Today we had a parent-meeting at Bjarki’s daycare. Basically it’s the same old story, he’s advanced for his age in some areas (concentration, thing’s he’s interested in) and slightly behind in others (gross motor skills). She praised his kind and happy nature, although remarked that he is a big teaser, and reads the other kidsRead more
The big event on Tuesday was my first hosting of a sewing club that I’ve belonged to for a decade, and got graciously invited to on our visits to Iceland for all these years. These are some lovely lady-classmates from Junior College (Menntaskóli) and friends from the University of Iceland, as well as some friendsRead more
We got up late this morning (all except Bjarki, there was no school for Anna) and exited to find not a lot of sand on our car at all. Sure, there was a thin sandy film on it when you stroked the car with a finger, but it wasn’t too bad. Then it was intoRead more
A volcanic eruption started around dinner time yesterday (21 May 2011 – aka The Rapture Day) in Grímsvötn which is the most active volcano in Iceland, located under the Vatnajökull (Lake-Glacier?) far far away from Reykjavik. We didn’t care very much until today, when all the airports got shut down, and then an ominous cloudRead more
Finnur and Anna arrived this morning, as expected. Bjarki and I decided to be good sports and drove all the way out to Keflavik airport (40 mins) to pick them up shortly before 8am. Everything went well apparently (well, aside from that ‘almost missed the plane to Iceland’-part), and they were in good spiritsRead more
Finnur and Anna departed California today, and started their long journey back to Iceland. They should arrive very early tomorrow morning. The last few days in California have apparently been hectic, filled with lots of fun meet-ups with old friends. It sounds a lot like when we used to travel to Iceland, except that Finnur’sRead more
We repeated much of yesterday’s routine this morning, except Bjarki didn’t wake up until 7 am, so I skipped the sofa-nap. Instead I got him to daycare around 8:30 am, and then went home and collapsed into bed for 2-3 hours. This made the remainder of the day manageable. After lunchtime, I finally sat down byRead more
Bjarki was up at 06:22 this morning, much to my chagrin. Yes, it’s very bright outside by that time now, so there was zero chance of convincing him to go back to bed. Instead, I fed him breakfast, fetched my duvet and fell asleep on the sofa while he played. This is a routine thatRead more
I spent a quiet morning mostly lounging in bed, but after lunch I was all action! I stopped by work/school to let them know I was still alive, and sporting a lovely whiskey-voice. Then I went to do some grocery-shopping and experienced the only “uh, oh, maybe this is a little too much too quickly?”-feelingRead more
Today I can claim to have become fully fever-free (oral temps 36.5°C), whereas last night I probably still had a few ‘commas’ (oral temps 37.1°C). I slept for good chunks of the day, and I didn’t really wake up until 4pm when the alarm went off to remind me to take my pills (taking pillsRead more
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