Going away for some days...

Tomorrow I'm leaving for Valdres. To an old cabin without water or electricity. I've packed my iPod and three books; Steinbeck's "East of Eden", Dan Browns "Deception Points" (in case I need some easy reading), and finally Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" (brilliantly interesting and entertaining book about human evolution, need to finish that one). I'm still not sure if I'm lookign forward to it or not. It might be nice tho - peace and quiet, the crackle of a fire, beautiful nature outside the window... hopefully I'll get calm enough to actually read and enjoy it, something I haven't managed for quite some time. But on the other hand - the weather forecast isn't looking good, it's a windy mountain, I have to walk outside to pump my own water and I might just end up bored as hell. Ah well, we'll see.

Oh yeah; went to the doctors (again!?) this Tuesday. There's just SO much coughing, retching and sleepless nights this body can handle. And lo and behold; I have bronchitis. And what did I get for a prize? More absence from work and a new penicillin cure! Gah. A windy mountain might not be the best place for me to be right now, but on the other hand I need to get away for a bit. At least I have an excuse for staying inside with a blanket and a book.


Ah well. I'll be gone until Sunday. If you haven't heard from me by Monday or Tuesday, call the Red Cross, National Guard or something. I'll post this picture just in case; it's a Vegvisir, a "magic viking rune compass" that vikings sometimes drew on their foreheads when in rough weather to guide them safely home so they wouldn't get lost. Hopefully it works for me too.

(Damnit, there's a new tattoo idea....)