Maira Martins

Tag: notes

Did an allergy prick test

Did an allergy prick test yesterday. Tested positive to a ton of stuff some known: birch pollen, dust mites; some suspected: almonds, cypress pollen; and some surprises: all other kinds of pollen, nut...

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Started driving lessons

No desire to blog this week, but just wanted to write for posterity: started driving lessons last week! Drove all over town and on the highway too! Anxious and insomniac AF over this, but also having...

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Back from Rome

Back from Rome with my mom and mother in law! Their first time in Italy, rightfully enjoyed with a little sightseeing, a good amount of pasta, some aperol, a ton of pizza, and a lot of wine. Didn't wr...

notes, travels

Didn't get ANY sleep last night

Didn't get ANY sleep last night. A massive storm hit us, power went off, dogs in panic. I locked myself in my office with them, petting and calming music until early morning. Now the storm is gone, th...

dogs, notes

Best Sunday ever

Best Sunday ever, laughing and sweating and taking turns playing RAGNAROK VR2 with my husband, my mom and my mother in law!!! 🎸🎮🤘

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Driving theory test

Today I took my driving theory test and I PASSED! 🚗 I got my license 20+ years ago, but because of fear, never really drove. Now I'm 41 and finally ready to get over this. I want to take my dogs to ni...

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Signed up for Posteo and Addy

Today I signed up for Posteo and Addy! 🚀 Moving away after years using a single Gmail account for everything is overwhelming, but I'm excited to use my own domain + aliases (and support EU business)!

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Migrated my mastodon account

Migrated my mastodon account to my micro.blog fediverse account. It's the perfect solution for me. I can still follow people and comment on things, without the social media/feed/like/repost aspects! 😍

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Book reading failed goals.

I haven't read a single book page in two months 😱

notes, books

Is it Tuesday already?

Mom, this morning: "Is it Tuesday already?". Me, annoyed, emphatically: "Of course not, mom. Today is Wednesday". At 18h30 we found out it's Thursday and the only possible explanation is we must have...

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Self portrait, 2021

Backlit by the sun.

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Playa de Castelldefels

When we first moved to Spain, we rented an Airbnb for the first month in Castelldefels, a small town 30min by train from Barcelona. Even though we didn't stay long there, we fell in love with the loca...

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We, blurred and shot on film

We, blurred and shot on film, enjoying summer somewhere sometime. Eight and a half years with him. I hope it never ends.

notes, shot on film, Olympus Trip 35

Swedish summer

While it's true that the Swedish summer can be warm and nice, it usually isn't. Most years are cold and rainy. There is always ONE week in July that's quite perfect. Every five years there's a heat wa...

notes, shot on film

Sturegallerian

Stockholm, 2018. Passed by Sturegallerian, a mall. This caught my eyes.

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The week that changed everything

Barcelona, 2016. The week that changed everything. I had no idea then that I would end up moving to Barcelona, quitting wedding photography, changing careers. All I know is, I'm living the life I've b...

photos, notes, shot on film

Besalú

One of the prettiest pueblos I've ever been to: Besalú, Catalunya.

notes, travels

Tarragona

Those past two days have felt so cold here in Barcelona. Wishing I could go back one month to an incredibly warm day visiting Tarragona.

notes, travels

Castell de Xàtiva

Castell de Xàtiva. Memories of a warm day when both my mom and my dog refused to climb all the way to the top of the mountain to get the best view of the castle.

notes, travels