Weekend again! I had planned today with caution. My alarm would not awake me before 8.30am. Lie in! Mum woke up with a big jolt at 6.11am. Deciding she was awake by then she said -We go up now won’t we? -No. I said very firmly as I turned over and tried to ignore her heavy breathing and exciting moving feet.

At 7am I had to give up as she said -You are so quiet when you sleep. It’s like you are dead almost. Ah well, at least that was a wake up greeting.

So I got up and got ready as sshe was fiddling on her iPad. When I was ready to go down for breakfast she was not ready to eat as she had had her medicines. So I went down on my own for a lovely breakfast. Mum joined me after a while.

Snow. Oh my god. How much snow that has fallen over night! I said we should go outside for a walk to take photos of the snow. Mum was doing a million things so I said I would walk outside on my own for a bit. Just to take some photos of the hot springs.

Mum was going to join me later.

I went out the backdoor. So beautiful. The snow was still falling in big flakes. It was so quiet. No one was outside. I walked along the back of the building and then as I was admiring the grandness of the snow it happened. I can’t even blame living in Mallorca, or coming from England. I’m Swedish originally and that should have taught me something. As I was walking along the patio I had ignored one important piece of information. Snow is cold. It’s made of water. That when made warm melts and when cold freezes to ice… Ice on a cold surface is slippery. Covered with snow, ice becomes very slippery. Well the entire back garden patio of ceramic stones had been covered with the nights snow. Some had melted on the stones when they fell down. Melted to water then freezing to ice… then covered with snow… trap… Well had i been a foreigner it could have been a trap. As a swede I should have spotted it straight away. As my feet continued to explore the surface underfoot my body slipped forward suddenly as i was caught by a slippery patch. Before I could even think “what the hell am I slipping?” I was already face forward on the ground! Snow in my face and wall over my front. As I had held my iPhone out as a camera it was full of snow. I wiped it off feeling for injuries as I was catching my breath and slipping around as i got to my feet.

My left hand had taken a bit of a strike with the fall. I called Dan, to tell him about the snow and my lucky very close to death encounter but as he answered, I heard him, but he could not hear me.

I called back on other phones but he could still not hear me. I called my brother instead as something was wrong with phones in England. Still I could hear my sister in law great but she heard nothing. Oh great, so it’s my frippin’ phone! After a couple of SMS we decided to skype instead as my brother had arrived with the dogs and mums car from the UK the night before. I tried Skyping from my phone, again no sound from me. I heard Bitte sister-in-law perfect and saw her as well. We played a game where she did the talking and i nodded orr thumb up os shook my head. I then gott to talk to my brother. He got everything I said! Brilliant! You could really see we are related! He even got some weird texting I did about mum, but then I got it, all of a sudden my phone worked again! As I was doing crazy charade I had been talking loudly! Result I could communicate again! Coffee and Clones were greatly at home at my brothers! I was talking to Coffee on Skype. She was happy to hear me but was looking for me everywhere.

Lunch today was going to be a treat.

We were going to be picked up at 11am and driven to the Ebners for lunch! Martin and Rosi live just next to lake Zurich. When we got there we could not see anything because of the heavy snowfall, but during lunch the weather cleared and we got a lovely view over the lake as kites (the bird of prey) where doing slow gymnastic turns as the sun was shining on the ferry crossing the lake.

When we got back we went and had a swim in the hot springs. We swam some lengths (no 1.5 km but maybe 100m) Afterwards we went for a sit in the lovely sauna again. This time it was full of swiss people. They had different ideas of what the sauna was good for and they got busy trying to shuch us when we were just talking. As if they were offended by not knowing what we were talking about. We decided to leave the sauna to have time for a shower and a rest before dinner.

At dinner I was so tired I nearly fell asleep. Both mum and I have treatments tomorrow. And we have both got early starts.

Tomorrow I also have a very interesting phone call with an american healer. She has come very highly recommended so I am very excited about it all.

Today “Johan Bjorkmans hall” a training arena for Djurgardens football and sports club named after my father, has had its inauguration! My brother and uncle went so hopefully will have more info tomorrow.

I’m trying to upload photos but there are many technical errors…

Keep Smiling 🙂 There are always things that surprise you!

First day with mum here.

4.24am mums alarm clock goes off in her bag. It’s so load I am afraid it will wake neighbours. Mum awakes a little bit and said -Oh you’ll be able to fall asleep again won’t you? Has she not read my blog? -No. I answer her in my plastic bubble. There is no point in trying to make my sleeping pattern a rosy unreal story. Once up after 4am seldom asleep again.

I will torture mums alarm clock and get rid of any batteries stuck in him before bed time.

So my mum arrived safe any ways. I was asleep when she arrived here at 11.30pm. Way after my bed time. She came with as much packing as I would bring for my entire family for a holiday a week somewhere. I guess she has really moved out of Wootton Grange Farm.

This morning I had already been awake since after 4am so I went up around 7am for a shower and to get ready for breakfast. Mum was very tired, but she eventually saw the good in coming for an early breakfast and then accompany me for my first and todays only

8.50am Physiotherapy with Miriam. A new therapist as it’s a saturday. She was lovely and she made me do lots of silly things on a fit ball. Honestly, how many exercises can you do on a fit ball? I couldn’t do the scissor again because of pain in my left wrist. Angelina can maybe tape it with the magic tape monday.

11am me and mum walked over to the hot springs. We had some grown up bubbles and tea and we were by ourselves. Then we walked over to the kids hot pool and had a go on the river flow and in the bubbles. It was very relaxing.

Lunch at 12.30pm. We had lovely food with risotto. I had cod with risotto and I think mum had veal with risotto. Mum was checking out what the other residents were drinking and asking me. I said -Yes some of the residents do have wine or other alcohol to their meals. -Oh how unhealthy. Well there is often alcohol in the desserts I said and I was not wrong again. Mums dessert arrives and it’s full of Cognac. She got very happy.

Then some relaxing time in the room.

3pm massage at spa. Mum got a lady masseuse I got a male one. He was very good but the rule about nakedness in any spot of heat (saunas) and closeness (saunas) people expect you to go naked for your massage as well. Well that didn’t happen for my male masseuse. He had big granny knickers to deal with rather than my crispy white bottom. He was very good and at times I think my feeling on my left was coming back but then I could feel him go over knots on the left side of my back that I knew should hurt a lot. Couldn’t feel them, at all.

4pm musical entertainment in hotel lobby. Pianist and flute player. I knew mum wanted to go, I was still dressed in my robe as I entered the full hotel lobby. Mum was dressed in clothes and sitting on first line. Ok she can be the one from our family joining in todays musical activity. I instead went upstairs for a shower and some relaxing time. Alone.

I had had mums live commentary all day long. Fisrt walk to breakfast: -You walk like you have lost lots of muscles. -You mean you think I look like I have pooed myself? -No you just walk like you have lost all your leg muscles in between your legs. Well I do walk a little funny I admit, but really like I have lost muscles?

First stairs: -Oh should you really walk there? It looks much worse on that side. (meaning the steps were shallower on the right side)- Yes my right side is better for me to hold on with as I fell yesterday in the stairs.

In the pool: -Please don’t have an epileptic attack now we are in the water because it’s so misty I can’t see you then. – I’ll try not to.

Tonight we are going to have dinner in the restaurant and maybe a film or something on my computer later. We will see, mum might want to go clubbing? It’s a saturday night after all!

Keep Smiling 🙂 Dan is doing a bike thing in London where he is giving all visitors chocolate marshmallow fountain. So I wish I was there but if you were lucky you!