football shame

Still no baby! On Friday Vickan suspected that the waters had started seeping(!). To be safe she called Förlossningsavdelningen and they pulled us in but it turned out to be wishful thinking on our part. Vickan got rigged up to a machine for half an hour that tracked the heartbeat and contraction intensity. It showed all was well, which was reassuring at least.

Yesterday we bore witness to the biggest scandal in Swedish/Danish footballing history. Sweden were 3-0 up after 25 minutes in Copenhagen. The Danes had amazingly pulled it back to 3-3 when in the 89th minute Poulsen (Dane) needlessly elbowed Rosenberg (Swede) in the stomach (ref and ball were miles away). The ref pointed to the penalty spot and was about to give the Dane the red card when a fat drunken Danish supporter ran onto the pitch and slapped the ref around the face. The shaken ref then stopped the game and awarded the match to the Swedes 3-0. The crazy Danish fan will be lynched as he has ruined his country's chances of qualifying for Euro 2008.

Today was another beautiful day. We got up late and took a picnic (consisting mainly of naughty snacks) to Mälaren (the big lake stretching from Stockholm to Uppsala). We found a quiet spot by the water on a rock and enjoyed the calm for a few hours. Now we're back home lapping up the sun on our balcony. It was sweet of the piglet to give us some extra relaxation time...