Deliciously Wicked

There is something deliciously wicked about having a holiday when everyone else has gone back to work.

The first week of the new year I travelled across Sweden to visit with my sister. Nearly everyone else was trawling back to work after the festivities. We soon fell back into our very bad habits, ie:- shopping as if there was no tomorrow, being daft, and laughing at the stupidest things, gossiping about everything and everybody, from the safety of her car!! I enjoyed it so much. I dislike holidaying with the masses, ie:- in the summer.


Having lived here now almost 5 years, I still find myself ,sometimes ,in an almost" twilight world". In England I could pass the time of day so easily, with anyone who stood still long enough to listen. Connect with another person, without any expectations, for a fleeting few seconds, perhaps make them laugh, then move on. With a whole new set of language rules, I can´t do that so easily.

Swedish is a hard language to master, even though many English words are creeping in. I have to really concentrate on what someone is saying, and then work out the answer in my head, by this time they have moved on 4 or 5 sentences--whoops! I will say however that the swedes are a very patient lot. They tolerate my mangling their language much better then I ever did with foreigners . I work with a good many older people, and they always have time to help me out when I get tonguetied, and can´t for the life of me, think what the word is in swedish. Thank Goodness nearly everyone has a smattering of English. I do tend to point and gesture much more then I ever used to!!! I had forgotten how nice it was to have someone who understood me instantly, and vice versa.

I digress however, Sara and Ulf (sister and hubbie) live by the sea, on a lovely little island. We had great plans to beachcomb, collecting sea-glass, interesting drift wood, or whatever flotsam or jetsam we could find. The weather was against us, as it rained everyday, which made wandering anywhere almost impossible. Everything was soggy, muddy and boggy before we started out. Their beautiful garden was just like a sponge, we have had so much rain.
We found plenty to do, so all was not lost, and I always have my "knicker gripper" handy. I am reading Lee Childs--Jack Reacher series at the moment--really good thrillers, everyone.

Anyway, have had some snow today, at last--but forecasters say rain again at weekend.--blow!
Where does it all come from? Back to work this week, nothing changes! Ho Hum!

Have a good one, and remember the experts say:--The Ice Age cometh! Really? I am off to begin building my version of Noahs Ark! Lynne.