All mighty joy!

Today was an exhilarating day! Got loads of good news and I just couldn't help but smiling! First of all I learned that Jens is coming home on Sunday; finally I know for sure and I'm longing!!! There's finally a light in the tunnel!
Second of all, though not a very big but yet uplifting thing, I had more than seven hours credited to my flex hour account which means that a few more days and I can take a hole day off if I'd like. Might not sound too exciting but since I thought I only had approximately twenty minutes it certainly was good news. I also filed for vacation on Monday and was granted it emediately! This means three days off from work and a hole day to spend with Jens. =)
Third, I got the news that two friends of mine got a house and are now moving out of the city. Apparently they're fixing it up right now and it is soon ready for them. This might be a spot of light as it's been kind of a rough time for them lately, due to some family matters that will have a fatal ending. It pains me a great deal not being able to do anything to make it easier, but death is the only thing of which we obtain no power what so ever. It always gets us in the end.
And last, but definitely not least, one of my best friends is having a baby! She and her husband seem to have been trying for quite a while and now, just like that, she's got a bun in the oven. =) I was so happy for them when she told me I nearly cried. She really truly deserves this and she's gonna make a great mother! To be completely thruthful it was a rather odd feeling when I got the news... I felt like crying and laughing at the same time. Like I said I was really happy for them but I couldn't help but thinking that I tiny part of me was feeling sad. That made me think of something Jens said about me and babies. He wasn't right about the part about me getting sad baby sitting other people's children, on the contrary, but this baby boom is starting to get to me in a way I hadn't expected. It's like a tiny seed is growing within me. A secret longing for mother hood. Or maybe it's isn't a longing, maybe it's fear. Fear of not getting what I would sorely miss if I was forced to live without it. Either way I don't like these feeling stiring and messing up my head. To quote J.K. Rowling; I have to disciplin my mind! An expression I found most clever. The truth is I mustn't be thinking along those lines now. My life is not in a state where a thing like that would be appropriate. I've just started seeing this totally awsome guy and to be frank I don't even know if we're a couple yet or if we're just dating. Nothing is ever said out loud to confirm these things nowadays. I suppose you have to ask!? I would however dare making a qualified guess and say that at the very least we are past the first stages of dating and based on my own emotions perhaps past the later stages as well. I guess time will tell! =)
And speaking of... I babysat Noelle this week end. She is so darling sweet and well behaved. I just love watching her. There's nothing that makes you more warm inside than hearing a baby giggle! It's contagious in a very good way! =)
I've also decided not to go to Stockholm next week end. Mattias is having his 25th birthday I it sure would be fun, but I'm not sure it's a good time for me to leave. Monday I finally forced an answer out my boss about my working period. Turns out I only have until the end on Januari. It feel better that I could've imagined; I'm so sick of cleaning by now I swear I'll go barking mad doing it much longer. So from that point of view it was terrific. The downside of course is the loss of money. Not that I don't have some stashed away, but it always feels better to get a big fat pay roll each month. To conclude I have to be more economic the following two months, prioritizing what I want the most. Hoping to go to Belgium in March to visit Pierre and Camilla and if not that I'd like to go with Jens (if he'll have me with) to Sundvall for a few days. Then there's Malmö, Kalmar and Emmaboda to visit. And I have a birthday coming up in a month and a half as well. And to make matters worse, or better, I was hoping to finally pull my thumb out of my ass and get my drivers licence. I'm sure it'll all turn out fine!
So now Obama's finally got to the power. I missed the hole oath taking ceremony yesterday and all the celebrations, but I hear it was grand. He seems to be truly loved by a lot of people and in my personal oppinion I think he's going to make a huge difference to the world. He seems so human. So... like us, the people. He knows what it's like to be poor and fight your way through life. He worked his way up just like it's supposed to be. Huge parts of the world is on his side, cheering him on and I see why. It might be way to soon to tell of course, but from the looks of it he puts real value in human lives. Wanting to end the war, exceeding Bush in every aspect of his being. He attempts to amend the foreign establishment throughout the world, something the U.S. has been lacking in resent years. Running their own race. I truly believe this might be the turning point for a lot of people in a lot of places. I kind of renaissance for the pride of the States; meaning they actually might just live up to the praises they so willingly give themselves. Keeping my fingers crossed Obama's all he seems to be!!
Time to make some dinner! Salmon with bulgur salad and lemon yoghurt! Tasty!!! =)
O.A.O!