Dagbók Hrefnu og Finns

Graduation Trip, Mr. Weeding & Gorgeous Days

2022-06-01Anna, Friends, Traveling, Us Standard

[Photos taken 01 – 07 June 2022, posted online 21 January 2023. After multiple weeks of an unusually deep freeze, with multiple days in a row at -12C/10F, this weekend is The Big Thaw.]

With Anna on a graduation trip in Mexico, the house was a little emptier than usual. The days were filled with weeding (aka Bjarki’s hunt for money), I attended a choral performance, the kids’ school closed for the summer, we visited the house in Skorradal for a long weekend (where an epic mowing job awaited in glorious weather), and I socialized with the people at work. (60-ish images total)

Wednesday 01 June 2022

Bjarki discovered (in a moment of maternal weakness) that he could get paid for weeding the back-yard, and all of a sudden my weeding-load went down dramatically. (Emma will have to wait a few years, she’s a bit too young).

Anna’s FG Graduation & e-Biking Njarðvíkurheiði

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[Photos taken 28 – 31 May 2022, posted online 18 December 2022. After endless frosty days, we finally have snow… all the snow!]

After three years at FG (Fjölbrautaskólinn í Garðabæ), Anna graduated/matriculated with her “student’s diploma”, allowing her to enter university. She did a really good job, especially in light of the whole covid-situation, and months and month of remote learning and zero socialization.

We attended the graduation ceremony, and then we received family and friends in one of the houses at Árbæjarsafn, aka the “old houses museum. It was an absolutely gorgeous day, and almost capped off one of the most insanely busy months in recent memory!

The last ‘event’ of this May-Mayhem was an e-bike ride out on Njarðvíkurheiði, by the international airport. And with that, May finally came to a close! (80-ish images total)

Saturday 28 May 2022

May-Mayhem: Sunny Days, Party-Prep & e-Biking Norðurárdalur

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[Photos taken 21 – 27 May 2022, posted online 11 December 2022. Finnur’s on his way to the UK for a work-trip, I’m in charge of the fort.]

The weather took a turn for the absolutely gorgeous, and I kept not using it to oil all the wood. Other garden work happened, an injured Emma cheered on her team at a gymnastics meet, we attended a graduation party, while preparing for our own graduation party, and I went on a 42 km e-bike ride up by Mount Baula. (70-ish images total)

Saturday 21 May 2022

The temp topped 20 C / 68 F, and one of my brothers popped in for a visit with mom and a dog she was dogsitting.

May-Mayhem: Backyard E-biking, Eyrarfjall-hike & Sarah Millican

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[Photos taken 16 – 20 May 2022, posted online 04 December 2022. I seem to have really fallen off the blog-train, keep wondering if it’s time to just lock the page…?]

The week kept up seemingly non-stop May action. I kept biking to work, as the weather kept being awesome. On the Monday I biked 24 km with the e-biking group in my “backyard”, Tuesday saw me couch-shopping, Wednesday was a mountain-hike, Thursday was dinner-and-a-comedy-show, and by Friday I realized I was horribly sleep-deprived. What else is new? (50-ish images total)

Monday 16 May 2022

Biking home from work I rode past a pack of lawn-mowers, that seemed to be practicing for the upcoming season?!

May-Mayhem: E-biking Lundarreykjadalur & Eyrarfjall, Recitals & Scotland-Soccer

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[Photos taken 08 – 15 May 2022, posted online 20 November 2022. I fell in to serious TV-binge mode this weekend, been a long while since the last one. I’m in denial about Christmas being around the corner.]

The madness that was May continued with two e-bike rides in one week, two music school recitals, trying to figure out what to do about Emma’s somewhat injured foot, a bike-to-work challenge, rushing to clear the yard of leaves and branches, and Finnur traveling to Scotland to play in a soccer tournament (“old boys” division). (85-ish images total)

Sunday 08 May 2022

About to ride up and down Lundarreykjadalur (Smoky Grove Valley)

May-Mayhem: Gardening, e-Biking, Trevor Noah, Music & Friends!

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[Photos taken 01 – 07 May 2022, posted online 13 November 2022. I see that there have been no posts since September! Well, October was do-all-the-things-at-home while I was between jobs, and my photo-time was spent assembling the annual photo-calendar. I’ve now started my new job at Controlant, and life’s settling into a more regular rhythm. Also, quite frankly, May was insane, and there have been a lot of photos to plough through…!]

May was very, very busy! In this first week we got some gardening done, I joined an e-bike trip around Reykjavik, there was an event at work, two kids saw the dentist, nature got a quick visit, I went to see Trevor Noah, attended an orchestra concert, and then had dinner with friends!

Yes, the rest of May pretty much kept up that pace! Eeek! (40-ish images total)

Sunday 01 May 2022

This public holiday fell on a Sunday. It also happened to be a nice weather day, so I roped Bjarki into weeding, for money, of course!

Hikes, Work-Outings & Biking

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[Photos taken 27 – 30 April 2022, posted online 24 September 2022. My last Marel Annual Ball (for now) is tonight!]

The busiest week in a long while continued (!), with an evening-hike, a work-trip and a team-building party, an evening-bike ride, and then a day-hike.

As a pleasant non-sarcastic bonus, my knee got progressively better as time and activates piled up, go figure! I was frankly quite relieved once this week was over and done with, and patted myself on the back for getting through it in one piece. Also, it was fun! (70-ish images total!)

Wednesday 27 April 2022

A hop and a skip outside the city limits is the ski-hill of Skálafell.

Social Life Catch-up Begins

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[Photos taken 23 – 25 April 2022, posted online 18 September 2022. Two weeks left of my current job. Got two flat tires out in the country after a hike yesterday.]

Iceland had declared Covid-19 done and over with. Thus, in a fit of optimism mixed with blissful ignorance, I signed up for an e-biking group that would go on 1-2 rides per week for 9 weeks. It caused a bit of a scheduling mess, as in one week I was due to go on two hikes, and two e-bike rides… also known as couch-to-insanity.

The weekend before the first bike-outing set the tone with a lunch, a reunion, and a birthday-party! (25-ish images total)

Saturday 23 April 2022

I managed to arrange a lunch with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while, and had a nice open sandwich.

Easter 2022

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[Photos taken 17 – 22 April 2022, posted online 10 September 2022. Time has gone on fast forward again.]

After two years of non-standard Easter days, we went right back to tradition: Chocolate egg hunt at home, and late lunch and social whist at Finnur’s parents’ place with most of his family. There were two more public holidays in the following week, for weird reasons, but I’m not complaining!

We managed to complete a few spring-related activities, and kept going to the office! (40-ish images total.)

Easter Sunday 17 April 2022

Copenhagen Days 5-6: Planetarium & Journey Home

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[Photos taken 15 – 16 April 2022, posted on 21 August 2022. New little nephew named yesterday! In other news, I’ve resigned from my job (as seems to be fashionable), my last day will probably be in late October. No new job lined up, I’m open to suggestions!]

By the fifth day in Copenhagen, we’d sort of finished doing what we’d planned to do, so were a little at a loss on what to do with ourselves. After looking over the available Copenhagen Card attractions, we ended up walking to the big Torvehallerne food hall to eat lunch, and then took the train (not the metro! just a little confusion!) to the Planetarium.

That evening we played it safe with dinner, packed most of our bags, and got ready to leave for Iceland in the morning. The trip home was uneventful, but I discovered I was pretty exhausted upon return. The schedule had perhaps been a rather packed one? (40-ish images total)