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I am not feeling too well, still. My throat has started hurting. I guess I am coming down with something. Luckily I have mama’s world famous chicken soup, so that’s good timing.

There are other things to discuss, but they can wait till I feel a little better. I just wanted to make sure to congratulate NATO on naming Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as their new chief. And by “congratulate NATO” I really mean congratulate the Danish people, because we will be rid of him. He is like a smart version of George Bush. You can imagine how dangerous that is. A liar and a thief, the symbol of the decline of Danish society. The dark shadow of Mordor. Sauron to Pia Kjærsgaard’s Saruman. Or is it the other way around? Good riddance to bad rubbish. Let’s hope we can have an election and get the opposition back in power. Although that’s just wishful thinking. As long as the opposition is ahead in the polls there will be no elections of course.

Sorry, I shouldn’t be ranting politics when I’m sick. My head is spinning and the hobbits are dancing on the table.

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2 Responses to “Absolute Power”

1. Debster Says:
April 5th, 2009 at 2:24

We had a nice walk with the animals today. It was windy, but they sure didn’t care. Lots of green, green grass was consumed and much running and leaping about (and the goats and donkey were pretty active as well). hee, hee

Billy would eat for awhile then wander over to me for some scratches and shoulder rubs and gaze deep into my eyes. They all have green chins from the juicy grass. Hard to keep a straight face when gazing into the blue-gold eyes of a green-chinned goat!

Snickers was in a wonderful mood. No biting, no carrying on, no “I’m a big bad donkey girl” attitude. Where did our little monster go?? Our demon donkey is growing up. She turned one year old on March 29th.

Hope you get to feeling better, my dear danish goat boy. Eat soup and be healthy!
2. Plume Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 22:47

DebsterI wonder if some grass would help me!? Hmm. I’ll stick with soup I think

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I am feeling a little unwell today. Very tired and head hurting. Coughing a bit. I’m not sure if I’m coming down with something or if it’s just the unbearable hardness of being.

I’ll be fine though.

Yesterday I had my first real blindness mishap. I was cooking spaghetti. And went to drain the water over the sink. In a handheld strainer thing. But I had the strainer upside down. So instead of catching all the spaghetti in the strainer I dropped it all into the sink. Oops. I managed to salvage enough to get a little meal after all. But it’s still annoying. To really feel that your loss of sight is making things harder. You can’t pretend everything is normal.

I had a somewhat better time at the playground. The goat boys seemed happy to see me. I know I keep saying this, but they are getting so big! Oh my. But they are so cuddly, still trying to jump on me and letting me hold them and they are just wonderful. And I finally found out what their names are. I have kept forgetting to ask. But yesterday Kurt told me. And their names are Finn & Jacob after all. I remember Thomas jokingly suggesting it shortly after they were born. I guess no one came up with better choices, so Finn & Jacob stuck. They are named after Finn Nørbygaard & Jacob Haugaard, a Danish comedian/entertainer couple. I used to love them when I was a kid. And I know my mother voted for Jacob when he was elected to the Danish parliament after campaign promises like “less wind on the bicycle paths” and “better christmas presents” and so on. Anyway, Finn & Jacob. That’s what they’re called. Jacob is the one with the slgihtly darker head.

I also got to see the piglets running around. That was nice. Previously they had always been sleeping under the heat lamp when I was there. But yesterday I got them in full piglet frenzy. Lots of fun. They tired themselves out and ran back under the lamp just when Kurt walked in. “Are they sleeping again?!” he said. I said “no no, they were just out running around”. And he said “Oh that’s good. You never know with them, it’s like an on/off switch, sometimes they’re just laying there and sometimes they’re running around like crazy”. Good times.

Good times on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usVMc4p-kX8.

I thought my camera was broken. Suddenly I couldn’t zoom in and out while in video mode. When I got back home and took a closer look at the camera I found that I had set it to super macro mode. That’s why it couldn’t zoom. So I won’t have to buy a new one after all.

There are other things to discuss but I am still not feeling great so I’m going to go feed the goblins under the bed. Soup tomorrow. That will be good. Very good.

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3 Responses to “På Vejen Igen”

1. Debster Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 1:49

Hee, hee! Full piglet frenzy is right. I think it is “101 Dalmation Piglets” you’ve got there.

Count the spots?? I had trouble counting the piglets. Are there seven of them? I thought goat and lamb babies were wild, but those piglets are funny.

Finn and Jacob. They sure looked happy to be sitting on you (or your lap). Don’t think those goatzie boys are spoiled! Oh, no! They are spoiled rotten. Silly goatzies.

I thought I was coming down with a cold last weekend, but think it was just my allergies. The tree pollen count had been high and I had a stuffy nose and congestion for just a few days. Not long enough for a cold.

And then today I heard a lawn mower! That means grass mowing till October or November. Can you hear me sneezing in Denmark yet? Achoo, achoo, achoo. I think I am allergic to every grass known to man (and then some).

I wouldn’t make a very good goat, now would I?
2. Valja Says:
April 4th, 2009 at 12:58

The goat boys are just adorable! I wish there were a playground with animals near here, you are so lucky. At least there are some friendly neighborhood cats who let me pet them sometimes. Life is better with fuzzy friends. :)

Is it sunny over there? We have had TWO DAYS of SUNSHINE here in Bergen, which is absolutely amazing. Almost makes me forget how behind I am on my thesis/learning Norwegian. Our landlady said Norwegian and Danish are almost the same language — what do you think about that?
3. Plume Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 22:51

Debster – I hope you won’t be catching my cold. I wonder if goats can catch colds from humans? I better be careful with the boys Don’t want them sick.

Valja – It’s getting quite sunny here in fact. Beautiful weather most of the time. At least I think so, it’ll be a couple of days before I dare head out into it.
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are all pretty similar. If you learn Norwegian then you will probably be able to get by in Danish too. And then you’ll be able to understand it when I use Danish blog titles!