A Week with Sickie

After staying in bed all of Saturday, Sunday and most of Monday, Olivia was finally up to going out. We were able to attend the office meeting and get some things organized in the office storage area.

We had received an email from a landlord that the "Board" was complaining about the condition of the fence and gate on the patio of one of our sisters' apartments, so we combined a trip out to Väster Hanige with a number of other things we needed to do and went out there. It is the little community where the temple is located and is about 50 minutes from our apartment. Between here and there were some apartments that required our attention, so we made calls along the way.

First, we had to arrange with Sisters Wilson and Shin in Jakogsberg to take out a chest of drawers and if they would wait for us, we would take them to their district meeting. We barely made it on time, but we managed to get them to their meeting only 3 minutes late. Their apartment is in a nice home just a few miles from Rinkeby, where the riots took place. They were completely unaware of the riots and had talked about going into Rinkeby to visit some less active members there. That is no longer on their to do list.

[Sister Shin and Sister Wilson. We are relying on old pictures, here. We were in too big a hurry to take pictures of the event. Ask President Trump for pictures of the riot. :-)]

We put an office chair together and took it to Elder Nielsen a district leader in Handen who used to be a proselyting office elder, retrieved his broken chair and hauled it off to the recycle dump.

Finally, we went to the Väster Hanige apartment where we reviewed the problem with the fence. It was a problem with a broken trellis panel, which we replaced, but the landlord wasn't exactly honest with us and hoped we would think our responsibility extended to digging up the posts, straightening them and pouring concrete to make the repair permanent. It kind of brought out the lawyer in me, so I kindly, but firmly emailed him back to inform him that structural issues were a landlord responsibility. We haven't heard back, so I don't know where it stands at the moment.

[Before][After.] [Unfortunately, we didn't get a picture of Sister Hale even though she came out to talk to us in stocking feet and a 20 MPH wind.]

Back in December we got a card from the Clouses telling us that our gift from them would be a lunch at the Kaknästornet restaurant. The Kaknästornet is a TV tower at the top of which is a restaurant. We finally had a time when our calendars matched, so we went with them to the top of the tower. The food is excellent there and the views are breath taking. We went up another couple of floors to the little bar where there were fewer people and walked around the entire tower looking at the city, various islands and the fields where horses were being frisky. There was fresh snow, so they were playful - or maybe they know Spring is on its way. One got so carried away, that is slipped and fell.

Afterward, we took a little car tour of the parks and lakes that are nearby. Even though it was a cloudy and blustery day, it was still beautiful. We will go back when the weather is a little more cooperative.

[Kaknästornet TV tower (stock photo). The gold windows are the restaurant and bar/viewing areas]

[Swans and ducks in the park below the tower.]

We had thought to attend the temple earlier in the week, but Olivia was having coughing fits and she didn't want that to happen in the temple, so we waited until Friday. She did fine, except she began to feel achy again and her head ache returned.

Then, on Saturday afternoon, Olivia's flu returned with a vengeance and the rest of that day was not too productive. Other than a little shopping, she stayed down and I did some chores. We did go to church today, but she only made it through Sacrament meeting. It was Fast Sunday, and I did bare testimony this time. We have hesitated because we don't speak the language (poor excuse, everyone at least understands English) and because it is usually a very popular meeting and you have to be fleet to get to the front (again, a poor excuse), so it felt good to finally just do it.

Short post this week. We were both saddened and somewhat relieved at the news of the death of Sister Cheryl Robinson. We know it has been a very difficult several months for her and her family, but we remember her with great fondness. She was the picture of grace and long suffering. She was among the most Christ-like people we have known. We pray for her family, whom we love, as well.

We hope the coming week is wonderful for all of you.