Ferðin til Edinborgar var mega næs en nú er allt á fullu - vinnan og yfirferð verkefna hjá nemendum. Svo eftir rúmar tvær vikur fer ég til Köben á ráðstefnuna, í millitíðinni ætla ég að kjósa, horfa á Eurovision (ef ég nenni), eigi afmæli ásamt pabba og bróður hans, halda upp á afmæli sonarins, klára að skila inn einkunnum til HÍ og bara heilt yfir njóta lífsins þegar færi gefst.

Trip to Edinburgh was very nice but now it's back to business - both work and grading assignments. In just over two weeks I'll go to a conference in Copenhagen on Learning in the workplace but until then I'm going to vote, watch Eurovision (perhaps), celebrate my birthday and my dad's, celebrate my son's birthday, hand in grades to UofI and when possible enjoy life.

Right, I couldn't overcome my "home"sickness and booked a flight to Edinburgh later this week for a long weekend. Mostly because even though I will be going to Ed in July it's only for my graduation and I suspect most of my friends will be away on summer holiday. My causin is coming with me in July and we are going onwards to London after the graduation and hopefully to Rome as well. My graduation celebration :)

I'm also going to Copenhagen late May for a (hopefully) really interesting conference :) Very related to my work and my studies so pretty pleased woman here.

Government Elections in Iceland are coming up, they will be on the 12th of May which happens to be both my dad's birthday and mine and Eurovision as well. Not that Eurovision is such a big deal but I usually watch it anyway this year I'm guessing the elections will be more interesting. Too bad I don't find any of the parties worth voting for. But I'll pick one at the end I always do.

It's been a really good break which was really needed after a hectic time with the confirmation and moving etc. Thursday night I went with my parents, sister and brother-in-law to see a show which was okey nothing more. Long Friday was spent helping my sister move, I also had coffee with my cousin and then returned to my sister's where we BBQ'd and it was really really nice. I had a dinner invite on Saturday and Sunday as well. Saturday at Edda Lara and Halli's and Sunday at my mum's. It was only my mum, Óðinn and I at my mum's and we had a nice time. We played board games and had the traditional Easter Lamb. It's been soooo long since I've played board games (Elfur I need you back). Afterwards I went downtown with my cousin to have drinks (mine non-alcoholic of course) and I stayed up until after 3 am. So today I went back to my mum's where Óðinn had spent the night and ended up sleeping on the sofa for 2 hours. Good to be able to relax but I also look forward to returning to work and routine days.

Finally, I have a telephone landline connected to my house so it is possible to call me :) I am however still waiting for the ADSL which was more important for me to have. I ordered these services on 31st of January, early enough (or so I thought) to be connected at my arrival in Iceland. My communication with the respective company has at times reminded me of stories from my friends in Edinburgh and their communication with BT and the wonderful call centres in India. All the people I spoke to at Vodafone spoke perfect Icelandic and all promised the same thing, for some reason I still do not have an ADSL connection at my home 17 days later even though according to the company it is supposed to take 7-10 days. Fingers crossed that I'll be online from my home Monday.

I start my new job on Monday. My boss and I decided it would be best I'd only do part time the first week while settling in to allow me space to complete my unpacking and so on. It is all going pretty well and I'm finally sleeping properly again since my stuff arrived Thursday.

Just a quick note to let you all know I'm back home in Iceland, have moved into my new flat and Óðinn is already in school :)The move went well, my dad picked us up at the airport and it was very nice to arrive at my new flat to find my mom there with coffee ready and some groceries in the fridge. I still need most of my furniture and Óðinn and I slept on an airmattress last night (oh my aching body) and Unnur slept on the sofa. I think I will take the sofa tonight.

Jæja, í dag skilaði ég inn lokaverkefninu. Óneitanlega mikill léttir. Ég þarf svo að verja ritgerðina einhvern tíma síðustu vikuna mína hérna og vonandi mun það bara ganga vel enda ekki ástæða til að ætla annað. Nú þarf ég að snúa mér að því að hugsa um nemendur mína og huga að því að flytja heim... GVÖÐ ég er sko farin að hlakka til :) bara 20 dagar en þangað til ætla ég að njóta borgarinnar sem ég er í - hún er svo frábær!!

Litli maðurinn er veikur í dag... er svo heppin að eiga góða að sem aðstoðuðu mig við að koma ritgerðinni inn, Igor prentaði hana út á laser og kom með hana upp í skóla í dag og Sigga Dóra kom og sat hjá Óðni meðan ég fór og lét binda inn og skilaði. Reyndar kom Katrín í morgun og ætlaði að redda mér en þá var Igor ekki kominn upp í skóla með útprentið fyrir mig ... fór í staðinn í búðina og keypti kók og snakk handa sjúklingnum. Hann hefur ekki mikla matarlyst þessi elska.

Verðum heima á morgun líka svo hann nái þessu nú er sér.