there's no place like home!
we've been to umeå this weekend. the main reason for this trip was that my tommy wanted to go to a concert (there's a jazz festival in umeå right now). we also decided to have a look at some cars, as we didn't seem to be able to find one here.

so we left friday morning (there's a school holiday in sollefteå this week), and looked at several junky cars before the end of the day. and by some lucky chance we found the wonderful saab, that we bought yesterday morning.

when handing over the keys the previous saab owner said "i feel mean selling it after 10 years...", which i saw as a good sign. people who talk about their cars as persons are normally nice. and cars that are talked about as persons are normally nice too. it's good for their self confidence, i guess.

i also had time to see some friends. i made a quick visit to humlab between the test driving of junky cars on friday, and yesterday i went to visit a friend who has recently had her second baby. it wasn't nearly as good looking as the old baby, but it was ok. and she didn't cry when i held her, so i like her. the old baby was sweet as always.

we stayed with another friend of mine, and while tommy was at the concert with a friend we stayed at home talking all night. very nice! that's one thing i miss here: being able to sit and talk with my friends. to be honest i don't really miss that very ofte, but it happens now and then.

yesterday we went for a walk with the dogs and another friend. dog walks in umeå are hell! people and bikes and cars everywhere. it's almost impossible to talk, as there's so much noice everywhere. i'm SO glad i don'd have to do that everyday anymore!

i had a really nice weekend, and i'm very glad i was able to see so many friends! but it was great coming home again. the dog went mad and ran around playing with frozen horse shit when i took him for a walk. and then he ran around in the house, throwing things around and almost breaking the sofas. it was nice to see that he seems to like it here too :)

the cats were very happy to see the dog again. especially the smallest one. he followed bob everywhere, and didn't want to leav him for a second. he didn't even say hello to me though...

the only sad thing about the trip to umeå is that i lost my favourite cap/mössa. i had made it myself, and it was perfect. i must have lost it when looking at a crappy car somewhere. we went looking for it at a few places, but we had been all over the place and it would take us another day to go back everywhere... i wouldn't have been so sad if i knew that someone would use it and love it, but it might just be thrown away, or left in the street. so; if you see a perfect red woolen cap somewhere in umeå you can either feel free to wear it with love, or tell me.

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