Say it right.... and just... Rise to the occasion

These songs are my favourites at the moment and I dedicate them to someone out there....
enjoy.......

Rise to the occasion..... Kurt Nielsen fantastic ........ listen to the text

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gabn7eiqoz4

Say it right..... so damn good always.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO6SnX9s5-w

Rise to the occasion......

You’ve been down the dark detoursYou have seen most of it allCrashed into the million facesBut never listened to them talkYou’ve got so much on your mind right nowIt doesn’t even help to try to solve them allYou used to smile when hope and a pat on the backWould last throughout the dayAs the rain kept falling down on youYou wouldn't let them wash the feeling awayHope itself dried out in you as you heard your man walking awayWithout a word
You thought

Who’s gonna make my decisions, I can’t make them on my ownWho’s gonna rise to the occasion when there is no one aroundWho the hell is gonna believe me, I dont believe in myselfWho’s gonna be there forever, well it aint gonna be him

In case you didn’t know I really care for youI just wish you all the bestAnd if love should come and knock on your door Ihope it treats you with respectI cannot count the times I’ve seen youOh just slipping away with a broken heart

You thought.....

No no noEverybody is going away, I’m barely hanging onNo no noDo not lovers seek me, what am I doing wrong?
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Say it right.....

In the dayIn the nightSay it rightSay it allYou either got itOr you don'tYou either stand or you fallWhen your will is brokenWhen it slips from your handWhen there's no time for jokingThere's a hole in the plan

Oh you don't mean nothing at all to meNo you don't mean nothing at all to meBut you got what it takes to set me freeOh you could mean everything to me

I can't say that I'm not lost and at faultI can't say that I don't love the light and the darkI can't say that I don't know that I am aliveAnd all of what I feel I could showYou tonight you tonight

Oh you don't mean nothing at all to meNo you don't mean nothing at all to meBut you got what it takes to set me freeOh you could mean everything to me

From my hands I could give youSomething that I madeFrom my mouth I could sing you another brick that I laidFrom my body I could show you a place God knowsYou should know the space is holyDo you really want to go?

love
A

Anna a ........hmm..?

Anna A= alcoholica..... well hello. Have you ever considered being a summer alcoholic and got the lovely nickname alcoholica buy a fancy man you wish had taken you for a date instead?

I have. Some weeks ago there were a lot of parties ongoing and you keep on drinking and drinking. ok I kept on drinking and drinking... that is the truth. I was not dead drunk the nights and evenings I talk about but anyway.... little bit to much.

The Highlight of the eveing was when one guy called me Anna Alcoholica during the evening..... !! thank you sir. Obviously i was a little bit too tipsy and I guess my mouth was talking to much as well..

But anyway.. i felt kind of stupid and for some minutes i woke up and got sober for some seconds. Not all the time you are in control... not me at least.

I have not done anything that i regret only said things that i can be some embarrased about ok ok...

At the moment i am kind of happy that there are not to many parties ongoing.. i need to rest. And it feels very good to be sober.

One of the first nights at the hotel I was so dead tired and exhauested to I actually took a small glass of pure absolut peach vodka and just drank it.

I hated myself for doing it but I just had to. That was not the best thing i had done.. but at that moment it was the only right thing to do.

Never ever i will do that again... and always ever i will remember that nickname and it will be my best reminder ever.

Who wants to end up like Anna Alcoholica... well.. not me.

I am to happy for that.
Love
A

Golden mornings.....

Imagine the alarm at 0515. Imagine the smell of coffée and fresh baked bread. A finalized breakfast buffée just to be eaten. And imagine a cup of coffée in total silence in a small hotel reception in Arboga.

I have to admit I enjoy here. Even if I am dead tired when the alarm rings. And I am kind of dead tired even during the days.

The last week I have worked a lot, early mornings and late evenings and I normally am on the run here almost every minute. I think of it all the time. Comparing my work in Nordea with this.

It is a huge difference. Maybe the biggest difference is the customer experience. Here you get some direct feedback when things are not to good and vice versa from the customer.

One customer told me that he got the worst made coffee ever here in the hotel one day.... one evening.
I went crazy on him and asked why he did not tell me and I would have made some new coffee. ( not to crazy but anyway)

The coffee he insisted on having was actually a few hours old and I told him that and insisted on making some new one. He just drank it.

The customer, is he angry and not satisfied with the stay here? Well... to be honest, I dont think so. If he is , its up to him.

Some customer are just so lovely and make this job worth everything.

Love / A

People management

So another day has passed here and I am both happy and concerned about certain things. The employee belonging to the hotel came back yesterday with the signals, attitude and behaviour that she would not like to stay here more then the coffee breaks lasted.

Influenced and of course loyal to my stepmother, she just had to be very skeptical. And mostly, as she thinks I am a monster.. she just cant like me.

I guess it took her about 30 minutes to realize how stupid it is to judge and create stupid minds of someone you dont know, based on another persons story.

After yesterday and todays work, I can promise. She will not leave this building and this work. Today she came back with a name of a person that she actually would recommend to start working here. That is not to bad. That is very good.

Now, she also smiles, feels reliefed probably and can relax since we have no competition in this company among the employees. We are as much equal as anyone of us. Well... what does she think? We should treat her as a slave? hello and hello.

This Hotel will be the best place to work at with the people, the guests as the priority number 1, no doubts. Filled with values, focus on the guests and of course the great customer experience.

I am not surprised about the change we have seen during this 2 days and neither am I surprised that people call in, asking for a job here. The atmosphere, the values and the happiness and proudness in this company just is visible even from the outside.

It is a 24:7 work here in the hotel and I have just realized that it is a lot . And hopefully its worth it.

Give me some sleep and I will soon be back to normal again. That kind of worry me... so little sleep and that is no good.

A

Something new .....

In place in Arboga and in place in the hotel. What a start. So many challenges, so much work, but so much fun. And the most lovely thing is to meet all the guests visiting the hotel.

Gittan and I have got a great start here even if we both just have to make sure we have the water up under our nose. It was a great idea to have the Café in the restaurant, but also some naiv. If my lovely friend Åsa had not helped us it would have been a catastrophy. The hotel has been fully booked for the last nights and we have worked our asses off and to put a café on the top of that... yes.. that was kind of too much.

Luckily I have been able to get some great energy here from some unexpected sources.

You never know what is behind the corner and I am damn lucky about that.

Last night I went back to Stockholm for a quick pick up of Robin, my son and it is just lovely to have him back after 3 weeks of vacation. To feel his little arms around me gives me another kick and energy and at least he is both curious and also very exited about our new home, even if it is a smaller room in the annex of the hotel. Love just conquer it all.

/ love A

Headache...

One of my colleagues told me today he got headache by reading my blog. Hm... he said i write about my minds and obv. it is some tricky to like that or not. Anyway... i guess he is to curious to let go of my words so.. yes I am happy that so many reads it including him.

I surtenly had some kind of a great day today. Even if I went home very late from work I managed to keep away from headache.

Went directly to buy some Japanese food and further on to a store where I bought a new laptop.
Strange. I dont know to much about it what kind and brand is good and so on... and i did not really want to buy one of the cheapest to be forced to upgrades and stuff like that very sonon.

So... here I am sittning with my brand new and fancy laptop. It is great and fantastic. And so fancy good looking. I thouht i should not care but I do.

So far so good. One of my sons came home today and it was great seeing him after almost 2.5 weeks away from me. But but... something was not alright.

Now to the headache.... the real headache. Late this evening he had kind of a breakdown of sadness regarding this whole thing about me moving and so on. And so he cried. Me too. that is really the worst thing to see you children sad. That really sucks and kills. And gave me headache.

It will be a great challenge this movement I am doing but we will fix it. I cant make it visible yet to him to convince hime about that things will be great in the end.

oh holy moses. Another day of tears. Well I guess it sometimes just is the real thing just to cry out loud. He did and I did.

And actually.... when we left each other the tears were gone and also the headache.

Time for bed. Countdown at Nordea is here. Damn I will miss everyone so much.

love and hugs
Anna

Sex & the City.....

I have waited for the day to see the movie Sex and the City as it is my number one favourite Tv -show. I just love it.


Yesterday I went to the see movie and it was great. I laughed mostly of all, and I probably cried most of all as well. It was a happy movie... but mostly I think it was really sad moments that i could refer to in my life as well.

To remember how hard the break up thing is, and to be cheated and let down. I cried like crazy that is the true. But also... true strong love and friendship. As high as I laughed the silent i cried. I could not stop.

It was a great ending and I cried at that too. With red eyes but a great smile , me and my lovely friend Gunilla left the movie and I drove back home to a kaotic house.

I had planned to do some packing this evening but I could not move. I logged on to check my emails and started to chat with some friends and I cried even more. To notice so much friendship and love just killed me yesterday. To add the working load and pressure the last months yes... i would call it a smaller breakdown.


Luckily it has nothing to do with men affairs... and such complicated things... , I promise, and as my heart is so very open and happy at the moment, I kind of managed to control myself after a while.


Well, not really myself.... after getting a kick in my ass and a push to shape up by one of my friends of course.....thanks.

But sometimes even a strong girl like me need a shoulder that is for sure. And why not a Mr Big, it seems convenient and lovely.


I will go and see the movie again. It was great.

My colleagues asks me who I represent of the four girls.??? I leave that to you to have a guess....

Many knows that we are a team of girls going out and having a great friendship like the 4 girls and I keep telling everybody that the reality is much more better then the tv -show ... I mean .. its true.

And I need to by a pair of those lovely shues MB.

Take care. I have to .

// Anna