Spoilt for choice
God, I can't decide what to blog about.
... The sunset last night around 11pm.
BUT WAIT. ISN'T THIS THE ICELAND WEATHER REPORT?
Yes! So today was the best day of the summer so far [they say] and it was beautiful. It was EPI's first day of work after summer holidays and he left at noon to go hang out at the Laugardalslaug pool with me [it took a lot of arm-twisting to get him there.][not.] We then went out on our bikes [see above] to the store, and en route saw people actually swimming in the ocean approximately where the above picture was taken. [Lunatics.] The digital display at the store claimed it was 23°C and whoo-hoo! I believe it. Anyway, we'll take more of those, please. Although it sure makes it difficult to hanker down and work on those assignments that keep staringstaringstaring at me every time I sit down and write blog posts or generally dick around on the computer. 'Nuff said. Currently a sweltering 16°C and sunrise was at 04.33 and sunset 22.32.
PS - OH MY!! Would you like to guess what is on television at this very moment? The Others. How utterly poetic. Must go watch.
- Our amazing First Lady, Dorrit Mouissaieff, who became an Icelandic citizen yesterday and who is such a marvellous asset to this country?
- Our President, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who today has served ten years in office and whose first wife died of leukemia just two years after he was elected?
- Sigur Rós, one of the few internationally-renowned Icelandic bands, who have been playing free outdoor concerts around Iceland, just because they want to give something back? [I don't have a lot of regrets in my life, but I really regret giving their concert a pass on Klambratún, here in Reykjavík, two evenings ago...]
- The novel I'm reading, that has me so transfixed that I can't sleep at night?
- The fact that I went out on my bike today wearing leggings, sneakers, a short-sleeved dress and no jacket? It's probably the first time I've been out on my bike here in Iceland with my arms bare. [Ah, lovely greenhouse effect! - er, until the glaciers melt so much that the gulf stream goes away...]
- Today's happy visit to the jovial orthodontist, who informed us that he intends to apply a wedge to AAH's upper jaw to pry it apart [yech!] so he can make her teeth fit properly?
- How the Icelandic nation sits breathless in front of the boob tube twice a week watching Rock Star Supernova [bleh] because our very own Magni currently tops the polls as the winner?
- The crazy Verslunarmannahelgi long weekend, coming up next? [Times Online calls it a North Atlantic Ibiza and that's possibly the most accurate description I've ever heard].
- The fact that it's open-tax-returns season, meaning everybody's finances are open to viewing by everybody else?
- The fact that the swimming pools have finally begun taking action against tourists who refuse to get naked?
... The sunset last night around 11pm.
BUT WAIT. ISN'T THIS THE ICELAND WEATHER REPORT?
Yes! So today was the best day of the summer so far [they say] and it was beautiful. It was EPI's first day of work after summer holidays and he left at noon to go hang out at the Laugardalslaug pool with me [it took a lot of arm-twisting to get him there.][not.] We then went out on our bikes [see above] to the store, and en route saw people actually swimming in the ocean approximately where the above picture was taken. [Lunatics.] The digital display at the store claimed it was 23°C and whoo-hoo! I believe it. Anyway, we'll take more of those, please. Although it sure makes it difficult to hanker down and work on those assignments that keep staringstaringstaring at me every time I sit down and write blog posts or generally dick around on the computer. 'Nuff said. Currently a sweltering 16°C and sunrise was at 04.33 and sunset 22.32.
PS - OH MY!! Would you like to guess what is on television at this very moment? The Others. How utterly poetic. Must go watch.
posted by Alda at 9:46 PM
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