Summertime

24C degrees in Rotterdam (totally lovin' it) and I'm sneezing my ass off, spring is in the air...aaaatchoooo! Bless me!

Dutch bank account

Tomorrow I'm going to the bank and ending my Dutch account...should have done that 300 years ago when I left Holland. But never late then never...And I gotta find some liquid for my contact lenses. Do you know how dry my eyes were when I coke up this morning...sleeping with my contacts on...aaaaoooch!

Good thing there is laptops, then I don't have to sit alone in the hotel bar and eat by myself...Skype company and a glass of wine. Then I can work all evening. I don't care. A business trip is a business trip, so what else to do than work? lol.

It's 19 degrees C here in Rotterdam, and I'm lovin' it. I remember now that it's so much nicer weather here than back home in Sweden. At lunch today I went to the Chineese restaurang, which I went to at least 1 time a week when I lived here. And the guy recognized me and asked where I've been and how long I'm staying. Such cute lil' chineese guy, lol.

Well, back to work...

Senile?

Who forgets the fluid for the contact lenses and the tooth brush? The cups for the lenses and tooth paste is here, but the most important parts...who the crap forgets that at home? ME, that's right. Gotta find a pharmacy tomorrow morning cause my eys will be dry as a desert and mouth smell like a dead animal...yaaaay!

What a day

I put the alarm on 6.00am. I was going to Amsterdam to meet Rickard from work. He was on his way to Mexico and had a 5 hour waiting in Amsterdam, so I went in to Amsterdam to have breakfast with him. This was the first time I was actually in Amsterdam and not just pasing through or at the airport. And what everyone says about Amsterdam it's kinda true. Porn clubs and coffe shops. You can smell the weed everywere. Strange.

Then I was taking the train back to Rotterdam...at least I thought so. In Den Haag the train stopped, the people got off...and when I looked around EVERYBODY left the train. PANIC!!!! I ran to the front of the train, no one there, all doors locked...then the train start going backwards...CRAP!!!! I start running the other way and there in the front there was this man driving the train to the "spare tracks", he started to talk to me in Dutch...I didn't get any of it, so after I asked English please, he said: Oh, you don;t speak Dutch, I called out in the speakers that everyone had to get off. IN DUTCH!!! ~!@#@!#@!#@!#@! I was not happy at all, almost panicing and this stupid fucking country where they say most people speak English. How can they not say a message like that on the speakers in English? Well, when I think of this now, I cannot do anything else than smile. This only happens to me...Alone...stuck in a locked a train going to the extra tracks for maintenance :)

After I got back to Rotterdam I went to this WE store and bought a shirt for mom and one for me. Tired and kinda angry after the train incident, I took the metro 2 stops to get home. Lazy, yeah I know. But the more active at home, I packed 8 boxes, the closets are empty, and all other things are being packed. I'm an expert in packing. Moving now will be my 17th, yes you got  it correct SEVENTEEN, time in 11 years :)

Now, I'm gonna watch a movie...lata!
♥ M

Portable office phone

Wednsday when I flew back to Holland, at the secutity control in Gothenburg I discovered to my surprise that I had the portable office phone on me. Yeah, not so clever. I wonder what if the guy thought when his phone was gone from his desk...LOL I kinds borrowed it for a few hours when he was out of the office and kinda forgot to return it. So now his portable office phone is here on my table in Rotterdam. HAHAHAHAHA!

Now I'm watching MAX PAYNE and still packing some of my stuff ...
TV shows and movies are so much more funnier than packing :)

♥ M

First Win

Today against Grasshoppers.wihooo. 1st quarter 33-7 to us. Damn we were good today!

And now I can't forget to put back the clock for 1 hour...back to ol' boring winter time.

Just some more packing and then I'm gonna watch 2 episodes of Californication and then get some sleep, before I get up at 6.30 to take my flight to Sweden. Wohoo!

Later!
♥ M

Here we go...

..I'm moving back to Sweden. Surprise surprise! I'm coming tomorrow already for a week, then I have to go back to Holland, then Sweden and then Holland and then hopefully I have finished all my work down here and will be in Sweden permanently. You probably ask why? And it's becuase work, they offered me e really good job that I couldn't say no to and the biggest reason why I said yes, was that my foot is still crap and I can't play ball, so sitting in Rotterdam and not doing what I love...that sucks, so I took the decision to take the new job and move home. This is kinda sudden, yeah I know, but at 2pm yesterday I got the information myself. "you need to be in Sweden my Monday" WOW that was fast...but I guess, it just for a week, then I'll come to Rotterdam to start packing my apartment into boxes again. Oh and speaking of apartment, I don't have any place to stay when I come to Gothenburg since my apartment I rent to a friend. but I talked to her yesterday and we will work something out. I will try put all my furnitures at some friends in Varberg and then keep some of my stuff in the office. I'm kinda stressed over this, I didn't expect to have to move so fast, I have to pack my stuff, finish and leave over my job, take care of the bank stuff, gym stuff, basketball stuff...and arrange a moving company from Rotterdam to Gothenburg...so I will keep myself pretty busy these next few weeks that I will be back in Rotterdam.

Today I've been on IKEA with my friend Caroline...she's also from Sweden and it has been so nice to have someone like her here. So shopping for some small stuff and some food shopping in the Swedish Food Market, we has some eating meatballs, brown sause and lingonberry...Yummie! And now I'm hoping that she and her Eric will move to Gothenburg :D



Then we took a walk along the pier to New York hotel. I can imagine this is a great place to be at the summer, with a really nice view over the river. It was kinda cold, but very nice.
   



Time to start packing...!
♥ M

Good news

I wish I had some good news about my foot...but sad to say, it's the same and I'm getting so sick en tired of if. What the crap shoudl I do? I talked to my boy D, and he said it can take time but I would get well. I do hope so cause this ain't fun.

I watched 2 more episodes of Gossip girl, season 2...episod 6 and 7..., got some more of Dexter, Californication, Heroes and Prison Break to watch. Yeah, you're right, I don't do much....I work, go to the gym, go and sit on the side at the bball gym and then home in front of the computer or watchin tv shows. Yay, how fun. But Saturday me and Caroline hopefully will go to IKEA, i need to buy some stuff...and Kaviar :D Then my team have a home game and before that I gotta sit in the sec for the game that U-20 guys will play. Wow, so much things to look forward to...

But in like 2 weeks, my girl Victoria is coming here which I'm looking forward tooooooo much. And I hope that Jamye also can get a day off from work so she can come to Amsterdam and Rotterdam with us. And and Vicky, I checked your tour guides out...sounds interesting...I need to see some of this stuff. Only been here for 7 month and didn't see nuttin' But I'll wait for you girl...LOL

Nite nite...zzzzzzzzzzzz!
♥ M

Another week

Nothing new here in Holland I would say, except that it's darker, colder and rainier...Yesterday we had a dinner at the Gauchos, a Argentinean restaurant very close to where we live, just 2 crossings from us at the pier. Always nice meat there. Then I had to hurry to the gym to do some cardio and the hurry to the basketball practice. Not that I'm practicing but I still need to be there...Boring as hell. It's depressing just being on the side, doing your excercises and streching.

I just got home from the fysio now and my foot is kinda sore. My ordinary fysio is not there for 2 weeks so there was this other dude there today, and geeez, I don't wanna go back to him...but I guess I have to...so next Tuesday again.

Now sitting here and dreaming about travelling...where to next? Australia, South Africa, Brazil? Well, first I will go to Thailand and then I will make my next plans. Even though that I have over 30days of vacation left, it's hard to plan something when I have the basketball (even though I'm injured now) and a manager who doesn't want me to be off work...

I need my friends from home now...
♥ M

Head ache

This is thing has been the worst day since last Tuesday when it happened. My head feels like it's going to explode. I don't have any head ahce in the mornings, but during the day it's getting there, and now in the evening...GOD, is someone banging on my head with a hammer? At least it feels like it...

After work today I walked to Mirelles and got some dinner, salmon and pasta...yummie. then we took her bike (yes, both of us on her bike) to Zuidplein to catch the bus to the bball gym in Barendrecht. Watched the girls practice while making my squats and sit-ups, yay how fun.

Tomorrow I'll try to be at work BEFORE 8.00 am, good luck to me with that! Then directly to the fitness gym for 1 hour strengh and 1 hour cardio...then to the fysio and get some of that horreible massage on my foot, do some stretching and then we're going to watch the men's game.

Saturday I have to call the orthopaedist and get new inlays for my bball shoes. Oh and speaking of shoes, I think Lisa will buy my new white Nike's. So I will have to use my Hyperdunks untill my 2 new pair of bball shoes will come from America in the beginning of November. A guy from our Seattle office is bringing them for me to Sweden. Then around 4pm I have to be in the bball gym I think I have to be in the secretary for a U18 boys game. Then at 8.15pm our game starts, we play Den Helder, last years Dutch champions! And 3 of our 4 inside players are injured...so Lindy, half injured Michele and the junior Eline will have a tough job inside Saturday. But I'm not worried, they will do a great job.

Now, my head hurst so much that I think it's time for me to go to bed...and I'm also freking tired!
♥ M

One of those bright moments

Yesterday I had one of those bright moments in my life, when I'm thinking I must be a blond...(sorry all my blond friends). I started the dish washer at work, put in the tab with the cleaning stuff and pressed start...left the kitchen and when I got back an hour later, I opened the dish washer and saw the tab with the cleaning stuff, unopened laying on top of the knives and forks. Wow, how could not remember to take off the wrapping??? I guess I didn't use my brain when I put it there...you know, one of those bright moments. LOL

After work I went to the fitness gym and did some cardio on the bike, since I'm not allowed to run, and then some strenght before I had to rush and get ready for the basketball game... Me and Sevda went to Leiden to watch the Men's game, ZZ Leiden against the Bluestream Seals.




Ok, so i need a better camera. Taking pictures on a basketball game when on moving object with my old camera, just makes them blurry. But here is at least one... The Seals won over Leiden with 82-80. 

Today I've been at the fysio and got some of that horribel massage on my foot. It freaking hurts like crap. I hope that I can play Saturday, but as it feels right now...doubdtful that I can play :( I asked the fysio what my injury is and it's Plantar Fasciitis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis This sucks! Any suggestions what to do about this plantar fasciitis? Well, you cannot say stretching...

Now to an episod of Gossip Girls...Humpfrey in jail...you didn't see that one coming huh? :D
♥ M

Movies

I know, I saw like 3 movies yesterday...

Wall E


The Love Guru


Save the last dance 2


And now I will watch one more right now...
...bbefore I go to sleep :D
♥ M

6 months

i was gonna go for a run today but my achilles is kinda killing me. Kinda aching all the time. But I will not let that stop me from playing, I will just rest when we don't have any bball practice and don't walk in high heels...damn, two things that I love. Get sweaty and wear my high heels to work and the club. None of that...unless I have to LOL

Trying to eat healthy, no pizza, no burgers, no kebab, no candy, no alcohol...Man, this sounds like I'm so boring. Can't eat the good stuff and can't work out as much as I want or wear high heels. Dang, I am boring! Well, friday I think me and my new friend Caroline will go for some shopping and food at La Place, or a movie like Mamma Mia. If we're not gonna hang out friday, I think it's IKEA on saturday. I need some stuff for the apartment. I only lived here for 6 months now and it's not until now I realised that I need some stuff. Oh shit, tomorrow it's exactly 6 months since I moved here. 17th of March I moved out here!!! Only 6 more months to go =)

This is how my apartment on Linnegatan in Gothenburg looked about 6 months ago...in the process of packing.

 
 

Linnegatan, basta stallet ever!
♥ M

Just another weekend

Just got home from Belgium, we played against the top team in Belgium, Waregem. Last year, my team lost wirh 40pts with two american players.Today we had no americans and "only" lost by 15pts...I think it was 15. Oh I played sooooooooooo bad. I think I had like 4T. Damn. I really sucked today. But hey, a new game next week, and I hope that I will play a lot better than today. But after todays game, it's not very hard to play better than today.

Friday I was supposed to go out with Sevda and Jennifer, but I was so beat. After 15hours at work...(we had our opening party started from 3pm and lasted until 10pm) I just didn't have the power to get dressed and go out with the girls, so I watched 2 episodes of Veronica Mars and then past out and woke up 12 hours later. Had some "brunch", went out for a run, the went to the gym and lifted weights. Got back home, went to the shin clinic for my treatment then went grocery shopping and cooked some dinner. I just love the weekends when I can do whatever and don\'t feel stressed. But it's kind of a pain in the ass having a game on the sunday, cause then you're just waiting for the sunday to come and then all sudden, the Sunday anxiety is here again. Uuuh, I hate Sundays...they are to close to Mondays...and Monday means work!

But now to something more fun. I booked my trip to Thailand, over Christmas and New Years. Yay! I'll be going ther with mami and pops and then 2 days later, the Back family will join us. And today I talked to Rickard and he and his girlfriend might also come to Thailand. That would be freakin' awsome. This time I have to go to Cambodia and maybe some other country. We will see!

Now I gotta unpack my smelly bball stuff and call my girl Jenn in Pennsylvania.
♥ M

5 hours

...that's how many hours I will sleep tonight. I have to be at work at 05.45 tomorrow morning. Fucking wack, but hey we have Le Grand Opening tomorrow and I gotta do my best to help.
Just came home from a Company dinner with people from, Russia, Sweden, Holland, Ireland, UK, Estonia, USA...a very laid back group of ppl. But since it's gonna be a very long day tomorrow I will stop bullshitting here and go to bed.LOL

But I also need to thank 2 ppl for their support today...
             Kristofer, thanks for being in my life!
             Caroline, I knew you where the right person to call

Peace!
♥ M

Only Monday

This week is a little bit quiter than the last ones...

        MONDAY >> Skin Treatment, Basketball
        TUESDAY >> Physio and Cardio
        WEDNESDAY >> Basketball
        THURSDAY >> Cardio, Dinner with the board of directors
        FRIDAY >> Opening party at my office, Thalia Lounge with the girls
        SATURDAY >> Skin Treatment, Cardio and Strenght
        SUNDAY >> Basketball Game (Away)

It's only Monday and I'm already tired. My legs are so tired after todays practice, I ran my ass off so I guess tomorrow my legs will feel like 2 concrete pieces. But I can't let anyone beat me when we're running at practice, I need to be the best and now I can feel a slight taste of blood in my throat. Is that a good or bad thing? Feeling like this makes me just wanna work even harder, go out and run until I don't get the taste. I wanna be so tired that my legs won't carry me. But after that I would need a massage. Anyone? Well, at least I know I'm a "train-a-holic" LOL

If it wasn't for the basketball I would go with my friends and do the "Classic". Vasaloppet is the 21st of February, but I have a game then and can't go to Sweden for that. Too bad though case there is like 10 ladies who are going up north to a cabbin, do the race and then maybe have some celebration party :) But, i will cheer for them, here from Holland...after we win our game of course.

Peace my dear friends!
♥ M

Don't drive in Holland

Day after day, I get more and more irritated on the traffic in Holland. They have so many red lights and they are always red!!!!

No one is driving, everybody has red...You cannot even turn right when the other cars are going straight ahead, you have to wait until the green light will appear...But it never does. Driving here is driving me crazy! You should hear all the curses that are being said out loud in my car when I'm driving. !#@$%#@##@%$#$. Cmon Holland, who the crap have red lights getting into the roundabouts and inside the roundabouts? Take a guess if there are huge traffic jams here...Uuuuum, YES! Ok, so maybe I should stop hatin' on the traffic, but geeeeeez, cmon Holland!

♥ M

First...

GAME...Yesterday we played our first practice game, with 7 players...I was not one of them since my stupid muscle won't heal. I hope tho' by the end of the week that I can practice 100% and then saturday playing the 2nd practice game. Well, the team we played against was in the division under us, so good for us that we won by 35pts. Otherwise it would have sucked. I can't wait until I get to hoop, I hate being on the side watching the others play...I WANNA PLAY!

FRIEND...not first, but the best...my girl Julia. I miss you so much. I wish you didn't live in Stockholm, or that I lived in Rotterdam. Having your best girl so far away, that's not cool....not at all. Well, I miss her like crazy and hope that one day we'll be living in the same city and sharing our dreams with our families.

MOSQUITO BITES...or more like 5 of them, big ass bites, like 7cm in diameter...eeeew! bWhy do all bugs like me? Cause I'm so sweet? Or cause they hate me so they have to bite ans sting me...Geeeez, get off my back!

CANDY...in Holland, I just bought today. I got my sweet tooth as you all know. In Sweden I eat too much sweets and candy, but in Holland I managed to stay away from most of the sugar. But today, going to the grocery store, hungry, direct after work...How could I resist the sweet candy laying of the shelf just screaming my name!!!

SEASON of VERONICA MARS...was completed this Saturday. I love that TV show. Thanks DP!

DAY OF THE WEEK, MONDAY...booooooo! Hate Mondays...I was so tired at work today, then I almost fell asleep at home before the practice and now I should go to sleep since it's 11.39pm.

♥ M

32 minutes

This is how long I was running today. Second time out running after the sprained ankle accident and do you know what the hard part is? Don't look tired, run fast as hell and quite and don't breath like a hyper astmatic person. At least when you're running in a city where there is people everywhere. Today about 30 C degrees, I came running trying my best to not to do the above mentioned things, and I think everybody was out sitting out eating and drinking today...but me. The people looked kinda weird at me, but what did I care. I was too focused on what not to do and what to do...like not sprain the ankle again.

I've had like 2 really hard weeks at work but today at 4.30pm something lit up my day. In a parcel with some SW CD's that came from sweden...there was a gift for me...from the 3 sweetest girls in the office in Sweden. Some Swedish Candy! Guess if i was happy. That really made my day. Thanks Sonja, Sofia and Elisabeth! Puss!

I'm also trying to find an appropriate dress for the wedding in August. I think I need something colorful, like pink or turquoise. I hope that I will find the dress in the States. Oh and shoes, I really whant high heels, like HIGH heels, but then I'll be even taller, taller than probaly most people in that wedding. hmmm, lots to think about :)


Sleeting time for me now...
♥ M

Weekend

Finally we got some nice weather today. I spend 6 hours on the balcony and the first 2 hours watching a movie on my computer, waering a sport bra and bball shorts. So now I really have nice sun marks on my back...ahhahaha.  

How stupid can I be.? I should have known better...you know I am miss I-LOVE-THE-SUN :) So I better get some sun next weekend so I can get these ugly ass marks off my back...haha.

Ok, so this was not the only stupid thing I did this weekend. Well, not sure what I was thinking or that I even should mention it. I was not thinking and this brilliant idea of mine just poped up in my head and within 10 seconds I did it...I put some normal dish washing soap in the dish washer (we ran out of the small tabs u normally put there) and pressed START. Guess what happened? Foam, foam and more foam leaking out from the dish washer. @#$^%$#%@ I said a lot of bad words, and was wondering what I was thinking. GREAT saturday evening. Took me about 1 hour to clean that mess.

I hope I will find my brain at work tomorrow morning!
♥ M

 

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