39 years ago I looked like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI8n2fdyPNG52RqKaUvbC6EMZHZFx_AH9YEBScppHTGOmNO_UlOydT1Hag1BxGFIT6lBgS6exkVpTCqlJtYAvczBUk1u0FU56MO-mGkRbZl-BgjXUsEY31Y6NU1K637FpOcE1V2m9ydo/s288/1323452045688.jpeg)
This is my mother Eivor, 21 at the time, and newborn me the 5th of December 1972. Ohh, I'm so cute!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aGUf8cBN-x2GDncWrUXJiJfzQloGbgCuOm3TLaKKbiOHubQpr0j3LVHiU5MubLMprQAayO-de42Y1i-KjmmZdHozuJZe8GMDax4pPcIMxwI4gTTpnN5J8JzdxsPHIl72Kz5e-12Kf30/s288/1323452093715.jpeg)
You can clearly see my Spanish heritage at my young age. I can't really see the resemblance with the grown me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Qqf7wk3fUFu0_eqv3ozFGGkT5_aq5PtDeOmFH3cruyfdUc3oCxu5QCnR1ONlDP45j8BfDkeGz1s6gQYK3JWUVH81IObS9z4U7fu8ZqZ5UKd7a9U6gdaOYdcW8d3b1uKSkMwum_zggH4/s288/1323452146850.jpeg)
Ohh, someone is getting a bit cranky...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKmzdtMIJ01be67EMo8lrAM43ujW3GVO6AXVS0R9aQpeeVVDrAzgWVWZxXHXnWJPt1hMv9tcTHd9nIBKDySydbP30aLH7Bpz8MdYfkzcIhaQeN3GDpduS_btGZCRW6B-yj8L_7r2mX1Y/s288/1323452270147.jpeg)
So, today at 08:26 AM I turned 39 years old.
And what lovely gift did I get?
This is what I got for my birthday:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPqi7gNOENG0IYCo_5Ae9xBiI4pEt6SOMvG-vCaXHXkaCtzMpHquVG2iMSh0OjA-l00cplMgbtSM9lhSbxAGYvRR9anAAcpP6o3dYG-9cGg2VPJcrSNmaaVaMsF7qJPRiyUCsODfbGvw/s288/1323452315184.jpeg)
a root filling!!!
It will cost me 7000 SEK/$1040 before it's done.
Not exactly what I hoped for when I woke up this morning..
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI8n2fdyPNG52RqKaUvbC6EMZHZFx_AH9YEBScppHTGOmNO_UlOydT1Hag1BxGFIT6lBgS6exkVpTCqlJtYAvczBUk1u0FU56MO-mGkRbZl-BgjXUsEY31Y6NU1K637FpOcE1V2m9ydo/s288/1323452045688.jpeg)
This is my mother Eivor, 21 at the time, and newborn me the 5th of December 1972. Ohh, I'm so cute!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aGUf8cBN-x2GDncWrUXJiJfzQloGbgCuOm3TLaKKbiOHubQpr0j3LVHiU5MubLMprQAayO-de42Y1i-KjmmZdHozuJZe8GMDax4pPcIMxwI4gTTpnN5J8JzdxsPHIl72Kz5e-12Kf30/s288/1323452093715.jpeg)
You can clearly see my Spanish heritage at my young age. I can't really see the resemblance with the grown me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Qqf7wk3fUFu0_eqv3ozFGGkT5_aq5PtDeOmFH3cruyfdUc3oCxu5QCnR1ONlDP45j8BfDkeGz1s6gQYK3JWUVH81IObS9z4U7fu8ZqZ5UKd7a9U6gdaOYdcW8d3b1uKSkMwum_zggH4/s288/1323452146850.jpeg)
Ohh, someone is getting a bit cranky...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKmzdtMIJ01be67EMo8lrAM43ujW3GVO6AXVS0R9aQpeeVVDrAzgWVWZxXHXnWJPt1hMv9tcTHd9nIBKDySydbP30aLH7Bpz8MdYfkzcIhaQeN3GDpduS_btGZCRW6B-yj8L_7r2mX1Y/s288/1323452270147.jpeg)
So, today at 08:26 AM I turned 39 years old.
And what lovely gift did I get?
This is what I got for my birthday:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPqi7gNOENG0IYCo_5Ae9xBiI4pEt6SOMvG-vCaXHXkaCtzMpHquVG2iMSh0OjA-l00cplMgbtSM9lhSbxAGYvRR9anAAcpP6o3dYG-9cGg2VPJcrSNmaaVaMsF7qJPRiyUCsODfbGvw/s288/1323452315184.jpeg)
a root filling!!!
It will cost me 7000 SEK/$1040 before it's done.
Not exactly what I hoped for when I woke up this morning..