Sick and signing

Not quite the peaceful and restive weekend I was hoping for. Two sniffling, coughing and feverridden sloths navigate the apartment in hunched positions, vying to get out of the commitment of having to walk the dogs. It's a shameful pastime, really, since the dogs ARE just the most splendid of dogs you can imagine. They are soft, gentile, calm and patient. They got up at about 1030 today for the morning walk and right now, when I am getting ready for afternoon tour of the grounds, they are in bed again, resting. 
Thought I would include another photo from "my travels". Here's a very old keep from the lowlands of Skåne in southern Sweden, complete with a moat and an extended drawbridge. Still haven't gotten myself together enough to really start up this year's photo adventures, but I do have some vacation time coming up and I intend to make the most of it. Hopefully, we will both be well until then.

Even though the Hindu have two deities corresponding to disease, Mariamman (who is also goddess of rain and succinctly having a field-day today) and Shitala Devi, those of us who happen to fall under the agnostic persuasion, or faith as it were, don't really have a fall-back. I would have thought, though, that those who claim to be agnostics and atheists would take an increased interest in and responsibility for their own lives. After all, one can imagine the religious "this all happens for a reason" will lead to the natural questioning "why does this have to happen to me?" As opposed, the atheist would instead be forced to take responsibility for hen's own actions, as well as the events that unfold before hen. This doesn't, however, seem to be the case. Instead, the victim mentality is more outspread now than ever. People keep feeling sorry for themselves, instead of doing anything about it. People keep pushing the blame onto other things, instead of seeing what they can do. My best advice is actually to reconsider what you do, how you see things and how you talk about things. Your perspective determines your outlook, and your choice of words and inflections determine your mindset, as well as affect the reactions of those around you.

Today is more or less a sick day for me. I had intended to be at the office, but will remain at home, working on the computer. It does have it's blessings, the new job. Tomorrow, and for the rest of the week, I was looking forward to being in Stockholm, Waterfront. Well, I will be, but something is clearly going on in the city. The cheapest hotelroom I could find was 7000 SEK per night! Soooo, I am taking return travels every day, amassing a great load of time on train this week. Man, really looking forward to that vacation now, I can say.

And of course, today is that very special day! The biggest day so far! Will get back to you with more news on THAT theme later on ;)

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