Erika's World

Yesterday was amazing! We were out until late and then I had to pack my suite case because we are going home today. First we had a long seminar and after that we went up to mountains and visited a beautiful city called Ronda. So gorgeous! Even though Ronda is not that far from Marbella it still took about an hour to get there. We had to drive on these small mountain roads to get there. If you get car sick easily you might want to skip Ronda. Though it would be really sad to miss it while you are here.     The view over Marbella on the way up to Ronda was just something else! It makes you realise how mighty mother nature really is! At one point the buss driver (the most skilled buss driver ever) pointed to the horizon where you could see a mountains in the far distance and said Africa. Omg that was so cool! You could also se Mount Gibraltar! Just wow!     Well up in Ronda we went on a three hour tour of the city. First I was just no that ain't going to work becaus...

Today I am writing from sunny and beautiful Marbella in Espana! Hola mi amigos! It is like being back in Santa Barbara with the mountains, this beautiful Spanish architecture and the incredible weather! I never want to leave! NEVER! I realise that I do have to book a trip somewhere this summer. Though Patti and I are going to Rome in September. I can't wait for that.     Just because I am on vacation don't think that I will skip my healthy ways. Okay I had churro for breakfast (because they had it at the breakfast buffé and I have never tried it before). But I also had some healthier alternatives. Since I do work out as much as I do and am as healthy as I am my body can afford to eat a little unhealthy once in a while. They have do have a gym here so I plan on hitting that later. I haven't worked out in a gym in ages so it's going to be interesting but I plan on giving you a full report on it.     But ciao (I know that's Italian) for now because I going enjoy ...

It's Friday! Or better know as Fri-Yay! Hahaha. Now that I work office hours I so do appriciate weekends way way more than I did when I worked at Espresso House. Side note: I have lost me staff discount at EH. I knew that this day would come, I just in reality never thought that it actually would happen. Well well. Okay back to the post, it's Friday and I appriciate weekends way more now because I always have weekends off from work. I hated working weekends and I used to always tell my boss at EH not to schedule me on weeekends. But she did so anyway because for some reason she hated my. I don't know why I mean I am such a lovely person. I am excited for this weekend because I am hopefully going to meet my cousin tomorrow. We'll see. We had plans to do something tonight but then we realised that it was better to meet up tomorrow. I am also going to try and do some work for my blog. This blog is starting to take up more and more time of my life. I love it though and th...

Good morning! or I don't even know if it's appropriate to say good morning because it's almost 11:20 am. Well well I said. I guess that I am a bad ass. Not that I have anything special to say aat the moment, I just wanted to show you guys the beautiful tower of sandwhiches that I made for then lawyers and their big meeting this morning. Doesn't it look absolutely delicious?! your writer, Erika

So today I have had a lot to do at work but I manage to get it done in time. Which is so nice! What's less nice that is that I almost became def in the process. Okay maybe that is a little bit over exaggerated but my right ear started hurting so much because of the ship sound from the stapler that I had to take two painkiller. It's better now, which I am so happy about. Now I am just going to chill on the couch eating my risotto and watch the latest episode of Empire . your writer, Erika

Hello! I have had such a busy day at work that I haven't had any time to even look at my blog. I just had so much to do. So much paper work. Working for a bunch of lawyers is not easy from time to time. It is so unpredictable - at least from my point of view - because you never know when it's going to be a lot to do. Like today I had a lot to do. It wasn't funny. I had a bunch of paperwork that needed to be done. The table infront of me wan't the right height for me. When I had to write all of the address on the envelopes my back started to hurt because I had to bend over the table. As if that wasn't enough my left shoulder is hurting. I don't if it's because I might have slept on it or if it's because of an old injure. When I was a kid I fell at the playground and hurt my shoulder. I had to wear this thing (don't know what it's called in english) for a few weeks until my shoulder healed. Maybe it's because of that or idk. But at least I coul...

Today is going to be a good day! All positivity and no negativity! My colleague and I have ordered som delicious fika for the whole office for this afternoon and tonight I am going to the Justin Bieber concert. I am so excited. Justin Bieber! It's almost exactly for years to the date since I saw him last. Four years?! Can you guys believe that it's been that long? So much has happened since then. Four years, oh my God! I remember that I decided not to buy a ticket for the North American part of the Believe Tour because I had not yet been excepted to any college. I don't know but to me buying a ticket for to see him was to jinx the whole thing. Back the my focus was 110% on being excepted into a college in the US. Then I got a ticket to see him in LA from my family as a graduation gift. Living in Cali was absolutely one of the greatest experinces that I have had so far in my life. But I am only 23 and there is so much more to come and I am looking forward to it! Here are...

Hi everyone! I am at work right now but nothing is really happening at the moment so I am trying to fix stuff with the blog. It is hard. I want to add pages but I don't know how that works. So frustrating. It's Friday and I got paid today, so that's always a good thing. Got to stay positive, right? Do you guys have any special plans for the weekend? Other than working out I am going to buy some new workout clothes and look at two apartments. I really have no intentions of buying them because they cost a ton of money. I just really fell in love with them when I saw them online so I thought why not! I thought it could be a good visualistion for where I want to be. Surround yourself with things that inspire you to get where you want to be. Now I am just sitting here waiting for the clock to turn 11:30 which means that it's lunch time. Not that I am particualary hungry at the moment just bored. Hahaha. Plus I can take my walk, you know get that cardio in. I need to get be...

I can't believe that this is out. That was a weird morning. LOL. I dom't know why but I love acting and it's so much fun but also at the same time kind of embarrassing. I don't know why but it just is. Hahahaha, just watch the video. your writer, Erika

It is actually going really well at work. We had a good talk with our boss today (the scary boss lady who is not so scary). So I am really happy. I feel really good about this job and I actually like going there. Not like like Espresso House where I used to cry the night before I had to go to work. I only negative thing about my new job is that I sit still way to much! I do try to compensate that with talking walk during lunch and talking the stairs instead of the elevator. You may not think that have any impact on your body but I do promise you that they do a lot. your writer, Erika

Fruit salad time! Yeah! I have the sweetest colleague how made an awesome fruit sallad with coconut quark. I have never eat coconut quark before but it was delicious. It is so going on my gorcey list. I love fruit salad or quark as a treat instead of chips (crisps as you Brits call them). I havn't eaten chips or candy in years. I do eat chocolate from time to time but c'mon it's chocolate! your writer, Erika

Hi! I got my own office! Well okay I have had it all along but it is finally my name on the door. That is really exciting. But so far I haven't really used it. My colleague also have an office but both of us just sit down in the reception and work down there. 'Cause then we have some company. It feels weird now that we are on our own. There are still a lot of thing that I feel like I don't know. But we do have each other to ask for help. The guy who taught us how to do this job quit Wednesday so there was a little celebration for him. I got to go on a little field trip and pick up some cakes. I don't understand this but office people fika so much it is crazy. One of the assignments that I have is to pick up fika every Friday for the big office fika that's every Friday afternoon. Okay no really minds fika. I mean it's fika! your writer, Erika

Hi! Sorry for not posting anything last night. I was going to make a quick post while I was at work but then I remembered that I had things to do. Plus I worked my last shift at Espresso House. No one could take that shift and luckily for me it was a closing shift. Plus Emily who runs the shop in Solna C was really nice and let me start half an hour later than we agreed to. I actually thought that I was going to be more dead. But I wasn't dead at all. I am glad it wasn't stressful. It did feel weird though, like Espresso House and I wasn't a good fit. That's true. I mean if we were a good fit I wouldn't have quit. Nah, I am happy with my new job. I am so glad that my colleague and I get along so well. We sit and joke all day and help each other with assignments. I am so glad that I quit Espresso House even if I miss my old colleagues and it was a scary thing to do, but I am glad I quit. In order to grow you need to let go of toxic things and move forward. your wr...

Hola amigos! How are you? I am good. I am always good, it's just my mood. How has your day been? Mine was good, work was fun today. My colleague and I were emailing with our boss today. Apparently she is a really serious person which makes her seem kind of scary. Yesterday she came and talked to me and told me that she was going to have a meeting with me and my colleague. I got really scared and thought that I had done something wrong. She just seemed very serious. So I was just like "Oh, now what have I done?!" So today when we were emailing with her I put a smiley face at the end of every email. I do it with everyone at work. It's just more pleasant, more kind, it lightens the mood. She was just very boring in her emails but in the last one she sent she actually put a smiley face at the end. My colleague and I was so happy that we cheered. We were just so mindset on that we were going to turn her around. Well, even though we might have made progress, we'll see h...

Hi peeps! So it's Monday and that means back to work. It's exciting because on Thursday my colleague and I are officially going to be on our own with no help. Okay we can always ask eachother and other people who work there but the ones whose job we're taking over are quitting tomorrow and on Wednesday. Ahhh, but we'll have eachother so it's fine. Our work just sounds more complicated than it actually is. Wednesday is going to be a rough day! First I have to work at my new job and the in the evening I have my last shift at Espresso House. Well well. I'll be alright, just really tired. Hopefully it will be a calm evening. I am so glad I quit! That job is so stressful. I don't understand people who look at my resume and see that I have worked at McDonalds and think "Oh, that's a stressful job so you're good at handling stress". Eh, what?! McDonalds was a piece of cake compared to Espresso House. There was always a lot of people working so y...

Hi every one and sorry for not posting anything yesterday. I was at work all day and when I got home I tried to beautify myself because I was going out to dinner with a friend. When I got home I just didn't feel like blogging. I just wanted to watch Netflix. My friend and I went to RAW, which is the best sushi restaurant in Stockholm! I am not kidding when I say that they have the best sushi in town! It's freaking delicious. And the restaurant has such a nice atmosphere. I feel like yesterday was good karma because my friend and I sat next to a Buddha statue. We had such a lovely time. Instagram: @eriikaworld I don't know if I've said this before but I feel like not when I work Monday through Friday the weekend feel so much more desirable. It's so nice to have to days off and I do appreciate it more and take more adverting of the free time that I have. Not that I have done anything special today. Depends on how you see it though. I have started a small ren...

Hi everyone! After four days my body is starting to get used to this new routine that I have. It feels so  nice. Yesterday I felt like I had chosen the wrong job because I felt so exhausted. Today felt better and today was actually the best day at work this week. I had a lot of stuff to do that's why. I didn't do much other than help the lawyers copy a bunch of papers. But it was important because this really needed to get done. Even though I am getting used to this new schedule I am so looking forward to the weekend! Now that I have this office job a weekend feels so much more satisfying. Plus I work longer hours now so getting two days off now is a dream. A real dream come true! your writer, Erika

Good evening everyone! How has your day been? Mine has been good. I got a whole conference room to myself today while I was folding some papers. That was pretty cool. I felt important. Nah, it was just because it wasn't enough room for three people in the little receptionist office. So my colleague booked me the biggest conference room. Hahahaha. your writer, Erika

Hi everyone! I am so tired. This getting up at 05:30 am is getting to me. I don't know how I did it in college?! The days when I had classes I used to get up at 05:30 am and then stay up until like midnight. I mean I had classes until like 5 pm and when I got home around 6 pm I used to do homework for about two hours before I actually did anything. Then I ate, watched some TV and blogged until midnight. I kind of miss how dedicated to school I was. Well, it was a good school and I liked going there so that made it easy. Eh, I'll get used to this new schedule. It just that I am not used to get up until like 8 am or later. Like when I worked at Espresso House I rarely had shifts that started before 1 pm. When you start work that late you can pretty much lay in bed how long you want to and let your body wake up on it's own. But that doesn't mean that I am a person that snoozes. When my alarm rings in the morning I get my ass out of bed no matter how much it hurts. I just s...

Hi! So big things today! I actually started a new job. So much fun and exciting. The only thing that I miss from Espresso House is that this job is very sedentary. So I think that I am going to start taking walks during my lunch break. If I do that I don't have to take walks when I get home from work. I like to move around and be fit and healthy. This will totally solve my cardio problem. not that I had a cardio problem just that I wanted to include it more in my work out. Taking walks during my lunch hour will solve that problem. I'll tell you more about my new job later this week or next week. I mean because this week me and my new colleague are just going to learn everything about everything that we are going to do. It is a lot of new things. It is kind of scary but also a lot fun. You have to take these risks in life in order to grow as a person and learn new things. I am scared but I am excited for this. your writer, Erika