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After a spring full of uni-work, heart ache, a big move and a few pretty wild parties in Sheffield it is nice to be back home in Stockholm and just be able to relax , be it in a chair in the sun on the balcony overlooking the sea or strolling around in town looking at the overpriced summer sale.

I have so far met up with some dear old friends, gone for long catch-up walks, beers and coffees and am slowly settling down in the beautiful surrounding that Stockholm in bloom offers so generously. For a the moment it almost felt as if though I was being rocked to sleep in a fluffy dream of unemployment and endless amounts of time. However, knowing me, I wasn't able to let my life fall asleep that easily. 

So this weekend, or more like tomorrow morning at 4.45 am, I am travelling to Gothenburg on my own to volonteer at Metaltown, a 2 day festival starring acts such as In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Nightwish, Clutch, Monster Magnet, Converge, Bullet For My Valentine and Soilwork. (http://www.metaltown.se/) I will be staying at a friends house and am going to see my cousin for a coffee at some point but even after many friendly reassurances I can't help being a bit nervous about going on my own.

The festival is on Friday and Saturday and then I am staying an additional what I hope to be a nice and sunny (but is more likely to be cold and grey having seen the forecast) Sunday in Gothenburg before leaving for Vara for a quick visit to my grandma's. Back in Stockholm on the Tuesday I am hoping to spend a week seeing friends before going to Italy with my family for 2 weeks on the 7th of July.

So yes, what looked like a slow start to the summer has now become an eventful, yet still unemployed, one.

Not being in Sheffield feels wierd and I miss so many people so very much but having done this before, the moving to another country for a longer period of time, I feel confident that my friends will stick with me. Still, I can't wait to see them all again in a year's time of before that if they come to visit in Berlin, which is my next major step in life.

Because yes, in September, after a month long work placement at a Swedish magazine I will be moving to the capital of Germany together with my dear old partner in crime, Maria. We haven't sorted out any accommodation and I was feeling pretty confident about leaving it late, that was until my friend who is over there already said he was having major trouble finding anything but hostels... better start sorting that out.

And another thing that needs sorting out is the bag that I am taking to Gothenburg before going for dinner and movies with my girls in two hours (yes, we are watching Sex and the City and yes that will be the third time that I watch that film) so I better get started!