Early Weekend

After a month of very long hours I decided to have an early weekend. I took tomorrow off and since Monday is Labor Day, this will be a four day weekend.

Today Obama held his acceptance speech for the Democratic Presidential Nominee. It can be viewed here under Video. It's an hour or so long speech in front of about 84000 people. And I have to say that it was pretty impressive. It's hard not to feel like this is a breath of fresh air. What's not hard is to be cynical, what's even less hard is to use cynicism as an excuse to not do anything. So far Obama has managed to convince, and yes maybe there will be change, even change for the better.

That is, if not too many listen to these people.

Thursday

The other day I got our garage set up as a little boxing gym. I hung a punching bag up in the ceiling and got some carpet for the floor. It turned out pretty ok. I haven't actually used it yet and am a little bit concerned that the bag won't stay up, but we'll see. So every Monday and Wednesday I'm training and instructing at with PAL (Police Activity League) and Santa Maria Boxing Club. It's a place where kids can come and train boxing in the afternoons/evenings. At the moment I have two kids that I'm training and it's a nice change and break from the work environment. Sitting in front of computer screens and boxing are two quite different things all together and I think that having a place like that to go to is very healthy for me. It clears my mind a bit and helps me to refocus on other things than work.

Well, now I think we are going to watch Sharkwater. Now you might say, "well is that really that smart to do seeing that Magnus is probably the most sharkfobic person I know" ...granted...but they are also very fascinating horrific animals.

Hugs to family and friends!

Friday

It's Friday morning and the start of a long weekend. A four day weekend as a matter of fact since I also have Monday off. I have been singing a song about this weekend, there is a lot of "la la la" in it. Today it's 4 July, Independence Day, so there will be barbecue. We are going over to some of our neighbours. Probably Autumn will also read the declaration of independence for us. It's very interesting reading and I can recommend that anyone that has not read it have a go at it. It's short too.

Now it's breakfast time. Talk to you later.

Hot hot hot

Today and yesterday might have been some of the hottest days that I've ever experienced. Finding a small pool for the backyard seemed almost impossible after having tried two of the major stores and they were both sold out. Sold out. People must have been desperate. Yesterday when Autumn was looking for a fan, they were sold out too. This might give you an idea of how warm it has been here the last two days. The garden seems to be flourishing in this heat and the squash is growing into quite a giant monster plant.

Midsommar

I feel a bit nostalgic today and miss Sweden a bit more than usually, and not just because of the new potatoes and the pickled herring. But we will have our own Midsommar celebration here in Santa Maria tomorrow, and judging from the weather today it seems very likely that I will actually spend one Midsommarafton without rain! Juuuiipi!

Many greetings! I hope you all will have a relaxing day with friends and family!

Kensington Heights

The Constantines new album Kensington Heights has finally arrived.

The Constantines - because Hockey needs Literature as much as Literature needs Hockey.

Friday

The weekend is here! Tomorrow we are going to a barbecue and we also talked about going wine tasting. We'll see what happens.

After having been sick for about 3 weeks I am finally better. The antibiotics might have helped. It was good to be back at the boxing again. I've also started riding the bike to work a bit more often. I've been told that when someone rides a bike here they are usually suspected of having been convicted of a DUI and as a consequence lost their license. But rest assured I still have both my Swedish and my California licenses.

And one from our house

So the sprinkler with the infra red sensor is working wonders. I've seen a few of the little critters sulk and turn away as they realize that our garden no longer is their giant litter box. The kitchen garden is growing really well.

This Monday is Memorial Day which means that we have a three day weekend. One of the great things with a three day weekend that stretches from Saturday to Monday is that it is followed by a four day work week. Work is going well, although it's been very busy.

I am reading Surprised by Joy at the moment which I am enjoying a great deal. I made some kind of attempt at reading this book when I was probably a bit too young so I am glad to have given it another try.

Well, the Primary election is continuing here and as far as I am concerned they should get it over with so we can move on to the actual election. The more it drags on the more a certain individual seems to loose her dignity. You almost get a feeling that there is a sense of entitlement from the Clinton campaign. An entitlement that says that Hillary should win the nomination just because, and it's inconceivable that she won't, even though most indications seem to point towards her not winning it.

I am adding another picture from our house, this time of the living room.

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