You never really see a lot of people on the streets in the Stockholm suburb where I live, Sundbyberg. What you do see, though, is a million restaurants that most of the time look completely deserted, and I've often wondered on on earth so many restaurants can survive in such a small town. Today I found the answer. I'm sick and home from work, and for the first time since I moved here I have today experienced Sundbyberg by day. Or should I say, by weekday. Expecting it to be even emptier than normal, I obviously made no effort to look good. After all I have a fever, a headache and a sore throat, and was just going to the supermarket for some food, a movie and some ice cream, and I really did not look good.
But unexpectedly the town was full of people. Where they came from I will never know. It wasn't even noon, and yet all these people were heading out for lunch, filling up the otherwise so empty restaurants and all looking very businesslike. And here I was thinking that Sundbyberg is a place where people live, not a place where they work. Apparently it's the opposite. Where are all these people when I get home after work?
I liked seeing all these people, it made this little shithole seem somewhat more alive, but I just wish they'd chosen to show their faces on a day when I looked a bit more like my usual self.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
blogging hiatus..
So, it's been a while. Not that it matters, no one really reads this, except perhaps for my mom and maybe a handful of friends. Nonetheless, I like writing here, it keeps me entertained for a moment or two and if nothing else I get to practice my already pretty perfected touch-typing.
I've been in Malmö since Tuesday night, and tomorrow I have to go back to Stockholm and I'm really not ready for it. I like Stockholm and for a long time I've been saying that I certainly don't want to leave Stockholm until I've at least experienced one summer there. But I've had such a good time these past days, I had been longing for this for a really long time. My work really doesn't demand a lot from me, but being stuck in an office with nothing to do can make you feel just as trapped as being swamped.
The weather since I came home has been perfect. Sweden has gone from being a place almost uninhabitable only a few weeks ago, to something closely resembling paradise. It's not summer yet, but most definitely spring. Around 15 degrees every day, and since I got home the sun has been shining more or less the whole time. Today I've spent the whole day in the backyard, and burned my nose along with pretty much the rest of my face. I don't care, though, because I don't know when I'll next get to spend a day in a backyard.
Soon I'll be back in my closet of an apartment with windows that are admittedly facing the sun around the time when I get home from work, but which definitely lacks a balcony and a nice view to go with it.
But going back to work on Tuesday will be a lot easier after these wonderful days. I've met everyone I wanted to meet, including my friend's newborn baby, I've gone shopping, I've kicked back with some wine and a good book in the garden, I've had a lovely dinner at a Caribbean restaurant with possibly the best Mojitos I've ever had, and I've somehow managed to accumulate 10 pairs of shoes that one way or another have to make it back to Stockholm with me. Some new, some old and some that I brought with me here and which consequently have to travel back with me too.
That is one thing that I won't complain about, though, because shoes I have been needing for a long time. Boots are now a distant memory, or so I dearly hope. If I have to one more time stick my feet into a pair of warm leather boots I might just have to go jump off a bridge!
I've been in Malmö since Tuesday night, and tomorrow I have to go back to Stockholm and I'm really not ready for it. I like Stockholm and for a long time I've been saying that I certainly don't want to leave Stockholm until I've at least experienced one summer there. But I've had such a good time these past days, I had been longing for this for a really long time. My work really doesn't demand a lot from me, but being stuck in an office with nothing to do can make you feel just as trapped as being swamped.
The weather since I came home has been perfect. Sweden has gone from being a place almost uninhabitable only a few weeks ago, to something closely resembling paradise. It's not summer yet, but most definitely spring. Around 15 degrees every day, and since I got home the sun has been shining more or less the whole time. Today I've spent the whole day in the backyard, and burned my nose along with pretty much the rest of my face. I don't care, though, because I don't know when I'll next get to spend a day in a backyard.
Soon I'll be back in my closet of an apartment with windows that are admittedly facing the sun around the time when I get home from work, but which definitely lacks a balcony and a nice view to go with it.
But going back to work on Tuesday will be a lot easier after these wonderful days. I've met everyone I wanted to meet, including my friend's newborn baby, I've gone shopping, I've kicked back with some wine and a good book in the garden, I've had a lovely dinner at a Caribbean restaurant with possibly the best Mojitos I've ever had, and I've somehow managed to accumulate 10 pairs of shoes that one way or another have to make it back to Stockholm with me. Some new, some old and some that I brought with me here and which consequently have to travel back with me too.
That is one thing that I won't complain about, though, because shoes I have been needing for a long time. Boots are now a distant memory, or so I dearly hope. If I have to one more time stick my feet into a pair of warm leather boots I might just have to go jump off a bridge!
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