Erika in Ireland

'When I grow up.."how how how how" I wanna be famous I wanna be a movie star...'

Sitting in our new flat drinking Whiskey and beer. I love this place. Awesome. The taxi drivers of course now where I live when I give them my address "The Elysian, please" but at least three have now said that it is there first drive to that address =) and they ask me how it is, how the flats are and if there are many people living there...

'We'll escape this planet until infinity. To infinity'

Truth to be told. It's like heaven. It's honestly like lving in a hotel. I love it. I'm happy. It takes about five min to walk to the bus and 4 min to walk to the main shopping street. We have pubs around the corners and a garda station (police) and fire station as well. We have 24 hour concierge who during evening/night shift works as security as well.
This is the best decision I've made since I left Sweden.

'Are we human? Or are we dancer?'

I am leaving Ireland for Sweden on Thurday. My sister is graduating. And do you know what is worrying me the most? It's that I wont be able to speak proper Swedish. I am soo stressed out. Customers don't even believe me when I say that I'm from Sweden. And apparently I am starting to get this 'cute Irish accent'...
But I'm proud to be who I am. I am cool, I'm good at my job (even though I must say that my new colleague Kamila is superb, she is sooo patient with the customers!)
Kamila had a customer on the line Friday about noon, and she sat with him for over 1,5 hours trying to explain that we wouldn't make an exception for him. He was screaming at her several times but she just kept her calm and said "please sir, could you not shout at me". I am very impressed with her. She is cool.

Anywho, soon I'm going home and it's gonna be strange. Btw, did I say that I am planning to take driving lessons? I'm gonna take a driving license here, it's my plan at least. We'll see when I have done some driving...and then just the thought about moving from here, that would mean that I would learn how to drive on the "wrong side" as the correct side so when I get home to Sweden it will be wrong to drive there. Strange huh?

Ok, gonna grab another beer now...

But I need to say, I live a great life, I am sad that I left Sweden (and therefore got dumped by my ex whom I think I probably would be engaged or something serious like that to today) but I think that it never was planned for me to stay there. Can't imagine that I would be happy in Sweden. Still, it takes me about 24 hours from arriving to Stockholm, before I realize why I left. The people from Stockholm..awful. No wonder people don't like us! Get a grip, the world doesn't evolve around us!
So my plan at the moment? Me and Tore are fine since we moved here, just gonna by a TV for our bedroom now and all will be great. Also, three colleagues have now moved in at Elysian so I'll be popping over to them in the evenings.

www.theelysian.ie

That's where I live...understand why I love it?

Tore arrived home yesterday from Mexico. My plan was to put him in a plastic bubble for a week and lock him into the bathroom to make sure he doesn't have the flu. When I saw him, I forgot it and it took me about 30 sec to get in under the duvet in our big bed where he was sleeping after a 24 hour long journey.
People were avoiding me at work today. I have had a cough for four weeks now, but now they KNEW that Tore was back and therefore I might be contagious.. Our friend isn't allowed back to work before he has been to a doctor. Just in case.

Life is pretty good right now. Except for customers screaming in my ear that my job is to do whatever they ask for, I have had a good week and it is even better now when he is back and I realized that I HAVE missed him.
Work have been crazy, have a few real idiots at the moment. Sometimes I wonder if their moms dropped them on the head when they were babies because something is seriously wrong...

I had my mid-year review, kind of an evaluation about how I'm doing so far. I'm doing well. Better than I thought. But I am working my ass off. I am gonna get an even better score at my yearly review in October, that's my plan at least...
People think I should apply for the senior agent position, I don't want to yet. I don't feel that I have the knowledge yet to advise other agents how to act or proceed.

I'm planning my second and third tattoo. On my right foot and my neck. Or maybe my right shoulder. Gonna do it very soon. Just trying to find something that I will love forever, just like my dragon, who still hasn't got a name. Apologies for that, dragon baby.
At the moment I am looking at a fairy or angel and paw prints and a cat. I also wanna tattoo the inside of my lip, as Mia has.

Also, I am planning a trip for my birthday in September. Tore wants me to go to Thailand with him, but I want to go to Japan, so if I find someone who wants to go with me there, then I'll be off in Sep. I got return tickets with hotel for two weeks from EUR 1200 which is very good.

At the moment I am drinking beer and looking at tattoos, I'm also learning a bit Finnish. And listening to great music. Tore and Björn bought a BBQ today and it was awesome!

Oh, forgot, I am gonna tattoo a forth and maybe fifth tattoo as well, on the inside of my arm, in white.

Cheers!!!