Ann's Guide Life

The Quote of the day…

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”
Thomas Fuller
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I learned something new today. I’m trying to get higher in The Google Machine. I still do not exist there really, so. Well, I have been thinking about how I have named my files. And I have been using the nice looking thing –underscore, I like how it looks really. Don’t ask me why.

Like so: www.sweguide.com/summer_season_sweden_guide.html, doesn’t it look nice! Well today I read that you should preferably use the dash like so: www.sweguide.com/summer-season-sweden-guide.html. Hum.

This means that I spent my whole morning renaming ALL my files AGAIN.

Still Sweden Guide DOES NOT exist on the Google list. It’s just a mess! Haha!

Oh and you know what?! I saw this YouTube clip (they really got EVERYTHING there, not joking e.g. how to tie a tie, or how to make your own contact form ((there was this small boy 10years-old?! demonstrating for us uneducated grownups how to do it)) isn’t that amazing!), sorry, the YouTube clip was about word optimizing, and the businessman leading it said that it can take up to 2 years to climb the Google list… Who wants to wait 2 years??? Not me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L198bPCo4ns&noredirect=1

So what to do?

I’ll take on Google another day. Pray for a miracle!

Instead I made a search page for my sight! That was FUN! I just LOOOVE Spry! For you who do not know what it is, it is the tool I used to make my navigational bar and search accordion!

I spent the rest of the day watching educational series about Sweden’s history, now you think I’m really boring. But I like it, and I’m not ashamed! And it’s essential to me since, I’m going to work in a tourist bureau, and work as a guide for Västerås City and also for Sala Silvergruva –Silver Mine. I Love Herman Linqvist! He is the Man! Sorry Simon… Oh and I found this new history program with Martin Timell and Dick Harrison, it seems quite good actually. Martin Timell is this really famous guy in Sweden, with a, hmmm, baby voice? Is that fair to say?

Tomorrow I will start my Visby article, that’s gonna be sooooo much fun! Love Visby!

And play. My day off! I love being off, and not hung over. Usually guides are hung over on their off days, not me... haha. That’s the way it is. Why? Well I have this idea. We spend all week being strict and professional, not human really. We take shit, praise and take care of all kinds of people with all imaginable trauma in their lives. Then when we know we are free we go all out!

When you have a normal job/life you have time to have this regular ventilation time. But guide life is different! And when you work more or less 24/7 6 days a week you naturally have some shit to unload this 1 night a week… Imagine No boundaries and all this young hormones that are bound to come out, in one way, or another. So therefore most guides are hung over with 100s of stories to tell the day after.

Oki so sure I go out, but mostly not. This off day I did something I have wanted to do for many years but not had the guts to do. I pierced my navel! I know most people think it’s not such a big deal, unless you are shit scared of needles. I AM! I had my good friend with me and she had not realized how scared I was until it was over and I had managed to sweat a shadow of my own body on the surgical bed. Haha. Even the piercing man was chocked! It took me 5 min to stand up and when I do the next chock comes as I see he has pierced me with the WRONG jewel! What the fuck! I told him “ If you tell me I have to do this again I will kill you”. Drama drama. So now my friend has my jewel and we’ll change them in 30 days. I actually have it as a reminder on my phone! Important stuff you know.

Then we went for a nice lunch in the Harbour of Chania, with rosé wine. After we took a walk in the old town and bought some nice things. A lovely day really! I ended my evening with a cozy dinner with my best friend and a lovely dessert!

I went to my favorite beach, Kalives. Then I went for a small road trip along the coast; Almirida, Plake and Kokino Horio. After this I went to Kournas Lake and ended my day at the beautiful ancient village of Lappa, at Argiroupoli.

Check out the pics and Ejoy!

This is a true nature experience; I haven’t seen anything so breath taking as this before. Ok the walk is tough, but  the scenery is so amazing its almost spiritual. And I’m not a spiritual person – no.

The walk is down hill and steep. Rocky and uneven. The Gorge offers deep forests, old settlements, snow white limestone contrasting with the green and brown of wild nature. Mountain walls 300m high and all shapes and colors.

Ok, I wanted to cry the last 3km but the feeling as I sat down for a late lunch in Agia Roumeli was just blissful.

To be honest I worked my ass off in the Gorge, no wonder I was in pain! It felt like walking through Europe. I passed people speaking; German, Italian, French, Russian, Danish, American, Greek and Norwegian.

So if on vacation in Crete, Go to Samaria!!!

The beach was really nice and I got more than enough sun. Enjoyed my time with my multi cultural colleges. And of course, I had my Ipod loaded with this really exiting crime novel :) ooh my little green friend!

What really pisses me off is that I forgot to bring my camera again, but I have spring pictures of the same places I can put up!

We ended our day in Paleohora, a super cute village. We had a late lunch and I had my signature frappe. I have now laughed 2 times this week, once yesterday thanks to my sweet college O and today once because my super cute finish colleges can never seem to laugh quietly. They have discussion stopping laughter, head turning really. Wonderbar!

On the buss home a kid puked… I dreaded the mass puking effect, but we made it all the way back to Platanias. And, I saw Mr Sam in his bar from my seat on the buss… but that did not destroy my day anyway. Just made me hold my breath and listen even harder to my Ipod… Will the pain in my heart ever stop?

Yes this does suck, but still it is somewhat nice as well, cause I’m amazed by the kindness in people. The true concern my friends here show towards me. The hugs and smiles, and I also like that I’m joining them for dinner and drinks after work. Live a little old lady, put on your dancing shoes and do the twist!

Oki, now I will colour my roots.

Thought 100 times if I should write the next sentences or not. Decided it gives context to my day so here it goes. I’m single again. Broke up with the same guy as I did 2009… so safe to say, it didn’t work out.

Well, after four years of loving your best friend, like a 2 in 1 package, best friend and lover, no discount though. Going from talking about marriage and kids to-nothing-should logically leave a huge hole. And it has. And I’m filling it with lots of Ann Time! Kind of having fun, miserable fun, the kind you feel you shouldn’t have, because you don’t deserve it, but cant help having it really! :)

Started my day at 06.00, after waking up at 04.00 after a Mr Sam dream (my ex). Dreamt I was yelling his name, quietly in my head though and he heard me, running all the way from the bar he works in, to our, now my bed. Woke realizing I didn’t want him there… afraid he would turn up anyway, him subconsciously feeling how much I longed for the best times with him.

Anyway, bought my Cretan special breakfast at Atlas Supermarket, feta cheese pie and coffee! Drove off in my red rental and stopped at gorgeous Kalives Beach. I just love sitting there in the morning, with the sun low in the sky, major waves breaking and ocean breezes salty and fresh. Realized I was wishing I had got the opportunity to bring Mr Sam here before it was too late, know he would have loved it too… my melancholy thoughts were disturbed by this drunk man who had left his beer under my stone bench. Since I don’t know Greek and had no intension of learning from him I decided to leave…

After driving 3h straight I decided I needed a break. Turned of at the small coastal village of Limin Sisou. Ordered a Frappe Medio with milk and looked out at the hostile ocean. By now tears were lingering in my eyes and I just wanted to get further away. As usual I chit chatted with the restaurant owner and got my Frappe for free, some perks you should get as a guide :) Cretan people are just too nice, can’t believe how genuine they are…

After seeing the big waves I considered to drive to Plaka instead of taking the boat from Agois Nikolaus, but I have a feeling I would still enjoy taking a rocky boat ride in my state of being. With my fabulous map reading skills and luck I found a good parking and my hotel on the first try. It takes some skill! I checked in, upgraded to sea view, and left my stuff in the cute flat and walked down to the Port, found the boat that was to embark in 20 min, bought a ticket for 10€. Costs 15€, but after some chit chat, I got discount :)

I got the rocky boat trip I needed. They had to skip the other stops because of the weather… I did not complain, all I wanted was to see this Spinalonga Island! And I got to, after picking up some ship-wrecked guests.

Soooo the Island. Wow, it’s like a picture feast. What struck me for the first time ever-strange-is the mystery of the love of old and ruined buildings. Why are they so incredibly fascinating? For me, I think, is that I “see” the people who have lived and died there, I feel the stories behind the rocks. Sounds about right. Wonder if everyone else there felt the same. Our guide was good and I felt totally at ease after walking there for 1,5h. Even fell asleep on the boat, forgot all the while about my ex.

In Port I walked towards my flat, bought a post card and a bottle of wine from the Iraklion district. It had the fitting name “The Last Supper” 2008. Decided to treat myself to a rare treat, pizza! Simply asked for the best they had, got the most expensive, but hell yeah, it was delicious!

Now I’m here on my balcony, feeling content but still wondering what Mr Sam is doing right now, bad habit. Still I had a good day.

Sun sun sun. Afterwork, half naked rich guyes... with mini dogs and over priced wine. That's high life in the posh neighbourhoods of Stockholm. Oki so no sun today, but who cares when your working all day! 

So here we are, single and happy. Yet I don't feel single. I spent this week-end nearly every minute with my Ex B... Things aren't that different from before really, except no fighting, no socializing in public either. It's more like we disappear in our world again where we know, love  and cherish each other.

Lazy week-end
We had a week-end long Harry Potter marathon. Haha yes it takes all week-end to watch all movies, since we fell asleep each night in front of the telly. I babysat my nephew and dragged him around to all my friends and also my Ex Bs daddies birthday dinner :) Just loooove his family. My nephew played X-box with Ex B's big brother, it was sooo sweet. Think he has a nurturing bone in him, you who know him probably wouldn't believe me, but its true. Ok, so he threw a fit during his dad's birthday party but over all he can be nice. :D

To be Jealous or Not... Nooooo Why Bother...
The weekend was very nice indeed no drama. Just cozy delirium. Oh andn I almost forgot  a phone call from the girl who has really set her sights on my Ex B. Hehe. Was a bit jealous a while there but realized after some deliberation that what happens, happens. And she is a nice girl so best of luck to ya babe... maybe I should give you an alias... What should it be? Nothing toooo evil from my part, since I do like her. Hmmm Goldylocks yeah that's sweet :D Well anyway, Goldy wanted him to come over and join their girls' only party... how kinky is that! "oh and you can bring a friend ;)" Have to admit that it was a brave thing to do. You go girl!

Plans for the Near and Far Future
Wonder how all this will end. If we become friends who nobody gets? We joked about that saying that if we meet new people and still have this relationship it's gonna be really weird. imagine: "I'm just gonna go and visit my friend, you know who, and cuddle for a while, see you later babe" That wouldn't be popular would it? Well I just have to hope for the best and stick to what makes me happy and stay true to myself! I'm reconnecting with old friends. Next week-end I'll spend with my Darling S! Love that girl. We are gonna concur Västerås! This girl always drives me really hard! Every time I visit her it takes a week to recover. Jesus, it's gonna be a ball next week-end.

Looking forward to it! Life is good <3

I'm going out with the gaaals! Wow, it's gonna be so much fun, haven't seen them in awhile, with my crazy L and her even crazier sister M. The first thing revealed as I enter pre party mode is that L & M met up with My Ex B last Friday.

"Well that I know. He already told me."

What he didn't say was that he was dancing the nasty with some blond babe, L regretfully tells me. Or she said something more like:

"He danced the nasty with some blond bimbo"

Me being blond, perhaps not bimbo is not in a position to judge the blonds. Then M tells me that he was so drunk that he didn't know his left left for his right. "He was drunk dancing and she was humping his legg" L tells me that she didn't see much else but that he definitely wasn't happy to see them. After this you can imagine my party mood went from up to down. Later Miss S joins us, an old friend of My Ex B... She wasn't happy with him at all.

"Can't believe that he is holding this girl kissing her, less than a week after you broke up! I was so pissed I didn't even say hi!"

When I heard her version my heart sank. I saw RED! I tell you, I jumped up from the floor ready for attack. Things were raging through my mind.

"He said he hadn't done anything - he lied"

"Has he done more - my heart will soon explode"

"Now I can't see him tonight - I was supposed to sleep over - Hell NO!"

"He knew I was gonna see L & M tonight - is he such a coward, not to say antyhing?"

The same time the girls were having a fit, talking all at once.

S: can't believe he did that so son after you broke up...

L: did he think he could go out in Västerås and NO one would see him doing the nasty?

M: well he was really wasted so he probably didn't know what he was doing

I calmed down, sent a message asserting that I wasn't to go to his place now that I heard what happened last Friday. And that we should talk later, i.e. tomorrow. Well he didn't understand shit, called me 32 times, sent messages... my white bag shown like a disco ball all night.

The messages read: "What is it, what's happening? Trying to call. Tell me what it is!" and so on. When he gave up calling me he started calling my friend L. Finally I told her she should answer and explain to the apparently oblivious ex what he had done. He kind of denied it for a while and we fought all night. Ended with him wanting to come over... me saying no. But he did come over the next day...

After two weeks spent in a state of a kind of intoxication, induced by the exhilarating feeling of sudden freedom, I hit rock bottom, and my high became pure torture. I can't say that this intoxication was easy in any way, it's all kind of a blur. The no contact policy was broken (by me) when I realized that I had an overwhelming urge to vent my feelings as I was slowly coming out from my blurriness. All these thought and feelings just had to get out, and only to one person, My Ex B...

So last week-end I called him, we talked it felt good. Decided to have semi contact and meet up next week-end. We made a bargain to try to be really honest with each other. Aaaand one point of honesty was important for us, or shall I say me, the point of saying if one of us do something with the opposite sex... hum.

Well I'm not gonna go into the specifics of doing something, you all know it! What that entails, that is! So anyway. We concluded that we both still were Single Virgins. No taking of the ex virginity so to say. To me that felt good to know, silly me.

As my mom later said, "It's non of your business, he is young, supposed to F**k around. The more he does it the sooner he gets that it's not the way to go." Yeah, my mom said so...