Rainforest

Things you shouldn't say if you wanna pretend to be smart

After a couple of weeks of neotiations with my parents I finally got them to install skype so that we easily can commnicate while I'm over here in Mexico.

Their computer didn't have a microphone so they had to go and buy one. Nothing wierd here you think.

2 days later I get a call from them on skype and can't hear anything. Through the chat I get the following message:

" We have just bought a microphone for the computer, but haven't installed it yet!"

Why then is my question would you try and calling me before installing the microphone?!

View

Say hi to my view for the next 3½ months....

Bag

What is it with traveling and exploding bags?

As soon as you get to a new place and open up your suitcase it takes mere seconds and it looks like someone detonated a bomb inside your bag?

Now I need to get it all back together again for the 9½hr bustrip I'm taking tonight.

Coffe addiction

Mmm Mocha frappe

Hiking shoes

For my Mexico trip a friend of mine told me to get a pair of hiking shoes instead of using my hikingboots. She had felt because of the climate and the prolonged wear of the boots that it got to hot and hence she bought a thinner pair in Mexico.

So instead of lugging a pair of heavy hiking boots with me I went and bought a pair of Haglöfs hiking shoes. After only having worn them while flying this far it feels good. We need to get used to eachother, but that will happend soon enough I'm sure of.

Bed reflections

For the last 2 months I have ben traveling around quite a bit in Sweden. I started to think in how many places I have slept and came up with that from march 1st I have slept in approx. 15 different beds in hotels, friends, family etc.

For the last 2 weeks before I left Sweden I only stayed 2 nights in the same bed. You can imagine that I am looking forward to monay when I arrive in Catemaco and get my "own" bed to sleep in and my "own" place that I can have as basecamp for the following 3½ months.

In Mexico City

I arrived safe and sound last night. Today I started the day with a breakfast on my friends balcony in the sun watching the view over Mexico City. After that we headed out and downtown where we went to the archological museum and then walked around.

Ended the night at some friends house where it was xbox games with tacos and beer in the agenda.
Now sleep time to recover some energy for all the tours we are taking tomorrow.

2 days

i can't belive that in less than 48 hrs I will be sitting on a flight across the Atlantic ocean towards a new and exciting adventur.

Before then I just need to organise some more stuff...

Hybrids

Sometimes my students ask me questions that I can not answer and there is not enough time (or place) for them to look up the answer during class. In cases like this and if it is something that may be relevant to the topic I promise to look into it for their next class.

I was a subteacher for a colleague before easter break and got a question about crossing horses and zebras with each other, what its called, if they are fertile ect etc. I have now learned they are called a zorse (zebroid).

I have now spent 4 hours reading about animal hybrids and I get more andmore scared what crossings and breedings programs there actually exist.

At the moment it is li/ti-tigon/liger crossings I'm reading up on.

Think I might have to dedicate a full lecture on this!

sacrifises

2010 I left my life as it was in Sweden to move to Australia to study. I left love in Sweden actually when I left I had two different guys in my life. The weeks moving up towards the move was all cheery and I didn't look back when I left.

At this time I didn't even really reflect over love and being single. I was getting an adventure of my life in Australia. Why would I ever say no to that for a guy? I have never looked back and never regretted my choices I made then.

2002/2003 I fell in love with another guy, but he was never available for me since I chickened out when he was single. I went home to Sweden and when I came back he had found a girl. It just wasn't meant to be and even though I sometimes wonder what might have happened if I had had more curage I still accept the outcome.

Since then love has bin a part of my life, but unfortunately also alot of heartache where I have had to stick, glue, scotchteip, amputate parts of my heart. For three years I have healed it back together letting rest after the lastest heartbreak. No that guy was not Mr Right but I think he is one of those that hurt me the most with all the dishonesty and twotiming.

Now 2011 I have been given an oportunity of a lifetime to go to Mexico for 4 months to study primates in their real environment (the rainforest). I have also been on 3 of the best dates in my life since march (no no high speed dating here). For some reason I can't be happy that I'm going away. To much have happened in my life since march that I don't know what is up or down anymore.

Life

What doesn't kill you make you stronger.

Hell then I must the the strongest woman in the world right now.

Over confident

Since my dads accident I have for some obvious reasons lost quite a bit of weight. Not eating for 3 days kind of does that to you. After that I have managed to get sick twice which have increased my weightloss.

Feeling confident since my favorite pair of jeans is falling of that all my other older pairs would fit me perfectly I yesterday pulled out my favorite 3/4 jeans and tried to get them on.

Mind you these have always bin bodyhugging, but trying to put them on after a heavy workout was asking alittle to much. Thismorning though they are feeling a little less tight.

Heaven

For the first time this year I'm sitting on the verenda drinkingmy morgning coffe listening to the birds singing while working on the computer

Mood swings

From nowhere I hit the bottom. Feeling all alone hating my life as it is.

I know I know I should be all happy and cheery going shortly to Mexico for 4 months, dating an awsome guy. But after my run I felt so lonely and just hating how things are right now.

Got a message friends where telling me they were going out for a drink, due to the distance there is no way I could have joined them. BUt it all made me feel so lonely and hating all the evenings I sit at home.

I know that its just me and if I want to change it I can only do it myself. But how?? I have awsome friends, but it seeems like I only meet people that don't really enjoy the good times. The few that do already have their awsome lives and I have to fight to be in them (that is what I feel like).

Oh well fingerscrossed that 4 months in Mexico will change me to become the person that I long to be again. Ohh How I miss my Australian life right now.

Amazing

One day I will take photos like this: National geographic best photograph april 2010

Winter by the ocean

After I had my first date with the Dr I headed out for a walk with a friend along the beach. Today I cleaned my memorycard and found these pictures.

Even though spring has arrives these images are just amazing:

magine what some sand, water and salt can create

Split brain

Right now I think that would be a good thing for me. Especially if one halv would deal with all my emotions and thoughts that isspinning through my head in rapid speed.

The other half would then deal with all the practical things that I need to get sorted before I leave for Mexico in 2 weeks time.

At the moment its all a mess spinning through my head and its causing me insomnia

Tax 2010

I have just completed my taxes for 2010 and handed that in.

Taxman will you please give me a good refund in June?

3 years

It took a while,

but was sooo worth the wait

2 weeks

Please tell me the waiting is over tomorrow

Ego boost

Is currently visiting a friend in Jönköping and we decided to go shoppning at A6 centre. While standing in line to get lunch a man came up asking me in english when the centre were closing. Nothing wrong or wierd with that.

AFetr I had purchased my lunch and was heading upstairs to the tables with my food tray the same man stopped me and asked me out for a date. He told me that he was moving to Jönköping and would love to go out with me someday.

He loved my grace, elegance and style. -I took this as a H U G E compliment since I had just traveled 2 hrs in a car, don't know when I brushed my hair last (guess it was when I washed it) and yhea just feeling plain old me over all.

I told him that I wasn't living in the town and that I'm moving to Mexico in three weeks. He then asked me when I was coming back and if I wouldn't give me his number anyway.

Me being me I told him sorry, but no (he was to short for me).

But this is just the ego boost that I needed now.

Dad is finally home from the hospital. Now I just have to get rid of this cold so that I can travel home to see him.

Amazing

Its amazing how much a SMS can warm your heart and calm you down.

Wonderful weekens

I have just completed an awsome relaxing weekend.

Ended friday night with an After work session in Skövde that turned into an all nighter with E.

Saturday I had a sleep in until 9:30 am and then a long breakfast. After that we walked over to a friends house and the kids got to play all day. Then walked back past my friends boyfriends dairyfarm where we said hi until heading home to make homemade pizza.

Ended the night in the TV couch at E's place.

Today we got up had breakfast and then headed out to watch birds at Hornborgar sjön and after that we had lunch at Falkköping ost.

Coffe and cake at the parents in law (not mine) and now its tv night on the agenda.

I have escaped upstrairs shortly though (need a break from the kids and company)

Your worst nightmare

Occasionally you hear on the radio the traffic controller announcing a warning that an ambulance is in a rush from A to B usually two different hospitals or cities. Last thursday I heard that announcement on the radio that there was an emergent ambulance transport in city X between hospital A and B. A couple of minutes later I find out that my dad has just been rushed between Hospital A and B. Inside that ambulance was my dad! He is alive thanks to the guardian angel that watched over him on St Patrics day. If he hadn't been were he were they would not have been able to save him. Thankfully he was in the right city at the right time.

Klara 2½

I was informed the other night that:

• Since I fall asleep forst in this household I have to sleep with the soft doll.
• I can not go to bed and sleep without wearing my PJ's.
• I am not allowed to sleep with a braid in my hair
• I am not allowed to sleep wearing jewellery

After she was finished lecturing me she was happy walked downstairs and sat down to watch TV.

It is good that somebody is looking after me at this point of time.

Aorta replecement

That is my research this thursday evening

.....

Today is not a good day,

started good,

but a series of events has me on a train going east

An open letter to my brain

Dear brain,

Since friday/ saturday morning you have been bouncing around on your pink clouds and not been of much help regarding my university studies. I know last night was tough on you, but pretty please could you pull yourself together?

I am in desperate need of your knowledge during this home exam in Conservation Biology that I'm currently writing. I'm only asking for you attention until 7 pm tonight and then a couple of hours tommorow. After that you are free again.....

Squirrel/mole/

We are not quite sure what Silvra was in her earlier life but Mole, Squirrel or any climbing crawling curious species is on top of the list.

Any small crevices that she can climb into is a favorite. I try to catpure her on camera, but usually she has disaperaed by the time the camera is out.

Over christmas I did find her in my sock draver though:

Super sale bargain

I have been a little lucky lately. All this winter sale I have been chasing a nice looking, simple black longsleeved top that I can wear unerneath a short sleeved suitjacket that I have haning in my closet.

When I Jönköping a couple of weeks ago I found this one for €5.

and then last week when I went to the booksale with a friend we eneter MQ for me to have a look at the end of the sale rack. There was a top I fell in love with this fall, but the pricetag and me were nott good friends then. So when it hung there last one in M for €10 I could not pass on that opportunity. Its already a favorite in my closet let me tell you. SO much that I'm afraid that it will be all worn out when I come home from Mexico this fall (end of summer).

Booksale

The yearly booksale in Swede started last week.

The nly thing I got this far was a swedish-spanish travel dictionary.

Excursion- Oaks

I do some stuyding in between my tv watching.

Last friday we headed out in the snow to do an inventory of oaks in a natura 2000 site.

Here are some photos from that day:


An half old oak

My eminent team

Study vs watch Tv-shows

This is how much I have to do in uni at the moment.

Since New Years I have:

Watched:

The complete series of:

• Dexter
• The Vampire Diaries (again)
• 30 Rock
  

Working on:

• Glee
• Grey's Anatomy

Follow weekly:

• 902 10
• Gossip Girl
• Face Off
• The Vampire Diaries
• 30 Rock
• Hellcats
• White Collar
• Bones
• Secret Diary of a call girl

I am quite sure I Have forgotten some to

Quesadiilas

My favorite snack food of all time must be quesdaillas and I dare to say that my friends love them when I make them.

Lately I have played a little with my super reciept after this blog post. Let me tell you those are AWSOME!!!

This is how they have looked lately:

cheddar chees (aka plastic cheese), ruccola and then the salsa of your choice with that.

Beach 2012

Its a year ago today that I feel in the slope and folded my left elbow the wrong way. Its still not a happy camper, but finally I can start working out properly. Have to be careful not to over work it and not fast unplanned moves. Yes weight in the wrong way & it disconnects itself.

Last week I did sign up for the gym again and it feels so good to be able to work the entire boody again. Its quite amazing fast you feel you body tightening up when working the muscles. Its also scary in how bad shape I'm in.

Since its Mexico this summer there will not be much beach 2011 (rings a bit wrong doesn't it). I will be working 6-7 days a week and will not be living by the ocean.

Dating update

Felt after givin a friend the whole dating update list that maybe I should update here to.

Date 1- We call him "på Spåret"- He turned wierd, we are talking psyko wierd (thank god he never got my phone number). ONly lasted one date

Date 2- Importbride- my hot landlord, never made it to a date. He imported a girl from thailand on his last trip.

Date 3- Mcdreamy/steamy- date is set for our first date....

Date 4- Running boy- Trying to find a date for our first date

date 5- Hot guy in class (Hottie 1)- at this moment just eyecandy

Who stole my crayons?

In the middle of studying and realized that someone stole my caryons

How am I going to study now??

They were last seen/used in Egypt

Cards on the table

If you say that you wanna be my friend. stop pretending when I'm not around and when I'm around stop giving me lame excuses why you don't have time to catch up.

I'm not in high school any more but your behaviour is like we still are (yes this post is high school warning).

Freinds always have time to a cup of coffe before mid march....

Lanky bird

Sometimes that as on Facebook capture my mind.

Lanky bird is one of those. Its a shop for tall women and to be honest there have been a couple of things that I would love to complement my wardrobe with:

Its a shame that my student budget don't agree with their prices (no they are not that expensive I'm just really really poor at the moment)

photo: Lanky bird

ARGH

I thought it was over!! No more email, sms, flowers, etc etc.

but No suddenly my phone beeps (ok vibrates) and whats on it?!

yes you guessed it a Valentines red rose that I can go and pick up at a flowersshop of my choice!!

How to ell when you food is spoiled

Sorry I just had to show you this list. On this site you an find other good list.

THE GAG TEST
Anything that makes you gag is spoiled (except for leftovers from what you cooked for yourself last night).

EGGS
When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is probably past its prime.

DAIRY PRODUCTS
Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt. Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese. Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can't get any more spoiled than it is already. Cheddar cheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese but you realize you've never purchased that kind.

MAYONNAISE
If it makes you violently ill after you eat it, the mayonnaise is spoiled.

FROZEN FOODS
Frozen foods that have become an integral part of the defrosting problem in your freezer compartment will probably be spoiled (or wrecked anyway) by the time you pry them out with a kitchen knife.

EXPIRATION DATES
This is NOT a marketing ploy to encourage you to throw away perfectly good food so that you'll spend more on groceries. Perhaps you'd benefit by having a calendar in your kitchen.

MEAT
If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three-block radius to congregate outside your house, the meat is spoiled.

BREAD
Sesame seeds and Poppy seeds are the only officially acceptable "spots" that should be seen on the surface of any loaf of bread. Fuzzy and hairy looking white or green growth areas are a good indication that your bread has turned into a pharmaceutical laboratory experiment.

FLOUR
Flour is spoiled when it wiggles.

LETTUCE
Bibb lettuce is spoiled when you can't get it off the bottom of the vegetable crisper without Comet. Romaine lettuce is spoiled when it turns liquid. (We didn't think you needed guidance with this one)

CANNED GOODS
Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a softball should be disposed of.
Carefully.

CARROTS
A carrot that you can tie a clove hitch in is not fresh.

RAISINS
Raisins should not be harder than your teeth.

POTATOES
If it looks like it is ready for planting, toss it.

CHIP DIP
If you can take it out of its container and bounce it on the floor, it has gone bad.

EMPTY CONTAINERS
Putting empty containers back into the refrigerator is an old trick, but it only works if you live with someone or have a maid.

UNMARKED ITEMS
You know it is well beyond prime when you're tempted to discard the Tupperware along with the food. Generally speaking, Tupperware containers should not burp when you open them.

GENERAL RULE OF THUMB
Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster. Keep a hamster in or nearby your refrigerator to gauge this

From: strangeplaces

The ultimate bachelor pad

or

• If you have problem loosing weight
• hate doing your dishes
• are banned from the kitchen forever by the firedepartment
• If you name is Ia....
  

Three grapes

HSay hello to my new obsession:

Jacobs creek three grapes.

Its delicous- the red one that is

the rose I'm keeping to a special occasion and the white was no longer avalable at the bottle shop.

The safari stable

My favorite course is over at uni- zoobiology. In the last day one of my heroes showed us around- The new chef veterinarian.

Oh and as you can see winter is not gone yet, we got 3 dm of snow during thursday and on friday it kept on snowing. The Grevy zebras didn't seem to mind though.


we got to say hello to a very curious pregnant reticulated giraffe to.

out with the old in with the new

How do you guys like my new header??

old


new

Mexico monkey business

My newest addtion to the blog family:

Mexican monkey business is fully dedicated to my master thesis, travel and rest of my Mexico adventure.

Seriously

I just got my Ipod nano back after handing it in to be looked at. Have not been happy with the battaries in it.

They didn't find anything wrong with it so had to pay 350 sek for it. Not a problem as long as it works properly. Gonna use it today so plug it into my computer to charge the batteries and they have reformatted it for me for MAC. For a MAC my computer is a WINDOWS and whenI handed it in it was formatted for WINDOWS.

Have now spent the last halfohour adding the music I had on it!!

Seriously if you are going to reformat it refomat it right!!!!!!!

Colourful heels part 2

I had a craving for these heels for ages and since I'm not three apples tall I needed another solution. Yes I know I have a couple of coloured heels in my shoe closet but its spring then you need bright colours.

I bought a pair of white pumps on sale & spray painted them brihgt yellow for a dress up party (Sorry din't have time to take a before picture). realized as soon as they were put on that these will be awsome for spring (when ever it arrives).

I just have to get the hell back on and repaint them. Turns out they weren't dry enough when I had to wear them (Oops).
No happy thought that the rubber heels fell of after about 2 hrs of wearing indoors. If I hadn't painted them I would have gone back with them even if they were on sale that is not ok.

Urk

Brand new feta cheese

Kolmårdens tropikarium

Today we had a guided tour in the tropicarium.

Spring

A sure sign that spring is on its way. The roads turn into solid ice.
On friday I took my suicide fall. thank good I only got a little ruised and battered. My wrist turned blue and holy after the gravel...

Mimmi mouse outfit

This saturday we celebratde one of my best friends birthdays. It was a surprise party so I have not been able to share with you all my preparations. BUt this is the end result:


Outfit:

dress- I managed to buy the shortest dress on the market and had to make a pair of shorts to wear underneath.
The ears and bow are home made as is the tail.
The bow in the back is a belt I found on sale at Monki.
The shoes were originally white, but I bought a can of bright yellow spray paint and painted them
the socks are H&M lace

cardigan I burrowed from mom. It is only february still.

Hope

I love when beautiful candles are on sale. It isn't only beautiful, but smells great to.

Sale shopping

End of january early february is my time of year for shopping. Don't now why but I am a super sale shopper this is when I usuallt find things that I like/love.

This years catch:

Saint and sinner top (50%)



67 pumps (70% + 20%) these were originally white, but painted yellow

67 shoes (70%)


textile shoes (40%)


H&M shirt (50%)



dress+ top + shirt (15%)

Macaroons

No luck

Nope the first date turned a bit stange before date two.

So no date two for me with this guy, but i'm sure there is more fish in the sea.

Is the curse broken?

I went on a date for the first time in 2½ years yesterday.

And it will be a second date.