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Sunnuntai 🇫🇮 Sunnudagur 🇮🇸

We returned two wireless chargers to IKEA because they wanted to do something other than their job. Luckily, despite the mass that "greated" us, the return process was quick. And while there, we thought having lunch at the Swedish restaurant would be brilliant. Ági had salmon, and I had Swedish meatballs; both were delicious. We bought some necessary goods and rushed back home.

I gave Ági a foot massage, and when I finished, I immediately fell into a deep coma-like state. Not even the after-dinner coffee could have prevented me from sleeping like a log this afternoon. When I woke up, it was already 14:30, but it took me another hour to come to. I was so peckish when I regained consciousness that I had to eat something. The "kifli" we bought on the way home with butter and plum jam - my favourite - was just what I needed. 

The afternoon was rather prolific. I built a contraption, more precisely, an extension that supports what I have on my desk, which contains my books and stationeries. I now have plenty of space to hit the keyboard while my books are open between the edge of my desk and the keyboard. It took me two hours to build it and rearrange the office, but those two hours were well spent.

The locksmith promised to come tomorrow to complete the railing in the front garden. Fingers crossed that he keeps his promises. The paint on the staves dried completely. Tomorrow, I only must correct a few patches and paint the top of each rod three more times to get the perfect result. Painting them will be easy since the weather is still unusually warm. Even though the early mornings are chilly, the days are summer-like. We love it.

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