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slight change in plans
Mar. 22nd, 2019 06:20 amEarlier this year I was put in touch with a woman at the Silvermuseet in Arjeplog, who, my contact tells me, had collected a fair bit of soapstone artefacts from the Viking Age. When I wrote to her she replied that they were really busy just then with some applications, but perhaps I could come visit in March? Since Josie would be here for all of March and wanted to do at least one road trip that wasn't for an SCA event, I replied that March was perfect, and we agreed on Friday the 22nd, but didn't discuss a time.
When my surgery was scheduled for the 14th I wondered how I would be doing and if I would be up for that trip, but decided to wait till after surgery--if I needed to cancel the trip, then doing so early in the week would probably be fine, and if not there was no need to to let her know that I had wondered if I would be up for it. But the first half of the week was busy, and I didn't get around to writing her till Wednesday evening to ask if we were still on for Friday, and what time would be good for her? Given that it is a three hour drive to Arjeplog from here Josie and I decided that it would make sense to head out Thursday evening, so that we would have the day there on Friday. Then Josie decided that she didn't want to drive after dark, which meant we should go Thursday afternoon.
When I didn't see a reply to my email on Thursday morning I tried calling the lady, but her office phone didn't answer, and the mobile number she sent didn't work at all. So I tried the main museum number, and the lady I spoke with (in Swedish!) explained that my contact was in Piteå giving a lecture, but she would contact her for me and ask her to give me a call. While waiting for the call we finished packing and loading up the car, taking longer about it than normal, since I still need to take it easy. About 15:00, right when we really should have been leaving if we wanted to get there before full dark, I she finally called, to say that yes, tomorrow is still good, but she isn't available till 14:00.
At which point Joise and I decided that it would make more sense to stay home one more night, and head out in the morning. So we changed our hotel reservations to Friday night instead, did a short visit to Gammelstad, relaxed a bit, and then did yoga and went to bed early.
Today, if we get on the road in good time, we should have time to stop by Storforsen on the way.
When my surgery was scheduled for the 14th I wondered how I would be doing and if I would be up for that trip, but decided to wait till after surgery--if I needed to cancel the trip, then doing so early in the week would probably be fine, and if not there was no need to to let her know that I had wondered if I would be up for it. But the first half of the week was busy, and I didn't get around to writing her till Wednesday evening to ask if we were still on for Friday, and what time would be good for her? Given that it is a three hour drive to Arjeplog from here Josie and I decided that it would make sense to head out Thursday evening, so that we would have the day there on Friday. Then Josie decided that she didn't want to drive after dark, which meant we should go Thursday afternoon.
When I didn't see a reply to my email on Thursday morning I tried calling the lady, but her office phone didn't answer, and the mobile number she sent didn't work at all. So I tried the main museum number, and the lady I spoke with (in Swedish!) explained that my contact was in Piteå giving a lecture, but she would contact her for me and ask her to give me a call. While waiting for the call we finished packing and loading up the car, taking longer about it than normal, since I still need to take it easy. About 15:00, right when we really should have been leaving if we wanted to get there before full dark, I she finally called, to say that yes, tomorrow is still good, but she isn't available till 14:00.
At which point Joise and I decided that it would make more sense to stay home one more night, and head out in the morning. So we changed our hotel reservations to Friday night instead, did a short visit to Gammelstad, relaxed a bit, and then did yoga and went to bed early.
Today, if we get on the road in good time, we should have time to stop by Storforsen on the way.