London withdrawal

I haven’t been to London for a month now and I actually think I’m having severe withdrawal symptoms.

- I want to sit in a coffee shop and see how the whole world passes by just by looking at people.
- I want to hear the constant noise of a city that never sleeps.
- I want to see big lights and neon signs.
- I want to eat at quirky little restaurants with great food and flavours.
- I want to walk by all those great building, monuments and landmarks that make up this fabulous city.
- I want to walk in bookshops where I can walk around for hours just browsing and looking.
- I want see the ebb and flood of The Thames as the days go by.
- I want to find a new bar, restaurant or pub to visit every day.
- I want to part of this never ending vibrating city.
- I want to live in London.

Cool!

Deer in Phoenix Park
Originally uploaded by cathy257

I got an email on Friday saying that this photo form Phoenix Park in Dublin had been picked to be part of the 4th edition of Schmap Dublin. Both flattering and very cool!

Apparently more people than my friends look at my photos at Flickr...

Still waiting

My new computer was supposed to arrive yesterday, but today I got an email saying that the shipping was delayed until next week. Sigh!!! I was soooo looking forward to finally get my hands on that new machine and play with it all this weekend. I’m typing this on my work laptop so I get by, but using your own machine always feels so much better.

Computer crash

My computer decided to give up this morning after six years of hard labour. Not surprising, but I just wish I had done that last backup to store a lot of photos. Sigh! Talked to my friend at IT and according to him it's very likely that hard drive is gone. Ugh! Best thing is probably just to buy a new computer. And there goes the money I was thinking about using for London in December for some Xmas shopping and catching up with friends.

Since using my mobile now for all things computer at home it might take a while before I'm back to normal blogging procedures.

Life is strange

A life ends and another life starts. Makes one ponder about how things really fit together. Tears and joy at the same time.

Doing nothing

That’s what I’ve been doing this weekend. Nothing and it actually feels so good. Sleeping, eating, getting dressed late and watching TV and movies. Yesterday when I woke up I had a very long list of have to's and should's, but I haven’t done a thing. The good girl in me feels guilty, but the not so good girl is just cheering on asking why I haven’t done this before. Doing nothing.

Being Sunday night all I do feel relaxed and rested. Another couple of days would have been great, but one takes what one can get. The weekend is here again in only five days. Can’t wait…

Quote of the day

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

~ William James ~

Excellence

How very appropriate! Spent most of the day at work talking about excelling people’s expectations. Somehow everything just comes together…

By Hugh McLeod at Gapingvoid

Things that makes me happy

Lilies of all forms and colours. Always nice to come home to things that both smell and look beautiful.

Stressed and tired

Running on high gear at the moment. Trying very hard not to turn to food for comfort and relief. In need of a mini-break with loads of R and R.

Copenhagen for the day

Just back from a day of meetings in Copenhagen. Because SAS still is having problems with their Dash airplane I had to leave home at 6am to catch an earlier flight (almost two hours earlier). Yeah! Not!

I have to admit that the last couple of weeks of travelling are starting to get to me. When am I supposed to get any work done? Constantly being on the run and wait in airport isn’t as glamorous it said to be. But at least you are raking up air mileage a friend told me. Not really. Short flights within Europe don’t give you that much, but if I continue like this I certainly will. God, I sound so grumpy and disillusioned. Actually, I have job that I’m very passionate about and I get to work with very smart and creative people. I really shouldn’t complain.