Been trying to think of something to write during the whole week, for example something about the boyfriend, or the Christmas break that I have so deserved and that is finally here (since Tuesday), but I don't know, I seem to have spent all my spare time kissing said boyfriend (or laying on his couch listening to Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert and being ... happy) or preparing for Christmas (stuff like getting a tree and decorating it and finding gifts for my family).

What I can say is that it's been a crazy semester. I managed to scrape up the very last of my energy to get all the assignments done - to my great surprise I even took the music history exam! But I'm hoping it will never be like this again. That was not the life I want to live, and I still believe in my own ability to create the life I want. I'm going to do what I can to cut down on things to do and demands from others and myself, not to be this busy and stressed out, come spring.

I intend to spend these three weeks just resting. I want to nurture parts of me that I've neglected for a while (like reading! Listening to music while not doing anything in particular! Practise knitting! Making collages!) ... And I'm not going to sing or play a single note that I don't love.

I'm at my parents house for Christmas (I have my camera with me but forgot the cable, so I can't upload anything for now), and on Wednesday I'm going to Stockholm for the Snowball, which is going to be great. I wish you all a very blessed Christmas.

Just wanted to tell you that I've added a link to my last.fm profile on the right. So if anyone is interested in what I'm listening to, go have a look! For a sneak peek, here are my ten most popular artists according to last.fm (the last.fm account is not completely accurate; I have most of my music on CD:s, and my computer is old and buzzes worse than my fridge (which is to say a lot), so I never keep it on if I'm not actively using it. But I must admit that these artists give quite a good idea of my taste in music at the moment. If only you add the classical bits and some of the old singer/songwriter goodness).

1 Chet Baker
2 Ella Fitzgerald
3 Clifford Brown
4 Jonas Knutsson
5 Terence Blanchard
6 Nando Lauria
7 Bob James
8 Sarah Vaughan
9 Linda Pettersson
10 Copeland

Thank God I have Copeland up there too, or it would have looked like I've turned into some sort of jazz maniac! Oh dear!

I'm sorry! My life started happening, and there was just no time for blogging.

Honestly, it's been way too much this past month. But seeing as it's starting to slow down a little (for two reasons: I said no to a whole bunch of things I had planned to do, such as one of my choirs, an evening class in modern history of pop and rock, one of my chamber ensembles, several lindy classes and some other things, and the amount of school work is shrinking slightly), I don't feel like talking any more about it. It's been too much, and I was ridiculously happy to be back at school for about two weeks, and then I got tired, and then I got grumpy, and then my stomach started aching, and this past week I've been picking fights in every direction. It was no fun. I'm glad it's getting better.

I feel bad about not writing here, especially since my flickr profile says "There's the blog too, updated at least every other day". I don't have many readers though, so I don't think it matters much ... but it matters to me. I like my blog. And I will try and shake some life into it over the next few weeks.

But for now, I'm prioritating sleep. I'm still not fully recovered from the sleep deprivation and the general lack of taking care of myself - body and soul - of this past month. I feel like I could sleep for days.