I find in old age that it's possible to revisit the past, the one requirement being that you come as you are. ~Robert Brault

No pictures this post.  I forgot my camera...

So much has been happening in the last week or so.  Mum and Unnur have gone - are now on their way to Perth WA.  Nicko and Mary are probably getting ready or have already started their dog sledding tour of northern Sweden.  I went to Rvk on a visit with the minister for the environment, visited parliament and waited whilst the signing of the new agreement for flights to Sauðárkrók was taken care of.

This last weekend was a mixture of highs and lows.  Saying goodbye is always hard - even if one knows that we will be seeing one another in just a few months time.  Then there was a Þorrablót á Skaga... twas mighty good fun.  It's also the time when I get to sleep under a 100% eider down duck doona... so so so good. (ah lotto... it has to happen soon...  where we stay is a nesting ground for the eider duck so they collect feathers and create the most amazing doonas)

Going to work today was good, plenty of work to be done and deadlines looming - just how I like it.

Political life is getting into a higher gear - election year for the Parliament, lots happening on the local level as well.  So life will certainly be busy for the next few months.

In other news, I booked my flights to Australia tonight...  Am leaving London on the 17th of March, arriving in Perth on the 18th.  Coming back with mum on the 8th of April.  Who would have thought that it would be twelve years before I went back..  When I left I had thought yeh, maybe ten.... but now due to changes at work and general circumstances in life - the timing is perfect.

Oh and yes, Iceland got a good decision from the European court... we don't have to pay extra for the ICESAVE fiasco.... it seems though that all will get their money - they just won't get the interest that they were demanding.   It will be so nice to know that this won't be news fodder for years to come.

take care folks... and if you are in Perth at the end of March, beginning of April... get in touch!