityofdesai, I have kinda lost my Drusilla muse... A first, really. She works wonders in pure Buffy-games or Angel-games. But in a multifandom game, she is really hard to play. Think I'll drop her really. :-P Xander, on the other hand is a blast to play! He already got a couple of friends from a few anime-fandoms that he talks to and helps and he also has annoyed Sparda (played by

croaky) a couple of times... X-D So, yeah. He is a blast. And now I am considering bringing two other characters to the game, when I dropped Drusilla.... Bugsy Malone from said movie up there, and Captain Will Turner from Pirates... Both there muses has been on my mind these last couple off days during Midsummer, demanding to be let out. Why yes, I am slight insane. You all should know that by now. ;-)

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Midsummer!

Preparations are all done, even tried on my traditional costume, and yes. It still fits. :-) So the busy Midsummer weekend can start. Starts tonight even for us. :-)

Tonight as soon as

peting73 gets home from work we are going to visit my aunt. She has this HUGE Midsummer party the day before Midsummer Eve every year, when everyone in my big and huge extended family shows up to hang around and talk. And eat traditional food, of course. It is a blast every year!

Then, tomorrow, on Midsummer Eve we are going to a party that Kiltfan and M has been organizing for the last couple off years on Midsummer Eve. Gonna be great! I bought some really nice alcohol to drink, Sangria and a couple of British ciders I haven't tried yet. Gonna be wonderful!

And on Midsummer Day, it is the regular vampire-LARP... Oh, everyone there is gonna be crazy hungover! *laugh* Including me and

peting73 I would guess! But I bet it will be fun anyways. :-D

I hope every one on my flist is going to have a great Midsummer, whether you celebrate it or not!

HAPPY MIDSUMMER!