Remember that I said I was being interviewed in May? I just got off the phone with Øyvind’s mom, who called to tell me she was surprised and excited when she pulled this month’s issue of “Handikapnytt” out of her mailbox, and discovered that I was the one covering the entire front page! Who would have thought.. thank you for letting me know, and for all your sweet words – I really appreciate it.

Quite frankly I had forgotten all about it, and I had no idea it would be published today. I was told June, but I’ve had so many other things on my mind lately it totally slipped. The article tuned out quite cool, and I’m a bit proud to be covering the front page. I’m also very pleased with the pictures, so thank you Anne Kari Berg for an excellent piece.

Feel free to leave me a comment, and tell me what you think of the piece! I’d like to hear your opinion, no matter if it’s positive or negative.

Unfortunately the piece is in Norwegian only, but you can find it here (or simply by clicking the picture).

Photo © Norges Handikapforbund

We’ve been talking about another trip to Sweden for some time now, and today we finally decided to go. The weather was nice for driving (overcast with some occasional rain), and even though the day started with enormous problems getting down the small flight of stairs with my electrical chair (KONE needs to fix our building’s elevator pronto!), we had a great little road trip to Åre. I’m not going to list everything we bought in detail, but I’m quite happy with the catch. Soda (Coca Cola, Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke and Mountain Dew) of course, “Lakritspuck” ice cream, two cans of Ben & Jerry’s “Baked Alaska” (vanilla ice cream with marshmallow swirls and white chocolatey polar bears) and “Fairly Nuts” (caramel ice cream with praline almond clusters and caramel swirls), Lipton Tea in Strawberry and Vanilla – I must admit I prefer Twinings, but this strawberry tea is one I never grow tired of – and lots of grocery of all sorts.

I just love, love, love having a car I can drive straight in and out of, it just makes my life so much easier! Thank you D., you made it real.

Photo © Ben & Jerry’s

Things never turn out as I planned them, and a week ago I received a letter from Norges Kreative Fagskole telling me that there was too few applicants for interaction design in Trondheim, so it wouldn’t be available this fall after all. Talk about taking a blow, I was really looking forward to switching subjects and starting over in August – it felt so right – but now I’m back to square one. It’s not a bad square, it’s just that I really thought that interaction design would be easier for me, physically. I was a little worried that this meant that I wouldn’t be able to start back up at all this year, but thankfully I received another e-mail today telling me I’m free to choose from the other subjects offered, so I guess I’m back on track heading towards becoming a graphic designer as originally planned. At least I don’t have to feel bad for not using the fantastic Mac Pro Øyvind bought for my birthday last year for anything really useful, or for spending more than 3000,- NOK on Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, and then another 3500,- NOK on a medium-sized Wacom Intuos4 Pen Tablet. As a tiny little bonus I bought all the needed books and most of the required materials last year, so I won’t have any really big expenses this year.

I don’t know, everything feels better this year. A lot of things have worked themselves out, and a few burdens have evaporated. I have Theo, who makes my day so much brighter, and we’re all crossing everything possible for any potential sicknesses to stay far way from here. My dream is still to get an education, which will bring me one or two steps closer to getting a job, and one day be able to earn a decent living for myself. I just need to stay focused on my goal instead of letting smaller setbacks get to me, bringing me down and making me doubt. I also really want to be one of the many students of NKF, maybe join the yearbook squad, make new friends, establish contacts – just be a part of something bigger, and more meaningful.

I’m not getting any younger goddammit, and I need to do something with my life – now is the time!

It’s been a really long day, and I’m so tired I could collapse. Not because the day itself has been so exhausting, but because I woke up at 8:30 AM – after a little more than four hours of sleep. It was Øyvind’a fault, as he received a phone call he failed to answer, but let ring long enough to really wake me. So I ended up laying in bed playing with my iPhone instead of going back to visit Nemo in Dreamland. By all means, I’m not whining, I’ve actually had a very productive day!

I had breakfast, which rarely occurs, and then we took a cab to Handicare Norge for some final adjustments regarding the car. We’ll probably get it back sometime during the end of next week. It’s looking very good, and we’re both looking forward to having a car the both of us can use and enjoy – and I think we’re celebrating by taking a trip to Åre, Sweden in between Øyvind’s finals. Yay! Personally I’m celebrating by buying lots and lots of “Lakritspuck” ice cream.

When I got home I spoke with the journalist who’s doing the interview on me for about an hour, just to tie up potentially loose ends – and now I’m sitting here with a cup of coffee by my side, fighting the urge to fall asleep on top of my keyboard.

Maybe Mr. Postman will stop by tomorrow?

Once upon a time I had a friend. A very dear friend. We spent a lot of time together, and we always kept influencing each other in one way or another, good or bad. Days passed, and one day that dear friend disappeared. As it turned out our priorities very different, and the friendship just ceased to exist. Like the blink of an eye. Just like that. At first I was sad, good friends don’t grow on trees, but come to think of it.. would a real friend just disappear? Now I’m indifferent. Life is too short to spend a lot of time and effort on people who’s not worth it.

Choose wisely, surround yourself with people who actually deserve your friendship!