Sunday, 22 April 2007

Countdown - 8 days before departure...

It´s now 8 days to go before my departure to Cambodia, where I´m planning to stay for at least two years. The situation here at home in Stockholm is still "under control" - not too much stress or packing to do. In fact I haven´t even started to think about the packing yet...

I´m looking forward to spend as much time as I can this last week before my departure, with my beloved husband Janne and my gorgeous English bull terrier Polly Jean.


I´m also cuddling with our two wonderful cats; Smilla and Kasper.


I know that I´ll miss them all dreadfully, and I´m trying not to think about how it will feel to say goodbye to them on the 30:th of April.

Now is also the time for saying goodbye to friends, and together we´re starting to plan for their coming visits. Last night, me and Janne spent a wonderful evening with our good friends Peder and Rachel at our favourite restaurant here in Stockholm; "Lilla Pakistan". Mmm... delicious food and wine in the company of two of our dearest friends, made this "goodbye dinner" a very memorable evening. Some days ago, I was pleased to have another "goodbye dinner" with my colleagues from the research department. We spent the evening at a charming thai restaurant, and I received a nice present from them; a little book with the title "Good Luck", illustrated with lovely animal photographs. They do know what I appreciate, that´s for sure! :-) This coming week, I´m looking forward to see some more friends for brunch, lunch, coffee etc. Fortunately there are some nice ways to do such a difficult thing as saying goodbye for quite some time...

I´ll miss you all, and I do hope to get the opportunity to welcome you to Cambodia within the nearest future. Until then - let´s stay in touch!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Det är med (egoistisk!) sorg i våra hjärtan vi konstaterar att din avresa närmar sig med stormsteg. Våra tankar är dessa dagar ständigt hos dig och Janne. Jag hoppas att vi kan fortsätta att hålla en nära och tät kontakt med varandra. Vi ska med iver och nyfikenhet följa dina vidare äventyr och erfarenheter i din nya tillvaro. Liksom farfar vet vi att du som alltid kommer att fixa allt på bästa sätt!
Vi önskar såväl dig som Janne all
lycka och välgång!
Kramar från Pappa och Mamma