Life is in your hands

The last 6 months have been packed with experiences and activities, from volunteering to traveling. In June it started with a Facebook group called "pick one plastic a day" and it has taken off. We were about 2000 members at the time and we grew into this massive group in just a few weeks. All of them exited about plastic reduction and garbage picking. I was surprised that so many people could get so involved about picking up other peoples trash, but there it was. What we do to save our planet. The summer was in general HOT in Norway this year, so I spent a lot of time cooling off and being lazy, but I still manage to go for a run every day by the river. It's a little cooler down there so it felt good to run with a little fresh breeze on my face.  I got to spend a lot of time with my family this summer, and I feel so blessed to have these memories to look back on. I've spent more time with my aunt who's now 90 years old, and my littlest niece who's ...

The nail polish on my toes has faded a long time ago, five weeks into a tree week vacation in Tobago. With no money and no shampoo, a Gypsy holiday not everyone can handle.  I surprised my boyfriend with a visit in Tobago. Fully knowing that he wasn’t prepared and that he would have to keep working and maintaining his business. I was just happy to be here I didn’t mind sleeping alone in the jungle in our new house that he built for us. But without a proper phone line I said it’s not possible for me to be there by my self. If an accident or emergency, by the time he found out and reach all the way up there it might just be too late. Another thing was that our water tank fell down and broke. There was a terrible rainstorm and I woke up from a loud crash thinking it was a tree that fell. When I woke up in the morning take my morning bath outside, I couldn't find the water tank ... It also took the toilet pipe with it in the fall.. hard to live without water, toilet and no phone l...