The Greatest Thing Since Bread Came Sliced
I feel like going to bed early. But I am living on my own and want to stay up all night! I should have moved out 10 years ago. I’m too old to party all night.
My furniture arrived today. Most of it. Unfortunately the desk lost a leg during transportation. Bummer. I guess that’s what you get for buying cheap second-hand furniture. I’ll have to go pick a replacement one of the next days. Too bad too, I liked the desk. And I need one. My computer table is too small to hold all the mess that is piling up. I was all looking forward to spreading the mess on the desk and getting an overview of it and getting a control of it. Now the pile just seems so high, and space so limited. Oh the woes of interior decoration. And messes. But I got a nice bed table that might also double as a TV table. And a chest o’ drawers wherein I can put my clothes. There’s a closet in the hall but it only has one shelf, so the clothes just sort of lie there in piles. Piles and piles, everywhere. It will be nice to deposit the various types of clothes in their own individual drawers. So my underpants don’t have to lie there and rub against my shirts. I don’t trust my underpants, I just know they’re getting up to no good when I turn off the light at night. Oh yes, another nice thing about having the chest o’ drawers in the living room is that there is actually light in here. So I can see the clothes when I pick them out for the day. There is no light in the hallway. Which explains the purple pants / green shirt combination the other day…
As I said yesterday, the meeting at the playground went quite well. I was a bit nervous at first because of the whole “official meeting” and stuff. But no need to worry. It was very pleasant. Paw from TMU came and we sat down with Kurt, Alice and Per and talked. Generally there was a positive reception to the idea of me working more hours there. But we’ll get back and discuss that once my retirement comes through. For now I’ll keep working every other Saturday (tomorrow in fact) and then going casually as a visitor. There were some really nice things said. For example when we talked about the fact that I had just moved out on my own and therefore not been going to the playground as much as usual, they said that they missed me when I wasn’t around. Aw. And even better, they said that the goats missed me too. Stood around and baah for me. That melts my little heart away. So sweet. And it feels so good to be appreciated, both by goats and humans. It’s still hard for me to really see worth in myself, so it’s always good to hear people say positive things like that.
After the more formal part of the meeting was over, Kurt and I took Paw around the place and showed him everything. That was nice as well, showing off the playground. The goats had gone inside because of the rain and they had managed to get the hatch door shut so they couldn’t come out again. When they heard us walking around and talking outside they started baahing and baahing. Until we came in and said hi. And I stood and rubbed and scratched Mads while Kurt and Paw talked. At one point Paw squatted down to say hello to Vanilje. And then Mads slowly walked over to him, looking up at his face with this inquisitive look that he sometimes get around new people. Sort of like in this picture with Bodil. I find it very adorable, you can really tell that he’s trying to find out what this person is.. and also if this person has any food of course! Paw was holding some pieces of paper, but he managed to pull them away before Mads took a bite of them!
We also went across the road and down into the park. Where the horses were grassing. They’ve been away for a while, did I mention that? Kurt took them back to his place for the summer. But now they’re back. I hope they will behave tomorrow and not run away from me!
All in all it was a good time. It’s nice to be able to share the playground with others. And to feel appreciated and wanted. When Paw left he asked if I needed a ride home. But I said “nah, I think I’ll go back to the goats”. Hehe. I still owe them some quality time because I’ve been gone so much.
That is all. May your weekend be a happy and productive one. Toodles.