Girlfrieeeeend...!

Good for you girlfrieeeeend! Bosnia mon, well good for you.

(yes, I would like you to remember me as the Professional)

Oh, I don't know. I want to say something nice and funny and memorable to distinguish my blog contribution from all the others, and I suppose the others are pretty good so I'm not sure how to deal with the competition here, and I've had too much Asian soup, and then apple cake and apple crisp and ice cream (and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, which lovely Goele brought back from Boston for me) and on top of that too much coffee (and I'm still waiting for the speech, which I hope won't make me cry, as I get soppy really easily and that's just plain embarrassing), and as I'm sure you're aware by now I have a talent for blurting out with the wrong things at the wrong times, which make people (yes, that includes you) look at me funny...but then I suppose they laugh too, which can't be a bad thing (Oh I'm sure they're laughing with me and not at me .... right?). Spreadin' the vibes. I do try (last time I really tried I said I didnt ever want to be drunk again...).

Ah. Well. So I've really enjoyed having you around. I hope you will forget the horrible morning (pre-12 noon)-me and remember the sociable (post-coffee) me and our brief chats and good laughs in the kitchen and over the Swedish elk bell (the one on the table in your office). I will remember the genuine, witty, intelligent, no-nonsense you (and I cant think of further adjectives without getting into another internal debate about what works, what doesnt, is that really representative etc etc).

So yes. I hope we'll meet again, and that you keep us blog-posted in the meantime. Good luck with your adventures and well done you ;-)
Lots of huggin' from me x