Down like a pancake - up like a sun...

Would be a word by word translation of the Swedish expression Upp som en sol, ner som en pannkaka...

Now, there has been a few not so good events the last few days..

These are a few keywords summoning the past week, please feel free to fill in as you see fit.

Michael arrives - stays at hostel- starts working- Liam tries to sign contract - works 7 days straight - not given contract - shit pay - donkey owner - shouting - Michael staying with us for weekend no rooms in town - donkey tells Liam to work over time for buffet - starts 2pm arrives home 5,45am - told no pay from 10.15pm - over time "favour" to donkey- knackered - expected to work 2pm next day - gets bad chest same day - phones in sick - gets shouted at - 3 times - owner tells M he'll kill L - M doesn't get home - S a bit worried - L phones - M asleep on train from 5.50am-8.30am - travels between Uppsala - tierp-gävle-tierp-uppsala - S laughs - L to doctor - lungs totally fucked - torn chest muscles - off sick 1 week - doctors says no more kitchens - lots of medication - L rather depressed.

There is a happy ending to this though, at least when it comes to Liam's mood - and my mood too. I have had a few weeks of worrying, Liam has been totally overworked lately and we really haven't seen any of each other; and on top of this Liam getting really ill... Today we went up to see Tess, in a glorious autumn weather, and that alone is enough to turn things around. She has such a magical way of making us both feel better! We had a long chat about everything and put things into perspective. And had moose for lunch, as fresh as it gets!! It was delivered to the door from the current moose hunt.
We left Åsen feeling a lot better, and even closer than before. God never closes a door without opening a window!
Came home to a Micheal who only just got out of bed - at 5pm. The poor thing had to wait until 7,20 this morning to go home. No earlier trains... Then a fab dinner and a lovely glass of the red stuff. The boys had a sauna (I opted out, for some unknown reason...) while I took the baba's for a walk.

Oh, we bought a cough yesterday!! Or rather, I found it online on a e-bay kind of a site, and phoned them straight away. Unfortunately, another lady had phoned and was going to come and veiw the couch on Sunday, but the promised to give me a buzz if she didn't want it.
I hung up, and thought "But I want that couch!!!". It was exactly the same couch we'd seen in the shop and decided to buy, only this was 3000SEK cheaper!
Then decided to be a bit cheeky, and phoned them up again, and offered 5000 instead of the 4500 they asked for. Done deal!!! We're going to get it tomorrow! Where we'll put it until we move I don't know though...