I had six weeks of vacation in total and there was not that much done. It's still difficult to travel abroad, so I remained for the most part in the summerhouse or its vicinity. One Saturday I was the guide at the cemetery tour at my birth town church. 16 people showed up, which was surprising since it was cloudy and had just rained. After two hours of talking most of the attendants walked over to the local school building. They had a reopening after renovating. For being such a small village they had lots on offer; coffee & cakes, popcorn, chocolate raffle, icecream, face painting, grilled hamburgers and games for the children. I talked to several people there and ended up getting research requests.
I have also done some short visits to other towns (with or without my mother), bought two tops at my cousin's clothing store, picked mushrooms, watched sports on TV, solved a large number of crossword puzzles, cleaned my car and visited most fleamarkets/second hand stores within a 40 minute drive. I have bought quite a few books for the library. At one place we bought very nice fabric, and my mother made me a pillow case and a kitchen curtain from some of it.
One Sunday we went to Ronneby in Blekinge province to visit one of my mother's friends. We toured the local fleamarket and then had a buffet style lunch. We also went for a walk in the pretty park where there used to be a spa facility.
Occasionally, I have spent some hours at work to do research, and I also went to the regional archive a couple of times to use their databases. The research for others is sent off now.
The situation at work this Monday wasn't crazy but I was told I had been missed. Last week they had apparently been only two staff members in the stacks. That is definitely too few. I have so far been able to wade through the enormous amounts of messages but only taken action on some of them.
