Linnea, itsa 'Nea

[ailbhe]

Two days after I returned from Ireland with a sick toddler, we were visited by the original holder of the name, Rob's first cousin. I'm too tired to write about it properly, so here's the highlights:

She's an ethical consumerism freak just like me! I brought her to the RISC shop and the Global Cafe and she loved it. We talked for hours about ethical consumption. We stayed up way too late. She's lovely and fabulous.

My Linnea loved her to pieces; they painted together, and played at Going To Sleep (with special snoring sound effects).

My Linnea did not believe that there could be someone else with the same name. She wasn't upset, she just didn't believe it. So she called her Mum, because there are loads of people called Mum and Dad. I don't think my Linnea has met any two people with the same name yet, except Baby Orla and Auntie Orla, and they're not the same name at all, really.

We made pancakes and ate Swedish Glace soya icecream. I gave her a copy of my book, since she's given me two of her CDs, and we sent her home with CDs full of photos for distribution to relatives.

The cover of my book (same image as this icon) is my Linnea in the other Linnea's bed in Sweden.

Comments

[flybabydizzy.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm expiring out of sheer cuteness!

[nicolechan.livejournal.com]

What does RISC stand for?

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

Where I come from, Reduced Instruction Set Computer [1]
I suspect Ailbhe's may be different, but a sort-of pun on this.

[1] RISC processors are faster at some (most?) things by taking less time looking up and loading the instructions, as there are fewer of them. A few things now take more instructions, but the trade-off is pretty good for most stuff.

[ailbhe]

http://www.risc.org.uk/