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Keskiviikko 🇫🇮 Miðvikudagur 🇮🇸

This is not an ordinary day for various reasons.


Firstly, last night, the storm swept away the heat wave, which was just as well. It was high time nature did something about the unbearable warmth.

Secondly, the storm left behind colder temperatures, so instead of suffering from the rainforest-like climate and wearing only a flip-flop, a t-shirt, and a short, I had to jump in my pullover in the afternoon.

And thirdly, or most importantly, I took Abby to the dog sitter today for a couple of days to test how she copes with being far away from us. (Since we can't take her with us because she can't deal with new situations and/or locations easily and calmly, it is impossible to imagine any activity beyond her usual realm.) We thought it would be easy to spend some days without her, but we couldn't have been more wrong. The house is not the same without her. Despite her peculiarities, she filled the air with joy and happiness and brought sunshine over our grim little life. I really didn't expect such a silently screaming  thrumming void in my core. The dog sitter promised to call us tomorrow, telling us how Abby coped with the new location and "friends". We both are so excited. And it might be only us who think this is a big deal, and she will crack under the weight of a new and unusual situation, as she might enjoy the distance and the novelty in her wee life. What an unexpected oddity this is. 

Effing hell, I miss her, terribly!
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