Chapter 61
July 9th 00
Dear Diary,
Yesterday was great! As I told you then the day started out well and it only got better. On top of everything the weather was great so my grandmother didn't feel cold, she easily does otherwise. But the sun was shining from a clear blue sky.
I think the first ones arrived already at 3.30 before the other's had left, but it was friends of mine so they knew my family from before and they got to meet Ola's family now. As the coffee in the afternoon was a late birthdaycelebration Ola got some gifts, mostly money and flowers. We really don't need any "stuff" since I had a lot from before and Ola got almost as much! LOL! But from his grandmother he got a knife, a fork and a spoon in silver, there is just one missing of each now. She started to buy him them rather late in life that's why it's not complete yet, but it will be at Christmas. I've got my silverwear since a long time back, I still don't know if it's payed for yet. Rather funny, me and my mother went to get them and then my father was going to pay for them, but when we came to do that they didn't have the time for it....I guess they've settled their business. It's wellused at least.
So for the BBQ! ) I guess everyone came, because we came to be about 30 persons.....lucky we could be outside! We had the day before put up an old campingtent in the garden for the kids to play in. And that was appreciated. The kids played well together although all of them didn't understan eachother. Karin's ex-husband is from England so her kids knows some.
It was a lovely evening and we had put the speakers outside the window so we could have some music as well.
There really isn't that much to tell, we ate, drank, laughed, talked, danced and had fun. Of course as the hostess you don't get any peace to realx yourself until after the coffee, but by that time we had most of the dishes done and put away.
My friends really liked meeting Ben again, and they talk a lot to him, that way I hadn't to bother about that, but neither Ben nor Meg is the types keeping to themself(Ben's changed the last years since he met Meg). And they got along great with the other's too. We all sat down and looked at photos from back when Ben spend his summers here. Everyone thought it was fun, not to talk about the kids....there were some photos from the first summer aswell, Ben was 10 years old then.
Ashely: It almost looks like Trev! Doesn't it mommy?
Meg: Yes, it does, but daddy was 10 years old on that photo and the both of you are turning 10 in 9 days(this was on the 8th).
Trevor: Oh yes mom, we do! And you remembered!!!
Meg: You won't ever gonna let me forget about alomst forgetting your birthday last year, are you?
Ashely: I don't know, it did turn out great.
Meg: But we had great help too. She smiled at me.
Me: Well, it was the least I could do.
The evening went on in the same style, with laughter and a lot of fun. Some dropped out because the children were tired and they had a bit to drive. Ben and Meg stayed until midnight, then they left. They had decided that it was better to do like that, otherwise they had had to pack for a sleepover. The last once left around 2AM, but then we had been inside chatting for a few hours aswell. It had been a great day and I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I hope Ola felt that it had been great too. I haven't talked to him yet, he's still asleep. I'm sitting here in the kitchen with a cup of coffee, and trying to come up with something to do. Maybe we'll just enjoy the last day of "vacation" and be lazy all day...I have to see what and if Ola wants to do anything.
Chapter 62
July 9th 00
I did finish up my work and went upstairs to see if Ola was awake yet, otherwise it was time to wake him up, after all sleeping until 10AM or more the day before it's time to go back to work. Anyway as he wasn't up I lent over to try to wake him up when he grabbed me and pulled me down on the bed kissing me. Do I need to say that he didn't get up, neither did I. When the clock stroke noon I woke up again.
Me: Ola?
Ola: Yes dear!
Me: It's noon, I guess we better get up and get some breakfast.
Ola: I'm not that hungry really?
Me: Really?
Ola: Well I'm hungry, but not for food.
By this I've gotten up from the bed and was heading towards the shower.
Me: Oh! What are you hungry for? I asked teasingly.
Ola: A shower with you maybe?
Me: But then you have to get out of bed! I laughed.
I don't think I've ever seen him jump out of bed that quickly before. We had the shower and then breakfast too. It was a great day so we had brought it(the breakfast) out in the garden.
Me: So what shall we do the rest of the day?
Ola: I don't know, how about nothing?
Me: Sounds good to me. Maybe do some gardening, or at least put things away.
Ola: Well, that's a good idea, after all they did promise rain in the next week(remember this was a Sunday/author's note), so we better do it when it's dry. The stuff we borrowed from your father, where shall we put that.
Me: In my car, then I'll can put it away tomorrow after work. Oh, if I only could have had some more vacation.
Ola: Well, but it feels good to get back too. Do you know what Ben and Meg have planned for the next two weeks?
Me: Well they said that they should go to Göteborg(Gothenburg) for a couple of days. Visiting Liseberg and stuff. And then the twins turns 10 next Monday.
Ola: What about telling them that they can have the party here, it's more fun for the kids than in the apartment.
Me: I'll give them a call later today. Why don't we get to the "cleaning up". Shall we take the tent down aswell?
Ola: Yes, it's no use keeping it up, we can put it up again the next weekend for the kids if they come.
As I leant in to start pulling blankets and stuff out I felt Ola pushing me inside.
Ola: I came to think that we haven't tried it ourselves yet.
Me: What do you mean by...?
I didn't get to finish the sentence before he kissed me. When we laid there afterwards with our arms wrapped around eachother I couldn't help my slef.
Me: What did I put in your food yesterday?
Ola: Are you complaining?
Me: No, not at all. We both laughed.
We were still in the tent when we heard.
-Ola? Tina? Anyone at home!
Ola: We're in the garden. We quickly got dressed to go see who it was. It was Håkan and Marie.
Håkan: Where? Ooops you've tried the tent I see.
Ola: Well.....(he was embarresed, but Håkan is his best friend so...)
Me: What brings you here this lovely day?
Marie: We left the kids at my parents and thought that we should hear if the two of you wanted to go for pizza or something.
Ola: We haven't anything planned so why not. By the way, why didn't you call first.
Håkan: We did, on all lines! I guess you didn't bring the portable phone when you went outside.
Me: Nope. We wanted to have breakfast in peace and quite.
Marie: Breakfast, do you know what time it is?
Ola: No, tell me.
Marie: It's 4.30 PM.
Me: I guess we fell asleep in the tent. We did have breakfast 12.30 and we didn't rush that.
Håkan and Marie help us put the extra furniture in the garage and then we all went for pizza. We did have a great time, but we always do together with Håkan and Marie.
Chapter 63
July 14th 2000
Dear Diary,
I've been back at work for a few days now, and it have been great, some annoying tourists, but most of them are great. Ben, Meg and the children went to Göteborg Monday and got back Wendesday night. And as we(me and Ola) thought that it would be great for Ben and Meg to have a day off alone we said we'll bring the kids to work, the kids were thrilled of course. Ola had some deliveries in Ystad yesterday so it was a great day to do it. All the kids came to me in the kiosk first and then they one by one got to ride with Ola, and that was not just a tour in the town, no they got to follow him to pick up the stuff that was going to be delivered in Ystad as well. I have to say that I was just as excited when Ola drove up outside to stop and change kid(he could onlly have one at the time). I still get thrills all over my body when I see his truck driving by, as I did before it was him and me. Do I have to say that we're both quite exhausted when we got home.
And the birthdayparty for the twins, well my mother got to Meg before I did, apperently they had talked about it already Saturday. So, we're going there instead of having a lot of people over at our place. Meg did ask for the telephonenumbers to a few of my friends though, the twins wanted to invite some of the kids they had met.
Well I worked the eveningshift today and when I woke up this morning there was a single rose waiting for me in a vase at the kitchen table. It was from our garden and there was a note attached that said.
" Ett år innan du blir fru Andersson, Jag älskar dig. Ola"
"One year before you become mrs Andersson, I love you. Ola"
Well not by the day, but by the date there's a year to the wedding, so before I left for work this afternoon I did prepare dinner for Ola, usally he just sweeps something together himslef but I felt like doing something for him. He always brings me flowers and stuff at all times, I sometimes ask myself if this is just a dream and I soon gonna wake up to a cruel reality.
July 15th 00
When I got home about 1.30AM I found Ola asleep in the sofa downstairs. There had been a lot to do at work, so I had to work overtime an hour. I went over and kissed him gently on the cheek.
Ola: Mmm, what's up?
Me: I'm home.
Ola: I guess I've fallen asleep and you're late, he said as he looked at the watch.
Me: Yes, but I can't close when there's still a lot of people wanting food.
Ola: I guess not, did you call?
Me: No, I didn't and you must have had a hard day today. I mean if you had to ask if I had called, you usally wakes up when someone calls.
Ola: Well I had a rough day and then I had a lovely, lonesom but lovely dinner, thank you, and I just fell asleep.
Me: When did you get home?
Ola: Around 8-8.30.
Me: Then you've slept rather long. Shall we get a cup of coffee and sit out on the porch, or get to bed? It really is a great night with stars all over the sky.
Ola: I think I want a cup of coffee, I kind of slept thru the eveningcup. We both laughed.
We took it with us outside and when we had been sitting there for about 10 minutes or so..
Ola: Do you think it will be as great a year from now?
Me: I certainly hope it will, but otherwise I don't mind as long as everything else that day goes like it shall.
Ola: Well I too hope everything goes smoothly, but with your ability of planning things I can't imagening anything go wrong.
I reached for his hand and we went inside, we both fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillows. It felt so good waking up in his arms the next morning. As we both had the day off we could sleep long and we weren't expected at my parents until 2PM.
The party went well and the twins were thrilled, they missed having their "old" friends around, but they had made new ones the other weekend. My mother and Meg had planned it well, I mean in difference to last year when Meg being so busy with work that she almost forgot about it all.
It's now just one week left of their visit here, and I hate to see them go, but they have to get back to work as well and they have to go see Ben's aunt and uncle in England on their way home.
I almost forgot, Derek called the other day. It was when Ben and Meg was in Göteborg and I was working so Ola told me about it. He was devestated(Derek that is), the twins were both now crawling around, and Kerrigan had been "running" around the house all day and he was desperate to talk to his brother about what to do. As Ben himself had been thru twins when they started to crawl and moving all around the house. Anyway as Ben and Meg had borrowed my cellphone, Ola gave him the number so he could call them. And when Ben then told us all at the party about his brother calling we couldn't help ourself but laugh. I guess Derek is going to have his hands full with those girls when they grow up. Kerrigan is up to a good start at least.
Nothing much more have really happend. It's busy at work and I have to try to squeeze Ben and Meg in a few times the next week, before they leave. Because it will be about a year until we meet again with the wedding coming up we can't fly to visit them this Christmas.