NEW JOB

A particularly wintry spring day and a trip out of town with colleagues - I've never really loved these team events. Of course, colleagues are usually nice, but this time the destination was in the middle of nowhere, the logistics were inconvenient, the weather was terrible.

We arrived, my feet were frozen, I went to the toilet... and then there was a picture of a toothbrush and a toilet paper roll on the door, with a speech bubble next to the toothbrush with the text "I hate my job..." and the toilet paper roll saying "Oh please!!!" - very unexpected and quite amusing, I almost never see things like this... but at that moment the feeling almost matched.

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Töömõtted

Üks eriti talvine kevadpäev ja väljasõit kolleegidega - ma pole eriti kunagi neid tiimiüritusi jumaldanud. Kolleegid on muidugi enamasti ikka toredad, aga seekord asus sihtkoht Kesk-Eestis, logistika oli ebamugav, ilm kohutav.

Jõudsime kohale, mul olid jalad läbi külmunud, läksin tualetti… ja siis oli selle uksel pilt hambaharjast ja tualettpaberirullist, kus hambaharja juures jutumull tekstiga “I hate my job…” ja tualettpaberirullil “Oh please!!!” - väga ootamatu ja päris lõbustav, ma ei näe selliseid asju muidu peaaegu kunagi… aga sel hetkel kiskus tunne sinna kanti küll. 

PROMISES

I visited an inspiring woman and picked up a card from her deck of cards - we had just talked about how I might want to walk away from some of the choices I had recently made in my life and she thought I wouldn't let go just yet.

I picked up a card and got a picture of a boy holding back a girl and not letting her go, with the word “Promise”. Apt.

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Lubadused

Võtsin ühe inspireeriva naise juures tema kaardipakist kaarte - olime just rääkinud, et ehk tahaksin mõndade elus värskelt tehtud valikute juurest minema astuda, ja tema arvanud, et mul ei lasta veel minna. 

Võtsin kaardi ja sain pildi poisist, kes tüdrukul särgisabast kinni hoiab ega minna lase, koos sõnaga “Lubadus”. Üsna kümnesse.

FROG

I started to go to bed, but I went to the bathroom first. I looked and saw that there was a dark pile by the door frame - my dog had been home alone all day, so I assumed it is his. I took a piece of toilet paper to remove it when the pile started moving! I was startled and screamed a little when I realized that I had a frog in the bathroom! After calming down a bit, I pushed him into the champagne cooler and helped him outside. Afterwards, of course, I thought that maybe he was an enchanted prince and I should have kissed him. :)

The next morning, I also looked up the meaning of a frog as a sign on the internet: many cultures revere frogs as symbols of renewal, vitality, and good luck. According to the Chinese, Indigenous North American and Latin American peoples, and Egyptians, seeing a frog can be interpreted as a good omen, signaling prosperity.

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Konn

Hakkasin magama minema, läksin enne veel tualetti. Vaatasin, et oi, uksepiida juures on nagu hunnik, kas koeral on päeval üksi olles äpardus juhtunud. Võtsin tüki tualettpaberit, et see ära võtta, kui hunnik hakkas liigutama! Ehmatasin ja kiljusin natuke, kui sain aru, et mul oli vannitoas konn! Veidi rahunenud, lükkasin ta šampanjacoolerisse ja aitasin õue. Pärast muidugi mõtlesin, et ehk oli nõiutud prints ja oleks pidanud suudlema. :)

Järgmisel hommikul uurisin internetist konna tähendust märgina ka: paljud kultuurid austavad konni, kui uuenemise, vitaalsuse, hea õnne ja külluse sümboleid.

SLOW MORNINGS

I saw a meme with a painting on social media where one woman asked another what luxuries she was after. The other woman's answer: slow mornings, minimized schedules, laughing, dancing, a cozy home, surrounded by nature and the ones I love.

Same here.

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Aeglased hommikud

Nägin sotsiaalmeedias meemi maaliga, kus üks naine küsis teiselt, milliseid luksusi ta jahib. Teise vastus: aeglased hommikud, hõre graafik, naermine, tantsimine, õdus kodu keset loodust ja armastatud inimesi.

Sama siin… 

BLESSED

I visited my friend to complete a journey we had been on together to release old patterns and manifest a new, better life.

When I came back from there, my mood was already high, and then Elton John's "Blessed" came on the car radio, the lyrics were to the point: "And you / You’ll be blessed / You'll have the best / I promise you that…”

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Õnnistatud

Käisin sõbrannal külas ühe koos läbitud vanade mustrite vabastamise ja uue parema elu manifesteerimise teekonna lõpetamise puhul. 

Sealt tulles oli tuju ülev juba niigi ja siis tuli veel autoraadiost Elton Johni “Blessed”, mille sõnad olid ka kümnesse: “Ja Sina / Sa saad olema õnnistatud / Sa saad parima / Ma luban Sulle seda…”

CARES FOR ME

We were on a trip to Brussels. The walls of the Hilton Grand Place hotel were decorated with cool paintings, one of which was of a slightly angry brunette girl with pigtails, with the text “Cares for me”. 

It resonated somehow, because my husband and I had been through some pretty rough times, but I was still moved by how he cared for me and looked after me.

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Hoolib minust

Olin kallimaga reisil. Brüsseli Hilton Grand Place hotelli seinu kaunistasid ägedad maalid, neist ühel natuke pahase olemise brünett patsidega tüdruk, koos tekstiga “Hoolib minust”.

Resoneerus kuidagi, sest olime kallimaga üsna tormistest aegadest läbi tulnud, aga mind jätkuvalt liigutas, kuidas ta hoolib minust ja hoolitseb mu eest.

THE SECRET TO ALL BEAUTY

On a trip to Luxembourg, we happened to find the oldest pub there, which had a lot of cool old photos and inspirational text on the wall. 

I especially liked two: one titled “Wine Diva,” where a beauty with a wine glass stated that life is too short to drink cheap wine, and the other, where next to the silhouette of a woman stretching her legs in a shallow champagne glass had the text: “Happiness is the secret to all beauty.”

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Kogu ilu saladus

Läksime kallimaga reisile. Luxembourgis sattusime juhuslikult sealsesse vanimasse pubisse, kus oli seinal palju ägedaid vanu fotosid ja inspireeriva tekstiga pilte. 

Mulle meeldisid eriti kaks: üks pealkirjaga “Veinidiiva”, kus veiniklaasiga kaunitar nentis, et elu on liiga lühike, et juua odavat veini, ning teine, kus madalas šampanjapokaalis jalgu sirutava naise silueti juures oli tekst: “Õnnelikkus on kogu ilu saladus.” 

WOMEN'S DAY, WITH LOVE

I've always considered how I feel on holidays to be an indicator of where I am in my life.

Women's Day after starting a new project and a week of editing my next book was great: by the evening, I had flowers in vases at home from four awesome men, and my sweetheart, who I had just thought hadn't told me he loved me in a long time, came with a big bouquet of roses, champagne, and a box of chocolate hearts with the text: "With love!”

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Naistepäev, armastusega

Ma olen seda, kuidas ma end tähtpäevadel tunnen, ikka indikaatoriks pidanud, kus omadega elus olen. 

Naistepäev pärast uuel töökohal alustamist ja oma järgmise raamatu toimetamise nädalat oli igatahes super: õhtuks oli mu kodus vaasides lilli neljalt ägedalt mehelt ning armsam, kellest olin just mõelnud, et ta pole ammu öelnud, et armastab mind (ikkagi eestlane), tuli suure roosikimbu, šampanja ja šokolaadisüdamete karbiga, millel tekst: “Armastusega!”