Sum up of 2007, what happened, what didn't happen? Regrets? Wishes? 2008, here I come!
New Years Eve. It's 00.32 and that means that there's less than 24 hours of 2007! That's weird. And when I think back..what do I see? The things that I will remember, the things I want to forget, the things I did, the things I didn't do. What I regret, what I'm proud of, how I have changed as a person and where this year have brought me.
I will tell you a few things that have happened this year. You are free to stop read whenever you want to because it might be long, but I do not know yet. I will tell you all about the things above. =)
I'll start with things I want to forget, just to get rid of it:
- The last of January, my boyfriend since 21 months suddenly broke up with me and that broke my heart. I cried for three days and then I said "fuck you" and moved on. It took me 6 months before I REALLY got over him though.
- Within 2 weeks, 2 of my cats died. We had 5 cats (I KNOW that's a lot but they were my babies) One got hit by a car and the other one just suddenly got really sick and we had to put him down. This happened just before my boyfriend broke up with me. What a beginning of 2007!
- My free lap dances to a whole night club...(but oh, the fun we had)
What I will remember:
- When me, Kers and Gabi was dancing limbo in the garden to Sexyback and drank pink salty champagne (since Gabi dropped it in the sea). Later that night/morning we went to the sea and took a nude bath. Drunk as hell! That's when she dropped tha Champagne.. COOOOLD!
- I was partying 3-4 times a week jan-may. Such a great time, it's really bad when you call a taxi and they say "You're going to Tamango's aren't you?"
- I got thrown out of the house I lived in, in Portmarnock, since we partyed to much =) ooops
- Me and my sister partying in Spain and stealing lemons at 7am in the morning. Great fun!
- I quit my job in Portmarnock and decided to move somewhere else...Belfast!
- Saw Tore, the norwegian guy who started at GEM at the same time as me, and went up to him and within 5 min I asked him if he wanted to move in with me. =) (typically me)
- Went out to celebrate my birthday together with Elisabeth (a Danish girl) and two other friends and got so pissdrunk that I'm surprised I could actually stand up. Kissed a girl for the first time (and the last time) and apparently gave free lap dances to the whole night club. I've NEVER had so much fun!!
- Went to London with Tore to celebrate Christmas (we ended up as a couple)
What I didn't do:
- I never went to Australia, hopefully I'll go next year. But I have a boyfriend now who don't want to live there...so I'll just keep it on ice for right now...
- I didn't stay single. I decided when Andreas broke up with me in January, that I would stay single for a long long time. Didn't work. But I'm happy. very happy =)
- I never went to Poland to visit Kasia. I'm soo sorry Kasia. I really am. I had it planned and then they said at my new job that we weren't aloud to take holidays during probation and stuff. But I'll try to visit you in the beginning of next year.
- I never moved back home to Sweden as planned. Was supposed to be back home in june to move in with Andreas. No Andreas = no need to get home. HAPPY!
- I didn't make another tatoo. I'm proud of myself for that. Because I really want to have another one. A dragon. I know I already have one, but one more! =)
What I did:
- I really did move from Portmarnock.
- I learned many of the star constellations (stjärnbilder), like Pegasus, Andromeda, Big Dipper (knew before), The Fish', Orion (knew before) and a few more.
- I got over my ex-boyfriend (I thought my life was over when he broke up with me)
What I regret:
-There are a few things I do regret and I wont write them down over internet.
How have I changed this year?
- I have been more confident in myself. I know what I want and how to get it.
- I'm less outgoing (what happened Erika??)
- I listen to metal now. Strange huh?
- I am more honest now that before. Sure, I do not lie, but now I skip the white lies most of the time as well. If I don't like you, you'll know that.
There is probably a lot more things that are different with me but it's hard for ME to see.
When I read through all of this I can see that I have had quite a good year. I will miss a lot, especially all the friends I made in Portmarnock. Kasia, Gabi, Kers, you are all in my heart and thoughts! Happy new year Babes!
It could have been a lot worse. I'm glad now that Andreas broke up with me. He's the reason why I am where I am today and I like my life. I have a great boyfriend, a job that is quite interesting (if I can get to McAfee), and I live in a nice apartment.
I have about 22½ hour to think about my New Years resolutions for next year. One is to get myself a life again. Ok, I don't think Tore will approve if I went out 3 times a week, but at least every second week. And I need new friends. But I'll try to update my blogg tomorrow or very soon so that I can tell you what I came up with.
And til then, remember that I love you guys! Oh, and if I don't know you, I'll probably like you anyway =)
Happy new year and I hope that you take a minute or two to think back to 2007 about the good things. Remember the happy stuff, and accept the bad stuff. I have done that! And I love my life!
Jag älskar er! Pussar o kramar!
Cheers!
Storm
Oh, and by the way, 2008 here I come! Stronger and more beautiful than ever!
Stars, new year, Sweden, stuffed animals and days off! Life's great
My christmas was interesting. Christmas eve was spent with four guys (2 norwegians, 1 swede and a dutch), loads of beer and a xbox with "scene it?" on, A very funny game a little bit like trivial pursuit but about movies. Funny. But i missed some girl company. To just chat with a girl. In that way I feel a little bit lonely.
Me and Tore was in London 21-23 December. That was great. We had a few fun but stressful days together which included a trip to London Eye, christmas shopping, photos for The Times (or whatever the paper is called), great italian food, lousy steak, Bee movie and a big hotel bed to sleep in at the 14th floor. Oh, and he bought me my christmas gift there as well:
You know the cat from "Alice in wonderland"? Yeah, he bought me a stuffed animal (do you call them that? the animals you have in the bed when you're a kid?) the size of ME! Imagine trying to get that to the airport a little later that day...
There had been fog all day in London when we were going home, but we didn't think about that until we came to the airport.... 50 % of all flights had been cancelled because of the fog, the other 50 % had been delayed. Our flight wasn't announced as delayed when we came into our gate, but then...suddenly it was an hour late. And then another hour. We left FOUR hours later than planned! And we also had to go to Belfast International Airport outside of Belfast instead to George Best Airport because it was closed...great!
I didn't mind though, I was off the 24th..Tore wasn't =)
Now it's weekend and I have 4 days off since I got New Years Eve off =) and that feels great. Apparently I'm a bad girlfriend though, because I want attention all the time but I try not to. I have never lived with a partner before and it's weird for me to be with my partner but not have his attention. But I have been totally hooked on wikipedia,org! It's great! Tore is playing WOW and I am reading wikipedia...
Today and yesterday I read about Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, apartheid, the Troubles, bloody Sunday, Nelson Mandela and Dag Hammarskiöld. It's real cool stuff.
We're having a party here at New Year. It's gonna be great. I'm gonna get pissed together with all my friends, apparently it's gonna be an almost scandinavian thing. A lot of danish and norwegians, and swedes...And a dutch =) maybe two. It's gonna be funneh!
I miss home a little bit right now, It's weird, I think it's the first time in almost a year or something. Strange. Oh, and can you understand that I've actually lived outside of Sweden for 15 months now? Time flies! And it was 6 months since I was home in Sweden so I haven't seen anyone in my family for a looong time. And I'm not gonna go home to Sweden within the next 4 months or so. Minimum.
Anyway, I have to go to bed now. I'm really tired and tomorrow is gonna be a loooong day. Cleaning the house, shopping food, preparing for party on monday. Trying not to be an attention freak and take a long walk =)
Love you guys, hope you know that. And Kasia, I really hope I can come and visit you soon! If you still want me to come, that is.
Puss puss,
cheers!
Belfast girl, Erika
ps, if you got a file from me on msn, please don't open it since it's a trojan virus...sorry! ds
Living with boys...
I just wanted to move out the other day. I mean, ok, he's my boyfriend so I can handle a few things that he's doing that I don't like. But our friend is 30 years old and don't know how to put dishes in the dishwasher! The worst thing is that I feel like the bitch all the time because I have to ask them to "take out the trash, it's been there for 3 days now", "please clean the bathroom, you haven't done that since we moved in", can you put the dishes in the dishwasher and put in on?" "can you please clean up the mess in the kitchen after dinner?"
And both of them look at me like I'm this annoying bitch who wont let them be. I just want a clean apartment. They promised to clean the living room after our house-warming party the day after. It took them 3 weeks!! And the only reason they did it was because I was really angry and told them that I would do it when I got home after my work-out at the gym.
I'm sorry, but I'm used to live where everything is clean, especially the kitchen (even when we had 5 cats and a dog), but they are guys and they simply just don't care. I spoke to my boyfriend and he told me that he would break up with me if I moved out and I don't want that, but I don't know for how long I can stand this. I'm doing the food shopping, cleaning, washing clothes, everything, like a fucking housewife! And I'm not! I work and I'm tired after work, just as much as they are. But I'm epileptic and shouldn't stress. I went to the doctor last Friday and he told me that the headache that I've had constantly for the last 10 days now probably is because of stress.
Stress at work and then stress at home. NOW, I understand how my mother felt! The only difference is that she raised two KIDS, I'm living with two ADULT MEN!
But if we ignore this part, I must say that I'm happy. My boyfriend is really sweet (just hopeless when it comes to housy stuff) and he takes care of me. I really like him. He's taking me to London for a few days to celebrate Christmas together. =)
At work I don't know. We had this Swedish guy who worked with us for three weeks but he left his resignation and his last day was last Tuesday. He was SOOO annoying! I was working in the Swedish queues while he was playing games! Stupid guy! Well, whatever!
Now I have to go, my boyfriend is back I think. He's been out taking a few drinks with a friend and I had a friend of mine over here watching "The ring" (I really hate that movie" and then we played "Burn Out" on our xBox 360 for quite a few hours!! It's soooo funny!!!
Anyhow, love you guys!
