Maktens korridorer

Igår var en intensiv dag full av studiebesök för min del. På förmiddagen satt jag med en förhandlng med the Law Lords och på eftermiddagen sbeskådade jag arbetet i House of Commons. Mellan det åt jag lunch med Linus på Bow Lane, satt ute i solen och ppratade samt fick tag på ett par sandaler jag tittat på länge för £10 (de har kostat £55), i skin och med odentlig sula. Sedan blev det lite väntetid då paelamentsbesök är rätt så populära. Fick sitta på diverse bänkar inne i parlamentet i drygt en timme innan jag kom in. Hade dock trvlig sällskap i en pensionerad man som jag diskuterade allt möjligt med. Jag lämnade parlamentet först vid 7 och var hemma senare än Linus (för ovanlighetetns skull). Var dock helt utmattad av alla intryck vid det laget så dte blev uppvärmd mat (rester är bäst!) framför TV:n

Guess what I'm doing right now?

I'm sitting outdoors, clad in all my winter finery, with my laptop. Why? Because my internet connection at home is down (some kind of cable problem they haven't fixed...) and there is a wireless hotspot I can access in my neighbouring area. I am not very happy.

In less than an hour it's examtime, four hours of it. And then I have to write 15 pages for an essay for Monday at noon. Am not looking forward to this weekend. And am not up to doing any work. Some kind of ental blockage.

It's been a busy couple of days with Sven and Ida visiting. And we havn't even been involved in all the sightseeing! When they arrived Friday at lunch time we shared a meal before they hit Oxford Street. In the evening we caught a dubble decker to Brick Lane where we met up with Linus for a curry. Very good. Naturally, we couldn't leave without a visit to the Beigal bakery to buy... bagels adn a cheesecake. On Saturday we walked along the Thames to Towe Brudge and the Tower of London, before continuing to Borough Market for some lunch. I had bratswurst and sauerkraut and we enjoyed our meal on the lawn of Sothwark cathedral and caught the end of a wedding. After the break we passed the Globe and crossed Millenium Bridge to get to St Paul's. There we had a photo session relating to Marry Poppins before going back home. In the evening we watched Rugby and had pizza with James and Gloria whilst the two turists went to the West End to do Picadilly Circus etc. Next day Linus and I visited interior design stores on Tottenham Court Road before meeting up at The Grapes with Sevn and Ida who had seen Greenwich. The Suday Roast was finished there - but there was some left at Booty's so we managed anyway. Th sun was out and we had a good view of the river when enjoying our roast and than sharing a chocolate sponge with ice-cream. We returned home and our visitors continued into town to see Westminster and Buckingham Palace. They've really managed to see a lot. Today they're leaving, but before that it's the Tower of London and some last minute shopping. I'm trying to get a grip and do my essay outline - but I'm having a hard time ficusing. This semester really hasn't been my best one.

Where did my energy go?

Here I am. Trying to find the energy to do what must be done. And no go. And I don't have an excuse any more. Darn it!

My brother is coming to London tomorrow with his daughter. Am looking forward to theri visit - sould be loads of fun! More fun than this energy quest in any case.

It's been eventful

So I'm back in London. This ime for almost twp weeks. Yeay. And it feels like a lot has already happened.

My flight to London was great. I did arrive three hours later than initially planned. BUT it was a choice, I was compensated with 500 euros i travle vauchers (or half in cash), a meal vaucher 12 pounds 50 (I had seafood soup - it was delish) and by being upgraded on my final flight (which meens food and drink).

We had a flat warming party which was really nice, even if I was quite tired. Am still not feeling all that well. The most dramatic part of the evening was when, whilst playing around with photo booth on my mac, a watering can was introduced into our game and my mac received a shower. I did feel a surge of panic but focused on getting it dryand taking out the battery. And after being left alone for a day or two it seems like it survived. Phew!(this is the result of playing with a mac whilst imbibing alcohol)

Tomorrow I have to go to town. I need to get: an electrical adapter for my computer, some chinese ingrediants for Tuesday's dinner and check whether my application for reference access to the LSE library has been accepted.

On Saturday I learnt more about rugby watching England get to the finals by beating France. Just. And the last couple of miutes were the most exciting! Even better was that the game was followed by a lovely curry.

When studing fails...

be creative! I wanted to try out making a self-portrait on inkscape - so I did. Well, a draw what I think I look like. I could very well be deluded. And then Sofia asked me to make one for her - so I did. Here's hoping she doesn't disapprove of my portrait of her. It's done from memory so maybe I can just blame it, sayng mine's bad?

The best house available

I went back to the doctor's today to look into my joint, which have been bothering me for a year or more. The blood test from last times have excluded the typa of artherities detectable in blood, so next step wil be an x-ray of my bones. If nothing shows up I'll have to try anti-inflamatory medication to see if it helps. The only problem is that I, at the moment, am not allowed to take most of that sort of available medication due to a family blood desease called von Willebrandts that I may have. I haven't been tested (the rest of my family has). But that will change as well. I'm getting sent to Malmö or called back for further tests. Soon, I hope. And once that's done I'll hopefully know how to take care of myself. Until then I'm under the spell of this exhausting cold.

Darth Wollter

I feel like I've been captured in a room with Darth Vader, and then I realise it is I who cannot breath save labourously and annoyingly. Stupid cold! The only good thing is that my other troubles (those I've had for a couple of weeks) seem to have disappeared at the same time as my throat got dry and my nose wet. Yeay?! Well, well. Now it's time for soma cake and some fiction.