No event for me this weekend

Apart from arthritis having a flare I got a cold right after the viva. And I didn't get better. I have been working on half speed and I can probably give a pretty good lecture on Monday in Malmö. But I am too tired and ill to go to our annual event Fru Ragnhild's Collegium. That's really a pity; it's a very nice event and some friends from other parts of the country that I don't see often are there, and haugtussa from Norway.
It's also the tenth anniversary for the event and I was one of the two founders. But I felt too crappy to go. After I had called and told I wasn't coming Maja woke up from a nap and it turns out she has got a temperature, so it was definitely the right decision.
Oh, and my friend Sara rescued the lecture schedule by offering an improvised lecture on the Grail, the Templars and medieval history, not Dan Brown's fictional story.

Presents VI

Today I went out and bought shoes for the gift certificate I got from my friend Sara. It turned out it worked also in some other shoe stores so I got the same shoes as idahoswede. I had been lusting for them for over a month, but while they weren't expensive I really couldn't justify spending any money on fancy shoes with too high heels to be comfortable for anyone with arthritic feet. But now it was a present. ( Here they are: )

I also got around to unloading pictures from my camera so I can show you the wonderful shawl haugtussa's mother gave me, that she had made herself. You don't see it very well in the picture, but it's a triangular shawl from dark grey natural coloured wool with a border with a lacy pattern and fringe. It has very long ends so it's comfortable to cross over the chest and tie in the back. It works wonders for tense shoulders and until yesterday it has been warm enough here to use it as the only outer garment.
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In other news: Maja is a little better now, but definitely not well enough to go anywhere tomorrow.