home from a weekend in tierp/skärplinge. the wallpapers turned out to just need some time to adjust to their new environment, and looked much better after a night's rest. it's probably not the most beautiful room i've ever seen, but quite ok (if i might say so myself).

the saab probably still needs some more fixing to be ok. unfortunately. i really don't see the point in having a handbrake that works... i never use it anyway. but, as i'm not the one who decides whether it's necessary or not, it needs to be fixed. it's the small things attached to the moving things that need to be replaced (my brothers wouldn't be too proud if they heard my explanation...). we didn't know that, so we didn't buy any. and when we found out it was too late. so now we have three options (at least): *ignore it and hope that the car testing people agrees with me that a working handbreak is really not very important, *trying to fix it myself (my smallest little brother said i probably could, my biggest little brother just laughed... i wonder who's to be trusted most?), *find someone else who can do it, and probably pay them too much.

we stopped quickly at my sister's in gävle on our way home. they've made a very cosy home, she and her boyfriend. and they gave us coffee. like real people. and she's only a baby. and i don't like coffee. but it was nice having coffee in my baby sister's own home.

the ice has started to grow on the lake. probably tonight, as it's been very cold. this morning everything was pale grey with frost, and when i turned to the näs road i saw that the little creek in their lake was all white with ice. our like is still iceless. the näs lake is much weaker than ours.

this evening i had a phone call from i friend i'm much too bad at keeping in touch with. i think about her a lot, but somehow i never get around to phoning her. now i'm going to be happy for at least a few hours. it was great talking to her. but my elbow hurts after having been bent for so long...  ¶ 9:27 PM