daydreams

Just to show

you what i think about while sitting here in my break:) Ipanema beach where i was for about a week in January, the hostel only 3 min away..

2 years back

In my coffe break today i checked my blog going two years back, to see wether i'd written something on this day. Two years ago on the 27th of march it was Sunday, and we were singing with the Normal gospel choir in a local church in Antsirabè, where i lived. Seeing the pictures I really don't understand that it's been two years! That's a long time!
Oh how i miss it some days, the wonderful country Madagascar! Especially when it's been days and days with no sun, you feel like going to a marked or to chat to people that don't mind dropping a few lines with strangers. I miss the fantastic norwegian kids that i got to know, and the malagasy children who taught me how to appreciate life and the power of a smile.
Thinking back makes me feel a bit down, because there are so many people i'd love to see more often, but it's impossible. Moving around this much means getting to know a lot of people, but it also means leaving some. But most of all, i'm deeply thankful for everything that i've been through. I will never regret doing what i did, living abroad, getting to know other cultures and meeting so many wonderfull people:)
It's been two years since i sang with the choir in that little crowded church, but wow, some years!!!

back to work

It's 20 minutes left until i can walk out of the factory. The thing is, today i'd like to stay! When i look out of the windom, it looks as though there is a thick fog, but no! It's snow... And i know that i will have to drive home in the snow, where i bet they haven't dug up the road yet... Well, i'll take it nice and slow, it'll be allright!
Every monday or tuesday the last weeks i've been reading a blog in one of the newspapers. It's so funny! I like the way he plays with words and describes everdaysituoations in a way that makes you see them different.
Everytime i read i think that i want to write too! But when i s start forming words and putting them together, i tend to give up.. It never comes out the way i want it to anyway, hahaha:) Luckily for me i don't have to pass a blogexam or anything, sad for you guys though!
Anyway, this is really just to do something while i wait to go home:)
Ok, better go change:)

"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight
in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with
singing."

Zephaniah 3:17

Still in touch

This is me and Anne Lise out walking in the "mountains" of Lyngdal, where i live now with my parents. I was lucky to have her over last week for a few days. We met when both of us worked at Madagascar, she for the Peace corpse and me for NMS. After returning to Norway we have kept in touch and then all the fantastic memories from the island in our hearts come alive again:)
When we meet up we try to go for a walk and get some fresh air. So, even though the rain was pouring and the wind led the rain in all directions, we got dressed and went out.
It feels great to be outside when the weather is bad, as long as you have good shoes and don't get wet. We walked quite quickly for almost two hours, it was great! We only met two other people, it almost felt like we were in the middle of a beautiful nowhere for a while:)

When being outdoors, i always think of this passage:

"When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are
mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?"

Blessings

More and more often i sit back and think of how lucky i am! I have a family that love me, friends i trust and love and i have been so lucky to travel to many of the places that i dreamt of as a child. But still, i find myself forgetting this way too often, because as most other people, i tend to focus on the things i don't have. Things that i foolishly believe will make me happier and cooler, even though only for a moment.. But what makes me scream of joy and bubble inside, is to have a day in the sun with my supercool nephew and niece, Benedikte and Adrian:)

These pictures were taken on sunday, when my sister and i drove to grimstad to visit our brother, sister-in law, nephew and niece. We went for a walk along the ocean and it was such a fantastic day!!! In this season where we stay indoor most of the time because of the rain, a day in the sun is like a taste of heaven. The temperature was quite good, the sun gave us a taste of it's warmth and all the people we met were smiling, a glorious day:)