I haven’t done anything today. I only left the house to get some chocolate and chips, which I then proceeded to eat in front of the TV, while reading National Geographic. Only thing you could call ‘useful’ I did today was fold the laundry and set the table. Yes, seriously.

There are three reasons for that: first of all, I have the time today, nothing on my agenda at all; second of all, the weather was still not very appealing (see yesterday); and third of all, it’s the first day of “that” time of the month. So yeah, lazing about all day felt just about perfect today…

My mom came home from a conference in Croatia last night. She’s with the Swiss Baptist federation and it was a week long women’s conference somewhere on the Adriatic coast. Funny thing is that my dad left for another conference (something theological in Germany) on Monday, so they missed each other.

Mami brought me a pretty turqoise heart from Israel – one of the Palestinian attenders had given it to her. I love it – can’t wait to wear it, it’s light and summery and tells stories of the sea to me…

Why are my parents going to Baptist/theological conferences you might ask. Well, my dad’s a retired Baptist minister, with ‘Baptist’ not necessarily meaning the same thing as in the Southern states of the US, and my mom has become very active in women’s work and the Swiss Baptist council in the last few years.

My parents are pretty liberal and open-minded, specially for people their age (they met when my mom was 40 and my dad 44, so you do the math), and their religious efforts have always felt like something strong, loving and good, not restrictive at all. I feel lucky to have grown up in such an environment and it’s definitely had a big impact on me.

But I’m not going into my upbringing and my religious beliefs right now – too lazy. 🙂