Kitty’s Place

Yes it has been disgustingly long since I updated here. I spend so much time on Facebook that I neglect this blog. I must remember that while their kids are on Facebook, my siblings are not and need occasional updates. *laugh*

What to write about …. life just rolls along at its’ frantic pace. I have been extremely ill and some days I think I will never be healthy again. At this point in time, after a hospitalization for acute pylenophritis, I have two kidney stones that need to be surgically removed, but because of the damage to my kidney from the infection, it must wait at least 6 months before we can do surgery. In the interim I have recurring infections, am living on antibiotics, have lost most of the term at university and now, just to make life a bit more fun, I have pneumonia. If I can stay fever free and mobile for long enough, I will have an individualized study plan at school, to get me back on track academically. But if I am too ill to attend classes, it isn’t going to be a big help. *laugh*

LL is doing well. He got a 32 inch flat screen tv for his room at christmas. His room was redone this fall, new bed, new desk, new shelves and his own computer. My little boy is growing up! At this point in time all he needs up there is a little fridge and he would never have to come down. That said, he spent last evening down here with us, watching tv and playing on my laptop, because he is a social creature and it is not fun to watch tv or play when there is no one to talk to about it. The idea with the tv was that when he has friends over they can play PS2 games up there without having to battle the dog, who wants to be included.

Ibo is busy as always. Politics takes much of his time and he has just taken a new position at work with more responsibility. I was thinking yesterday that the general “man on the street” have no idea how much time their elected politicians spend at it. Here we have “fritidspolitiker”, meaning that our alderman etc do politics as something extra and still work fulltime at thier regular jobs. So in addition to meetings for different committees as well monthly council meetings, there is a lot of time spent planning the future of the municipality. In Ibo’s case he has responsibility for BUN, the committee that oversees education from daycare to middle school (here that ends at 9th grade and high school starts in 10th grade). He has many meetings, often during work time, which means he must make up that time by working later or in his case because he works with IT, from home, late into the night. It is his dedication to making our society a better place that drives him and I respect him and the other aldermen immensely for that.

As for me, we have had a crisis to deal with in our committee (UAN) that oversees high school, adult education etc. Since I am a reserve member of the committee I am not obligated to be at all the meetings but in two years I have only missed two meetings, the first because I had made another commitment for that date, before I was asked to sit on UAN and the second when LL was very ill and Ibo was out of the country at the time. I feel that since I said yes I have a responsibility to be at the meetings as well as read everything that comes home and also to research on my own, so I have a broad understanding of the motions we vote on. It is only a small part I play but I take it seriously, it is that upbringing we had! *laugh* That said, it has been stressful the past few months for me as a peripheral member so I can imagine how hard it has been for those who are chair and vice chair of the committee. Hopefully things will soon get back on track here.

I hear that my sister is in Florida, how nice for her! Sun and relaxation … I would kill for that at the moment. *laugh* I suppose the rest of you have been vacationing in warm sunny places as well? I do know that calls to Canada go unanswered often so you must all be on the go as well.
We had a nice christmas, a quiet new years and LL and I went down to Gothenburg for 4 days after new years. He had a riot, saw an airplane museum where they got to climb in the planes and use a flight simulator, went to the observatory and saw Andromeda as well as a film, went to the natural history museum, which he informs me is much better than the one in Stockholm and played for hours with his friend Johan. I spent the time doing school work and battling a non stop fever, but we did get a bit of shopping in at least. *laugh*

Today I was out with Rusty, a mistake on my part. Pneumonia, active 30 kg dog, cold windy weather …. not a great combo. I am thinking I need to have a nap before the kidlet gets home from school.

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