I really need to get better on updating. I used to be really good at this, once, about 10 years ago. I wrote entries almost every day.

Anyway. I came back to Quito about 3 weeks ago and haven’t done much since. But after many delays and random shit, we’ve got a few bookshelves. We found them at . Finding furniture is a little bit tricky when you’re from Sweden and very used to buy everything and anything at IKEA. But there’s no IKEA in the whole of South America. Vivi told me it’s because Kamprad thinks the taxes are too high. I don’t know about how true that is, but it makes life hard. It doesn’t make it easier that the most popular style here seems to be bombastic and showy, lot of big leather couches, glass- and marble tables, massive wood stuff and things like that.
I want to go and look at furniture at the Santa Clara market, but I am not comfortable to go the by myself, being a girl, not speaking the language and looking very gringa. And for the last 2 weekends, the office has had events which have had Ola working. And on Sundays, most stores in the market are closed. But hopefully, next weekend, we’ll be able to go not only there, but also to Cumbayá! We’ve heard about a second hand/furniture dump store there that sounds pretty interesting. I have been wanting to go there since December!
Then there’s a stretch of street with a lot of stores that sells a few minutes with a car away from here. Another place I’m not comfortable walking alone. But it would be nice if we found another bookshelf there, the one we already bought is ok, but could be a little wider.

Ola has been working hard in his room now for a while, with music equipment and i million of cords and whatnot. Hopefully he’s happy with the result. Maybe we can move the whiteboard in there today and get it out from the hallway… And maybe, maybe we can start looking where to put all our frames and and wall decor