Madrid maravilloso

Although it has been raining a lot during my staty here in Madrid, I must say it is a very beautiful city with a lot of fun things to do and nice food to eat!! Slowly I have been re adjusting to the life before the CFA and it is wonderful not having to study all the time!!

D has been showing me around the city and it has been very nice spending some time with him again. I got 2 (!!) nice presents from Tous because he thought I had done a really good job studying... very sweet!!

Tomorrow it's time to go back to London again. A short but sweet visit! Can't wait to come back here again!!

CFA L2 exam done

I can gladly say that summer has officially begun for me. I went to the exam in Stockholm after a week of studying without interruptions at Mom's place and did my very best. Not sure it is enough but considering how tough this spring has been, I will not kick myself to much if I don't pass. I did everything I could have done.

Tomorrow I'm off to the Spanish capital to see my man. Can't wait!

Madrid, here I come!!!

Feliz cumpleaños D!

Going for a retro look. My darling looks good in anything!

Miss you a lot!

Today is a very special day. Not because it's a sunny day in London - it's because it's my handsome hubby's birthday. Today he is 32 years young. But he looks like he just turned 25! I feel bad that I can't be there in Madrid with D today, because I would really like to celebrate his special day properly, but I will make it up to him after my CFA exam. I promise!

Bye bye baby

D in Stockholm

Today was another sad day for me. My baby, D, left for Madrid to start a new adventure. We've had an extraordinary Easter break together in Sweden, so that was a good way to say "so long". However, it's going to be hard as I'm going to miss my baby very much.


I try to look at it from the bright side: I will have sooo much time to focus on the CFA Level 2 exam... Yay...Not so happy about it now, but I really need it. I can already feel the stress of the exam coming closer... Less than 2 months left... Yikes!!


I really can't wait to get it over with. I am planning so many fun things to do after the exam. So many "normal" books to read and friends to visit and my baby, of course.


D, if you read this: Pasatelo bien en Madrid. Ya iré a verte después del examen, pero te mandaré cositas de Londres para que te acuerdes de mi!!!! ;-) Un besiiiiiii

Hola

La Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid, Spain

It's been a while since I last wrote something... I think it's because of the lack of time and energy... Lately stuff at work have reached a crazy level and my studies have intensified massively. So I think I just lost my will to write something for a while.

A lot has happened lately. Not just the stuff a wrote about above, but for example: D is being transferred to Madrid through work. It's a good thing professionally for him, but that means - long distance relationship - yet again... I mean, we have a mortgage and we have to both be able to pay it otherwise the bank people will chase us down and beat us with their briefcases and worse... So I couldn't just leave London without having a job in Madrid.

Leaving London - I'm perfectly fine with that, given that I get a decent job in my next location. I have had fun and gained great friendships here but I don't feel that attached to the city itself. It's an amazing city and I know I will come back to see friends and go for shopping and culture, but I don't see it as my home. I never did.

Having said that, I don't really see any place as my home other than Stockholm and I don't feel the need to live there as I always go back there to see my family and friends. It will always be such a big part of my life anyway. The way I feel now, is that home is where D is. So when he leaves for Madrid - in the beginning of April, I will have the perfect excuse to just dive into my CFA books and not resurface until June, because by then I know I will have begun in my pre-exam panic phase ever so slightly, but noticeably. That will just get worse as the exam date gets closer and will culminate on the night before the exam, not to reappear again until the next exam. Good for D that he won't be here through that phase - it can be pretty rough if you're the boyfriend.

Well now I got started with the CFA and Madrid stuff on the blog, which made me a bit stressed about the exam... I have to go study some more now...

The big question is, will there be a "Englund in Madrid" blog continuation? Maybe soon, maybe never.

I just say: "Que será, será".