Vacation in Sønderborg - Tour de Danmark

Den dejligste lille sydhavsø

Wonderful Odense

Summertime in Odense

Streets of Odense

'Mosen' - where we found a swan mama with her 6 babies

Sankt Hans at Fruens Bøge

Crazy 'studenter' roaming the streets of Odense

OB ties with Panathainakos during Champions League qualifying rounds.

 My debut at Odense Stadion

Still alive

I'm still here and I'm still alive! I can't really say that things have been crazy, but I have beee keeping myself busy. And, as I've come to understand, my energy comes a bit bursts for a few days at a time - only to leave me exhausted and foggy for a day or two after. I think of it is a very, very, mild version of the 'spoon theory' (- NOT that I'm trying to compare myself to those with real, serious, debilitating illnesses. Pregnancy is not a disease! - but it is hard on the body and the mind. Even when you have an easy, uncomplicated, pregnancy.)

Who would have thought, but I'm actually getting a bit caught by the Tour. The Tour de France, that is. Maybe because my ironboyfriend has patiently been trying to explain to me how it actually works and why they do some of the things they do. It is actually much more complex than I ever imagined. I am still a bit confused about the sport though, and I don't quite understand it. It's not really a true individual sport, but it also doesn't really seem like a true team sport either. The entire team works together to bring one cyclist to the win. But when/if he wins, it doesn't really seem as if the rest of the team gets any of the honor. hmmm.

Status Update

Weeks of pregnancy 34

Amount of swollen ankles/feet: 0
Amount of swollen hands/fingers: 0
Amount of stretch marks: 3 =( =( =( (very tiny though, thankfully. I guess you take the good with the bad though, right.)
Amount of belly buttons: 0.1

Heading on vacation today for 'tour de Jylland' - an exotic trip around various points in Denmark that will last appr. 5 days.

Meanwhile, I'm totally not jealous about my parents currently being here:

'Cause I'm just not the jealous type. Ahem.

Or other family being here:

Koh Samet - Thailand
http://www.kohsametsaikaew.com/

Good thing I'm also not at all bitter about the fact that I was supposed to go both of these places this year.... Nope. Not at all


Anyways, see you all later this week.

Pet Peeves Part 3

• Excessive use of pet names (when not used ironically/sarcastically/for fun) such as babe, hunny, honey, sweetie or the Danish versions baby, skat, skatter, skattepige. It's not necesary in every sentence. It's not necesary in every facebook status update. It's not necesary to call you boyfriend/girlfriend this every time you are in contact (this is closely related to PDA which will probably be a future pet peeve post). Stop. It makes you sound un-intelligent. And annoying. And I'm not sure which is worse.

• Excessive use of the word 'cute'. Not everything is cute. Not everything (or everyone) wants to be cute. Stop. It makes you sound un-intelligent and very not creative.

Ya Heard?!?

//End rant

Status update

Weeks of pregnancy: 33
Weeks left until due date: 7

Additional weight: appr 7.5 kg
Current temperature: HOT, about a zillion degrees
Feeling: really thirsty

Oddest craving: nothing really crazy, but cheese curls and sour candy (not together...)
Most painful symptom: occasional strong headaches, a sore hip

Other: I haven't had any really crazy cravings, any really bad hormonella trips, or any strong aches and pains. I have had a problem finding things I actually want to eat... I tend to let myself get really hungry because there is nothing in the house I want to eat, and I can't even think of anything outside the house that I might want to eat. So sometimes my snacks/between meals is chocolate milk. Bread, potatoes, and pasta are still popular.
 

Thought of the day....

Not that I'm a huge fan of either, but how come Coldstone Creamery has more stores (20 expected by the end of this year) in Denmark than Starbucks?

The only Starbucks in this country is in the airport. On the wrong side of security for it to do any good for tourists and travellers.

I'm sure there's some sort of market evaluation, etc. behind this, but really?

On being made of Iron

Yup, 'cause that's what my boyfriend is.

He's a half iron man

Yeah, he's pretty badass.