(Warning: whiny and not to be construed as being indicitive of reality any any way. In other words: Do Not Worry, Mom)

It's typical with me to begin feeling as though I'm seriously ill when I'm on the mend. A couple of weeks ago, I had those dizzy spells, then felt better, then started having some sinus pressure, a weird sound in my right ear (as though pressure was changing), and a little bit of dizzy-ness again when I got up in the morning. So I was using nasal spray... I'm an addict, I know. Now I'm having all those normal, run-of-the-mill cold symptoms and "came off" of the spray yesterday, took a Benadryl last night and had a good night's sleep and have just a bit of a headache and some pain in my neck (likely from falling asleep on the sofa while we were watching Italian for Beginners ...Danish with Norwegian subtitles... whoa) and am totally convinced I have something like meningitis! I mean, come on. I don't even have a temperature! What is that about!?
hypokonder :: (n.) hypocondriac

In other news, the girls with us this week. They had all of last week off and started school again yesterday. Amalie and I have been converting an old shoe box into a portable Barbie closet. I'll take a picture when we get it finished. It's been rainy and overcast this week, until a few minutes ago when the sun came through. Yea!

The birds are coming back to the birdfeeders. We have two, one with sunflower seeds and another with peanuts. Sigurd saw "Woody" the flaggspett (great spotted woodpecker) return a few days ago, we've got grønnfink (green finch), bokfink (chaffinch), I saw a stær (starling) yesterday, there's ringdue (wood pigeons) in the woods and skjære (magpies) running around. (Don't fuss, Stephanie, that's what they're called! :o) ) As well as the kjøttmais (great tit) that have stuck with us all winter. Feed your birds! :O)

fugl (pronounced "fool", almost) :: bird