yer gonna be jealous of me

I know this is rubbing it in BUT I am going to Ireland AND see my best friend at the same time. Just the two of us ladies getting a little raucous in the pubs. I am glowing. Imagine this a ticket to Ireland that cost only 70 bucks. Ok, I'll stop, right after I tell those of you who like Feist, we are going to a concert in Dublin. I am leaving on Sat. the 22nd of Sept and coming back the 3rd of Oct. So keep your eyes peeled for a blog with real pictures coming up in Oct.
I apologize for the rather boring pics. Mathias has a phone that takes pretty good pics and he is on a business trip so I can't get at them. This is incredible, we were in a snow storm last weekend while helping his brother move. You will have to wait for pictorial documentation later.
Speaking of Mati, poor guy picked up a wicked nasty cold from work. He had his face in a tissue all Sunday while we moved his brother, we were in the car from 7:30 am-10:30 pm, plus he couldn't miss any work because he had some guests coming from Norway and this morning at 4:15 am he got up so he could catch a plane to Copenhagen to meet some Turkish suppliers, plus he will be coming back today around midnight. He has meetings on Friday, we are going to Oslo on Saturday, and his boss is going to buy him lunch and have a meeting because they didn't have time during the week. Seems to be taking it like a champ.
As for my school situation I finally proved myself to the teachers that I am ready to take the high school level Swedish class(Swedish A) plus I am going to take a communications class which focuses on speaking and body language. I will be reading three novels in 12 weeks, real novels, and it turns out I chose a 600 page book. I am considering returning it for something slightly more conservative, like 200 pages. It does feel a lot like going from jr. high to high school!
I am not absolutely sure about continuing with a garden education after talking with my former boss. At this point I am not interested in educating myself further without the distinct possibility of employment. Volvo, I heard, is looking for more women to work in the factory. It is very close to where we live now, an advantage to working where Mathias is at. Nothing will come into focus until next year after I finish my Swedish studies.
Couple weeks ago I got myself a real artist desk as you can sort of see under the puzzle. I got the puzzle around the same time, 1000 pieces. I am excited to get some creative ideas flowing out. The artist co-op has started to come around as well so we work a little every week to get the studio finished.
Hope I haven't written so much you're bored. Feel free to comment, maybe?