WHO – EU – POLITICIANS…. and me

todays post in English

NOR EMT

( Norwegian Emergency Medical Team)

We Wake up to a very cold, but beautiful morning

It is Friday the 2 of February  and it is 07.00 am

This is the day we have been looking forward to

WHO is going to certify NOR EMT ( we hope…)

We work hard with the last preparations to get the clinic finished

And so it begins….

It all starts with an acute birth with a bleeding mom and a newborn that don`t breath…

We get children with asthma attacks, open leg fractures, great injuries, burns and simpler diseases…

During 6 hours of exercise we treat about 75 «patients» in our clinic..

The people that arrange the exercise really deserve credit, they did an amazing job..

There were «actors/patients» from the age of 6 months all the way to senior citizens

They acted so well and it was easy to play along with the exercise…

The makeup artist did an incredible job as well, it was not hard to believe the «injuries»..

And in all this…… EU – WHO and politicians shows up

But we don`t have time for that..

we have to treat the patients!!!

It is all very realistic and the visitors like our engagement

Suddenly 6 hours has past..

Have we eaten???

…maybe some chocolate…

Had something to drink?

At least not enough – cause no one has been to the toilet for the past 6 hours…

We learn from this to, have to take care of our self – take care of each other…

We clean up

and eat dinner

 

                                      dinner in a bag is just fine 😉

and we meet up for debrief….

WE ARE CERTIFIED!!!!

 

the newspaper has written about the team

Something happens to you when you participate in something like this

You get so close to other people

meet people that has the same engagement as your self

The wish to go out in the world and help people in need, is strong  for everybody in the group

We are all excited and ready after a 4 days exercise

Only want to go home and take a shower and then we will be ready to go anywhere in the world

 

( «a quick wash» at Akershus fortresses public toilet isn’t exactly the same…)

we will have toilet and showers in the tents when we deploy

 Exhausted and inspired I land at Flesland airport late Saturday evening, with tons of experiences and many new friends

Have a wonderful weekend everybody

❤ ❤ ❤

 

 

 

THANK YOU!!!

Todays post in English

Thank you so much for my 2 eyes

With them I can see the natures beautiful colors, great mountains and sunset that takes my breath away..

With them I have been able to admire my wonderful children grow up:

Sometimes I let them rest at my good looking boyfriend:

Other times they are glowing with love when our eyes meet

With them I can execute my work with precision and awareness;

With them I can follow my golfball when I hit it far away…

and I do hit it far….😁😁🏌🏌

With them I have read tonns of books and used them critically on my own writings..

With them I can detect danger…

….show my friends that I care

…..see others pain and express compassion and empathy

…..see wrongs and unjustice

With them I can express anger, love and happiness

With them I can see the good in people:

With them I can cry both in sorrow and in joy

And when I am tired and close them….they let me rest

 BUT!!

What has happened these last years???

Why do they refuse to read small letters?

Why does everything get blury up close???

I guess I have to except that my eyes also gets tired….

…tired from everything that I have seen and read..

So I guess I have to let them rest a bit…

Luckily I look pretty good in the aids provided 😁😁😁

Thank you so much for my eyes and all the beauty they have – and will see!!!

I wish you all a wonderful rest of the week

…..and keep your eyes open for those beautiful everyday moments

 

                                     ❤❤❤

What do I really feel??

Todays post in English

When life suddenly offers big changes

When I am being challenged

When my limits are being pushed…

 

What do I really feel?

What do you feel???

Am I scared?

Or am I just excited?

Maybe I am in love??

 

It`s funny, but the reactions in our body is quite the same in these situations…

Why are some, so much braver than others?

Why do some avoid challenges, while others run to them?

What do I do?

Well…..something in the middel I guess…

I like to speed on my Kawasaki

I love roller coasters!!

I am more than likely to stand up in a big crowd and say something just impulsively…

BUT, I am not totally calm inside when it happens…

Of course I am nervous and sometime scared….

BUT, that will not kill me!!!

A pounding heart, flushed cheeks, sweaty armpits – that sends out tonns of pheromones  (= a chemical substance with scent) and large pupils. These are reactions that occurs when adrenalin is being released in our body . 

I like the rush my body gets in these situations

To feel that insecurity

Take control over those feelings – instead of letting them control me…

It feels like a victory

A fight that I have won…

I urge you to think about that the next time something frightens you – maybe you`re not REALLY afraid? Maybe you are just excited?

Embrace that feeling as you do when you are in love – the truth is that the reaction in your body is quite similar in both situations…

You should not take unnecessary chances of course, nor put yourself in real danger…But maybe that change in your life is`nt that scary after all?

Maybe you should find another job if you`re not satisfied where you are…

Maybe you should get yourself out of that relationship that makes you miserable…

Maybe you should take the trip that you have dreamt of for so long..

LIFE IS HERE AND NOW!!

LIVE IT!!!

❤ ❤ ❤

 

 

ANOTHER TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE THIS WEEK!!

Todays post in English

VETEN

My favourite mountain to climb

I do it many many many times a year

Can se the mountaintop from my house

Can see my house from the mountaintop

It takes about 1 hour( but than I am quite breathless and sweaty)

Its a good exercise

But not always so available to me

even if I want to…

sometimes it is impossible

It demands reconnaissance…

standing in my living room window, with my binoculars

It seemed safe today

so I took a chance

looked forward to a nice exercise….

was anxious

However…

 on the way up……..

I got some indications that they might be there anyway…

my pulse rate increased a bit

but that was the only indication I got

I didn’t see them

so I was still pretty calm….

We got to the top

 

Wonderful colours of fall

wrote our names in the book

took some pictures

enjoyed the beautiful afternoon

 

the best companions ever ❤

and than we ran as fast as we could back down

felt the blood rush trough my veins

the heart pounding in my chest

my lungs functioning just perfect

HAPPY

ALLE TREE OF US

 

BUT SUDDENLY THERE THEY WERE!!!

if you look closely you can tell that they don’t have any udders….so this is young bulls!!

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!!!!

THE ROAD THAT I WAS SOPPOSED TO WALKED DOWN….

 

Of course I didn’t walk down that road!!!!!

I’m not crazy!!

First I thought about spending the night in the mountain…

but rejected the idea quickly 🙂

I thought about going down the other side of the mountain…..but had no money for the bus home…and had to be at choir practice later that night..

And I was starting to get hungry..

Instead I went into the dense forest on the right side

I could barely get the dogs to come with me…

apparently they were more scared of the woods than the big animals

But I forced them to come….

and after climbing fences

fighting trough shrubs

jumping streams

we got back out on the road much further down…

HURRAY!!

I got a childish desire to yell:

Na – na – na – na – na – na!!!

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But wasn’t sure I was far enough away..

So I didn’t

I’m not going back up there for a while

Ill wait for snow

They have to be in the barn then – don’t they??

I WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL WEEKEND WITH LOTS OF GOOD FOOD AND WINE!!

❤ ❤ ❤

Dead scared…..

Yesterdays post in english

The pulse is racing

sweaty palms

my heart is pounding like crazy in my chest

I feel nauseous…

Have to look out the window to calm down

and that’s when sitting safely on my coach…

What’s going on?

A TV program…

A reality show

They are climbing on the edge of a mountain!!!

extremely steep on both sides!!!

I am safely on my coach…

but still scared to death

Or my body symptoms indicates that I am….

Fear of heights

Also on behalf of others…

It’s strange how different we humans react to the same experiences…

Some of the participants in this season are scared to death at that mountain wall

….others are having the time of their lives..

Why do we react so differently?

???

My fears are heights and claustrophobia

But I love speed and excitement….

I ride the most fearsome roller coasters

The height isn’t a problem  when I am strapped to a seat and dont have to move myself.. 

Speeding with my motorbike

Always pushing limits when skiing downhill…

But put me on the edge of a mountain and I am a nervous wreck..

This is me at Bolten(Kjerag). On a hiking trip with colleagues. Couldn’t resist going out there when everybody else did…but I was scared to death….and only let go of my colleague Bård-Arnes hand for about 2 sec in order to take this picture…

Some studies show that a lot of people are more afraid of talking in front of a crowd than they are of dying…

I love to talk to large crowds, standing on å stage, getting all the attention…

But put me in an MRI machine and the panic isn’t far away…

Why???

Common sence got nothing to do with it….

Og course I know that the MRI can’t suffocate me….

I know I can get out…

I often give anestetic to children in order to get them to do MRI….thats part of my job…

I know how to operate the machine

Know how it works…

BUT it doesn’t help

This is all about feelings

PHOBIA

They say its easy to cure…

Phobia that is…

I would like to get rid of my claustrophobia…..

So maybe I should see a shrink??

Get some cognitive therapy?

But my fear of heights????…..

Isn’t that just common sense?

As one of the participants in the reality show answered when they asked him what he was scared of:

«Vel, I am scared I am going to fall down and die!»

Sounds reasonable to me! 🙂

 

I WISH YOU ALL A WEEK WITH NO PANIC AND CALM HEARTBEATS

<3<3<3

Høy puls og svett i hendene…….

Pulsen dunker hardt i halsen…

Jeg blir nesten kvalm….

hendene våt av svette….

Jeg må se ut av vinduet for å roe meg ned…

Og det bare mens jeg sitter i sofaen…

Hva er det som står på?

 

De klatrer på en egg av et fjell!!

stupbratt ned på begge sider!!!

Jeg sitter trygt i sofaen…

men er livredd likevel!

Eller kroppens symptomer indikerer ihvertfall redsel…

Høydeskrekk

OGSÅ på vegne av andre…

Det er rart hvordan vi mennesker kan reagere forskjellig på ting..

Noen av deltakerne denne sesongen er livredde opp fjellveggen

mens andre storkoser seg og syns det er storartet..

Hva er det som gjør at vi er så forskjellige?

???

Mine fobier er høydeskrekk og klaustrofobi

Men jeg elsker fart og spenning

Tar de tøffeste berg og dalbaner

høyden er ikke et problem når jeg sitter fastspent og ikke må bevege meg for egen maskin….

Suser avgårde på motorsykkelen

Pusher alltid grenser på fart når jeg står på ski

Men sett meg på kanten av et fjell – så skjelver jeg som et aspeløv

Her er jeg på Bolten(Kjerag). På tur med jobben, kunne ikke la være å gå ut på da alle andre gjorde det….men var livredd..Slapp hånden til min gode kollega Bård-Arne i 2 sek for bildets skyld… 🙂

Enkelte undersøkelser viser at mange er mer redd for å snakke i forsamlinger enn å dø…

Jeg elsker å snakke i forsamlinger, elsker å stå på en scene, ha all oppmerksomhet rettet mot meg..

Men legg meg i en MR maskin og panikken lurer i bakgrunnen hele tiden…

Hvorfor?

Det har ingenting med fornuft å gjøre…

Jeg vet selvsagt at jeg ikke blir kvalt i MR maskinen..

At jeg kommer meg ut..

Jeg jobber jo ofte med barn i narkose på MR…

Kan styre maskinen…

Vet hvordan den virker

Men det hjelper ikke

Dette handler kun om følelser:

Fobi

Fobier er ofte knyttet til amygdala, et område av hjernen som ligger bak hypofysen i det limbiske systemet. Amygdala kan utløse utskillelse av hormoner som påvirker frykt og aggresjon. Når frykt- eller aggresjonsresponsen er iverksatt kan amygdala starte frigjøring av hormoner i kroppen for å sette kroppen i en «alarmberedskap» hvor man er klar til å bevege seg, løpe, slåss, etc. Denne defensive alamrmberedskapen og responsen er i psykologi generelt omtalt som fight-or flight- (flykt-eller-slåss-) responsen. ( Wikipedia)

Det er visst det letteste å kurere…

Fobier altså…

Kunne godt tenke meg å bli kvitt klaustrofobien…..

Så kanskje jeg skulle tatt en tur til psykolog?

Fått litt kognitiv terapi?

Men høydeskrekken?……

Tja, er ikke det bare sunn fornuft da?

Å være redd for store høyder?

Som han nordlendingen på 71 grader nord svarte da de spurte hva han var redd for;

«Nei æ e no redd for å fall ne og dau!»

JEG ØNSKER DERE ALLE EN UKE MED ROLIG PULS OG TØRRE HENDER…

<3<3<3

 

To climb a mountain…..

Todays post in English

It is that time of year again

The weekend we´ve planned for all year…

Looked forward too

What peak to climb this year?

Where should we travel?

Where should we stay?

For 9 years we have traveled and climbed mountains with our colleagues

These are the mountains we have climbed:

Melderskin in Rosendal

Kjerag/Bolten and Prekestolen

Hornelen, Store Smørstabbtind, Slogen, Fanaråken, Breidablikk an also all the way up in the spier of Nidarosdomen….

A doctor from Africa visiting our hospital in Bergen wrote about his meeting with the strange Norwegians….

One Sunday morning he sat by his window and saw a crowd of people  walking by , continuing up the mountain. He threw his clothes on and hurried after them curious to see what was going on?

it was a long walk and he couldn’t believe it when he realized that they only went up the mountain to eat their lunch just to go back down again…..In Africa they walked only to get something or to go somewhere…

He also asked the question: How far up the mountain must Norwegian go before they start greeting each other?»

SO WHAT DO WE DO AT THE TOP

we drag ourselves up the mountainside

Some turns before they reach the top

Thats ok!

we eat and drink some

Talk a lot

Laugh even more….

maybe drink some champagne, cider or beer…:)

Take «some» pictures at the top….often with our hands in the air…..dont know why…..just something we do…

Change out of sweaty clothes

and turn back down again…

when we get back down  we party and have fun!

and the next day we go back home…

Why do we do this every year?

Whats the point?

If you ask that question you have never been on a mountain top…

seen the view…

experienced that «good tired» feeling after an physical challenge

And also;

It is social

It is so fun

It is so important to our work environment

This year we went to SKÅLA in Loen

We went from sero meters above the ocean to 1848 meters above the Ocean ( 2021 yards) in only 8 kilometers… ( =4mi 1708.906yd)

So very steep!!

Challenging hike…

Maybe one of the most challenging we´ve been on…

But it was fabulous

It was great

 

We had snow on the top

And we took a swim at 1150meter ( =1257yd 1.96ft)  above the ocean in perhaps 4 og 5 degrees celsius ( 39 fahrenheit)  Only 2 of us went in!

The day after we took the sky-lift op to the Via Ferrata….before going home…

Next time I will climb it…..maybe…..

 

We got to see basejumpers in wing-suits throwing themself off the cliff…

 My palms were swetty, but I did manage to film them…

» What if they crash into the mountainside??» I gasped. » What will we do than?»

 » We cant do anything than – you will have to call Your boyfriend» One of the doctors replied 🙂

(My boyfriend is a funeral agent 🙂 )

We have had a wonderful weekend

We have enjoyed ourselves so much

We have sore, heavy and stiff legs as proof! 🙂

We will do the same next year

But in a different part of our country- on a different mountain

THANKS SO MUCH TO OUR BEAUTIFUL NATURE!!

WE LOVE YOU

❤ ❤ ❤

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deadly offended!!!!

Todays post in English

Got an email today….

…….asking me if I wanted to participate in the golf-clubs senior tournament!!!

There are several ways to react to this….

«Nice that they want to include me……»

But senior tournament????

HELLO!!!!

ME?????

Who are only 29????

It is not very easy to continue that self-deception when I get invited to events for 50+

Of course I could have replied;

«Sorry !!! but I am not that old»

But I didnt…..

The truth is that I am only a year short….

 

So why is age that important?

Why shouldn’t you ask a lady her age?

Why do I cling to the number 29?

Where was I – at the age of 29?

Mother of 4 children at the age 1 -8

BUSY!!!

Not much time for my self…

But what a wonderful time………even though I dont want it back…

Everything has their time

Every age its charm…

But why than, do I try to peel off the years that has past??

……..with them I´ll also erase :

All my experiences….

Everything that I have learned….

All that has happened to me…

All my acquisitions…

Everything that I have seen

My wisdom

All my accomplishments

Maturity…..

My kids are grown ups now

And we have a totally different relationship..

I can enjoy a wine – evening with my girls and bonus children…

I can enjoy a great day at the golf course with my son and trainer 🙂

I can ask my oldest son for advice – because he is often more sensible and reflected than I am.

I can do as I choose with my leisure time…

Go on a trip with my boyfriend if I want

I dont have to go to any school if I dont want to my self

I have a great job – that I love!

 

I have good economy

I own my own house and car

I have learned how to play golf ( never a blog without mention golf 🙂 )

 

So why would I want to erase all these years?

and cling to 29???

Of course I dont want that…

I want both!!!!

Keep everything that these years have given me…..but stay 29 as well 🙂

Why???

well…mostly it is a joke…

…..but there is some seriousness to it as well….

I dont need to get much older now…..

Not so much about the looks…..maybe 🙂

Every age has its charm as I pointed out earlier….

….and if you are wise, you have a lover  your own age – to make sure you aren’t the only one aging….;)

 

No, it has more to do with our limited time here on earth to be honest….

A bit frightening to think about….

I would like live for ever…

I read somewhere, that if you only believed strongly enough…

and you send these thoughts out into the universe..

showing gratefulness in advance…

It will happened

SO;

DEAR UNIVERSE ❤

I FULLY BELIEVE THAT I AM FOREVER 29 YEARS OLD ❤

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE ❤

 

I WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFULL THURSDAY

❤ ❤ ❤

So it begins!

Todays post in English

Not today

Not tomorrow either

But soon

Very soon

And I am looking forward to it

I really do

There is a time for everything

And now it is this

But first I have to travel

By plane

Do some preparations

I have so many plans this time

So many projects

Exciting things

New arenas

New assignments

So what is it -that are about to begin?

The rest of my life!

It has been  on pause the last weeks

That’s how it feels

Vacation

A time were everything stands still

Everything stops alittle

But now it’s coming to an end

And this monday the rest of my life begins

I am looking forward to it

Have a wonderful day everybody

❤❤❤

 

I AM NOT COMING HOME!!!

Yesterdays post in English

I cant….

Won’t….

I am enjoying this so much….

Excellent food and drinks…..

Late nights on the terrace, laughing and good times..

A boyfriend that tells me that he loves me many times a day..and does those adult stuff with me that people who love each other do…

How can I leave a place were the morning starts without the alarmclock…

Were the sound of my boyfriends snoring for some reason is abscent…

From mornings at the terrasse with a good book,something to eat and drink…

From peace and quiet…

With beautiful sunrises…

From beautiful surroundings

and flowers so perfect..

From sun and heat…

We will just stay…

Emigrate

Immigrate

But then I speak to the man in the reception at the golfclub.

He has been to Bergen this summer and praises how gorgeous City we have…

At first it is greek to me….even though he is Spannish and speaks English…. the message is still greek… 😊

I remember fleeing from a rainy City wich again has beaten some absurd rain- record  from the 1800….

From summerdays with the same temperature as christmas eve….

But the man is speaking of totally different stuff and I start to remember…

Everything that I have back home…

Our fantastic children who I love more than anything…..

OF COURSE I WANT TO GO HOME TO THEM!!!

And what about  My and Pi that probably wonders were we are….

The family..

Not to mention all our friends?

The choir that are giving a huge concert at Bergens concerthouse: Grieghallen this fall….

And the ice-swimmer club…..not as impressive to start one here in Spain…

And what about the job that I love….all my collegues…

And the other job that I am starting this fall, wich I am really looking forward to…

And beautiful surroundings????

Bergen do really have to offer plenty in that department to…

And to be honest, I dont mind my boyfriends snoring  so much….

And he do tell me that he loves me many times a day at home as well….

And those adult stuff we do….well we didnt invent them here in Spain….

That’s how it is with vacation…..sun and heat….we appreciate it because we dont have that all year…

Yep! I changed my mind!

I AM COMING HOME!!!

But not quite yet….I am still going to enjoy a short week of sun, golf and all the rest..

And I do agree with the Spannish guy who at first seemed to be speaking greek;

NOTHING IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN BERGEN WHEN SUNNY

I wish you all a wondetful day wether its sunny or rainy were you are!!!!

❤ ❤ ❤