I've been in a funk the last few days, and I think it's because I'm finally getting a little stir crazy in this apartment. It's really bare bones here, and we have one couch where we spend all of our working and relaxing time. It's a nice apartment, in a nice building, in a nice area, with a nice view, and very nice neighbors. Our apartment is just a little too bare bones. There's nothing on the walls except holes where someone had once hung pictures or shelves. There is also no carpeting or rugs in the place, except the little mat rugs in the bathroom, kitchen, and by the front door. The flooring everywhere in the place, except for the bathroom, is this weird tan colored flooring that makes it feel more like a cafeteria at an elementary school than living space. And the furniture, very kindly loaned to us by friends, is adequate, but nothing special. A couch being thrown out by someone's grandma, and some other furniture from someone else' summer home. Long story short, the place lacks warmth....and a doggy door that Reese can let herself in and out of to do her "business"! And we're not going to invest money in fixing up a place that we'll only live in for a couple of months. So we've made do. At least we have the TV, although there is not a lot on to watch normally. We look forward to the occasional Bandy game on TV, but that is about the only sport on TV that we've seen, other than skiing. Every once in a while I'll find a good documentary on, but usually they are either in Swedish, or in some other foreign language with Swedish subtitles. On the other hand, I guess we have also been pleasantly surprised at some of the other shows they have on weekly. Entourage is on every Wednesday night, followed by the Sarah Silverman Show. Kristy and I like to come home from Bandy training on Wednesday night, have dinner, a beer, and watch those shows.
And speaking of beer, I love the selection we get here. They have so many different kinds of beer from all over Sweden and Europe, and when you go to the System Bologet (liquor store) they have the beer displayed with little signs that tell you how much they are for a can, what country they're made in, and what the alcohol content is. The more alcohol content, the more they cost. But it's cool, because you don't have to buy them by the 6 pack, 12 pack, or case. You can buy them individually, and they come in the 16 ounce cans. So Kristy and I usually go and pick out 5 or 6 cans each, and we're good for a while. And the cans all have really cool designs, although one of our favorites is generic silver with black lettering. But all the other designs make me want to start a beer can collection.
And while we have variety in our beer selection, we don't have much when it comes to our food choices. Now I think I know how Reese feels, eating the same flippin thing twice a day, every day. Part of the problem is that we don't exactly have the utensils, ingredients, and cooking facilities that invite a lot of creativity in our cooking. And when we go grocery shopping, it's by walking to the grocery store, and carrying it back. So we don't exactly go big when we go shopping. Some things are easy to figure out at the grocery store, and other things are very difficult. Rice and Baking Soda are hard to figure out. You wouldn't think they would be, but there are many varieties of rice. We go with our standards, and that's about it. Again, we're only here for a few months, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to stock up on things we'll never use up, and won't take with us.
I can't wait to have Chipotle and sleep in my own bed on the evening of April 13th!
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