Martin Gumucio

Another weekend has past and quickly it went too. Friday evening i was so tired that when put Aron to sleep at 8pm I fell asleep with him, using one of his plush bears as a pillow. Lina had the courtesy of waking me up some half-hour later, but it was too late. I fell asleep on the sofa instead and slept there until it was time for bed.

On saturday we took a little drive in the new car to check a local happening: the releasing of the cows into the summer pastures. This was new to us, we saw the poster at the grocery store and thought we would use the nice weather. We had no idea that around 2000 other people were coming as well! It was a great happening that offered lots of kids, lots of friends we knew that were there with their kids, ecological and I’m guessing very locally produced hamburgers (extremely popular), farming machinery and happy cows! A total hit with Aron as you can imagine. Gabriel took some greats pics of cows playing let’s see if he puts them up.

Sunday was rehearsal and social event with bar-b-q. My not-quite-dead-yet barbershop quartet. Good rehearsal,the first one in ages, and nice picnic afterwards during which Aron behaved himself very well with his fellow bar-b-q baby Tage.

Pollen is bad, really bad, but I have a lead on a new medicine that might help. Doctors appointment is  on wednesday.. please work .. please!

Our dear grandma Anna left us yesterday after a period of illness. She gave us so much, and she will be much missed.

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You are out driving in your car. You stop at a store and while you are there you steal some candy. I’ts illegal and not very nice, but you can’t help yourself, the candy looks so delicious. When you are about to leave the store owner appears and he is very mad.  ”For taking my candy without paying, you will lose your car.”  There is nothing you can do, you walk home.

This is more or less the essence of the telecom package, currently under deliberation in the European Parliament. The proposed price for you to pay for piracy is .. your internet connection can get taken away. Without the involvement of any court. (in the original proposal). They want to ban you from the internet for daring to take their precious movies and music. Nevermind that in 2009, the internet is a more given infrastructural item than even the telephone. You won’t be able to pay your bills or use it to declare your taxes. It is clear that the laws are based on outdated ideas. It is also clear that the people of Sweden have representation in Brussels that are pushing hard for an agenda that is utterly removed from the interests of the common people.

Our rights as citizens are getting compromised for the benefit of companies like HBO and Time Warner. It’s the end of the world.

http://www.dn.se/fordjupning/europa2009/telekompaketet-strid-om-rattssakerhet-in-i-det-sista-1.858591

It is very hard to believe, but two years have past since little Aron came to us. In one way the time has gone by so very quickly, and in another it is hard to even imagine what your life was like without him. So radical is the change in a parents heart that life without your kid turns into a faded memory.

With cake and champagne (for the older children..), we took up a little table in the sun where the kids could run freely and the grownups talk more or less calmly. Many friends and family joined us and Aron could well have been entirely without toys before this party, since there was a veritable flood of trinkets, toys, and adorable books for him. Extra fun was also the presence of the many other kids. Aron is a bit rough now, never late to push och pinch people of his own size, but the party managed to pass without great incidents.

Thanks to all of you who were there and made our evening a great one. Aron got so many impressions that it was very hard for him to go to sleep.  

Photos by Gabriel, here is the full gallery