Dagens Namn -- Vecka 31 (31 Juli - 6 Augusti)

The name days for Week 31 (July 31 - August 6) are:

Monday, July 31 = Helena, Elin
Tuesday, August 1 = Per
Wednesday, August 2 = Karin, Kajsa
Thursday, August 3 = Tage
Friday, August 4 = Arne, Arnold
Saturday, August 5 = Ulrik, Alrik
Sunday, August 6 = Alfons, Inez

The Dash

You may remember back in December I posted a poem called "The Dash." It is about how we need to think about what is important in our lives because we never know how time we have left to make changes for the better. Today my cousin Megan sent we a link to a kind of video/movie/slideshow version of this poem. Maybe it was just beacuse I had a really long day at work today, but it almost made me cry. So, check out The Dash Poem Movie.

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 30 (24 Juli - 30 Juli)

The name days for Week 30 (July 24 - July 30) are:

Monday, July 24 = Kristina, Kerstin
Tuesday, July 25 = Jakob
Wednesday, July 26 = Jesper
Thursday, July 27 = Marta
Friday, July 28 = Botvid, Seved
Saturday, July 29 = Olof
Sunday, July 30 = Algot

Vacation pictures

On a slightly happier note, I finally got around to posting my vacation pictures. They can be found at my Yahoo photos page. There are two albums: Sweden 2006 and Denmark 2006. I still have to caption most of them, but you can still check them out!

Sad news :(

Those of you who know me, know that I am in school right now to be a nurse practitioner. Doubtless you have heard me talk about my clinical rotations. This semester I have been doing a pediatrics rotation up in Frederick, MD. My preceptor Trish has been great, she's great with patients and she's a wonderful teacher. I have learned so much from her in just the six shorts weeks I have been there. Since I started in the beginning of June she has been having problems with a "bump" on her right thigh which she was convinced was the result of injury to her leg while spending the whole day gardening and lifting heavy pots one weekend. Well it turns out that it is actually cancer. I don't know for sure, but I think it is liposarcoma. She just found out today and needless to say she is devastated. She is only 50 years old and has two kids in their early 20s. She will go tomorrow for an MRI to see whether there are any metastases in other areas of her body. Then they will decided whether to do just radiation or radiation and chemo. I am deeply saddened by this whole turn of events. She is the nicest person and she doesn't deserve to have something like this happen to her. (Of course who does deserve to have cancer, but still.) Anyway, I ask all of you to please keep her in your thoughts and prayers and to send as much positive energy her way as you possibly can!

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 29 (17 Juli - 23 Juli)

The name days for Week 29 (July 17 - July 23) are:

Monday, July 17 = Bruno
Tuesday, July 18 = Fredrik, Fritz
Wednesday, July 19 = Sara
Thursday, July 20 = Margareta, Greta
Friday, July 21 = Johanna
Saturday, July 22 = Magdalena, Madeleine
Sunday, July 23 = Emma

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 28 (10 Juli - 16 Juli)

The name days for Week 28 (July 10 - July 16) are:

Monday, July 10 = André, Andrea
Tuesday, July 11 = Eleonora, Elinor
Wednesday, July 12 = Herman, Hermine
Thursday, July 13 = Joel, Judit
Friday, July 14 = Folke
Saturday, July 15 = Ragnhild, Ragnvald
Sunday, July 16 = Reinhold, Reine

Dagens Namn -- Vecka 27 (3 Juli - 9 Juli)

The name days for Week 27 (July 3 - July 9) are:

Monday, July 3 = Aurora
Tuesday, July 4 = Ulrika, Ulla
Wednesday, July 5 = Laila, Ritva
Thursday, July 6 = Esaias, Jessika
Friday, July 7 = Klas
Saturday, July 8 = Kjell
Sunday, July 9 = Jörgen, Örjan