Waking up to the sound of water dripping from the sealing down on your floor is not a great way to wake up… I left it at that, called my landlord and took off to work.
Sid…
I dont like Sid when he as accidents in my bed, but waking up with a purring kitten on your chest is pretty sweet!
Well, hello world!
I’ve been working on my website:
The Dreaded Stairs
I wasn’t really dressed for it, but I have been lazy lately so I thought I’d stop by the stairs on my way home from work to see what they could do for me. Amazing what a little water can do, last time I was here, some time before Christmas, it was all yellow and dry as a desert!
Yes, the snow is there far far away, just waiting for me to pay a visit!
Hola – Como Estas?
The word is out – I’m learning Spanish!
Nino came by my desk this morning with a cheat sheet;
I already had the first three phrases down, got Y TU? right away and will hopefully have the rest of it down by tomorrow! Escaping
I’ve come to a stage now where I do pretty much anything to avoid doing homework. I had to work yesterday so I thought I was worth some fresh air and a walk on the beach today.
We stopped by the skate park, I soon realized I had forgotten to charge my camera battery though, so I didnt get to take that many photos.
Time to Celebrate!
We were finishing up a project a while ago and we received our payment, but we have all been busy and not been able to get together earlier. These boxes has just been sitting there, waiting to be open.
We finally got together and were all really excited to see what was inside!
Wohoo!
Lots of boxes, and lots of wine… One case each.
What’s in this box Yo?
Wine pretty much everywhere!
It did not take that long before the first bottle was open…
Mardi Gras
This is how we celebrate in Sweden!
I got offered a job today at the bakery where I picked up this delicious Semla. Very flattering! I’m kind of busy right now, but I’m gonna check it out, it might be something I can do for a few hours on the weekends every now and then. I never got sick of baking and miss it sometimes. Valentines Day Shopping
I tried to take a nap when I got back from the hike, but I was restless and couldnt fall asleep. I decided I wanted ice cream instead and went to the supermarket where I was welcomed by hundreds of red, heart shaped balloons in honer of Valentine’s Day.
Rustic Canyon Loop, AKA Valentines Day Hike, AKA Cranky Pants Hike
I’d been wanting to do this hike for quite some time and was pretty excited about it. The description said we had to hike through pockets of poison oak so we thought mid February would be a good day to do it, not so hot so we all could be wearing long pants. The description also said the hike is 5 miles and approximately 3 hours long.
The hike started off at Will Rogers old house in Pacific Palisades and we were chilling on the polo field while waiting for everyone to arrive.
Since it is winter and it has been a little colder lately, we started a little later than usual, we felt we didn’t have to get up at cracker dawn to beat the heat. It turned out though, that it just happen to be a hot day today anyway!
We took it fairly slow, we haven’t hiked in a while and are all out of the hiking shape.
Los Angeles can be pretty dirty, ugly and runned down when you are in the middle of it, but looking down on it from a distance with snow covered mountains in the background is pretty neat!
Then turning 180 degrees and get the views over the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island is not so bad either!
We stopped for an orange break at where we thought was halfway.
It was around here that everyone started to get a little tired and cranky…
And it was around here that we realized we had missed a turn and had hiked about 30 minutes in the wrong direction.
We finally made it back to the junction, it was a pretty obvious junction, but everyone had been busy thinking of air-conditioned rooms and cold beverages so we missed it.
The hike down was really cool, it was steep and the rain had shaped the hiking path to a deep dried out creek.
We made it to the bottom and everyone was happy to find the water filled creek so we could cool down.
I am always fascinated by all the abandoned houses, structures and junk we come across on our hikes. I can never really wrap my head around why it’s just left there, and I find it a little creepy. 
We got a little lost again, but backtracked and found a sign before we had wandered off too long.
We had to cross the creek a few times… 
…before the trail eventually just disappeared and we had to wade through the creek for the last two miles.
It was pretty deep at some places!
About 6 hours later we finally made it back to Will Rogers park, we usually have lunch together after the hikes, but no one was in the mood for it today, everyone just wanted to go home and do nothing!