A good day with Ruth

Wednesday, 12^th April

I had a day off today and we showed Ruth the “Tourist Stockholm”. Yesterday was good for me; Ruth and Ben had their first argument. He went to meditation, by himself. He did not plan to go, but Ruth was tired and wanted an early night and very much encouraged him to do his own thing. I think it was as a reaction from my phone call. I was tired after work. I had not planned to go, and I thought it would give a chance for me and Ruth to have some time to talk. Ben was reluctant to go, as it had not been in his plan, not in his routine. I convinced him to go. I knew he would enjoy it, which he did. Ruth and I did not spend much time together, she was very tired. I picked up Ben from the train station and we enjoyed walking home together.

This morning Ruth got up early. She disturbed Ben doing yoga. It is strange, he does not like an audience. He does it in a group at the gym, but does not like to be watched at home. We should have explained it to her. Of course he was too polite to ask her to leave, or to move to his room. I noticed he was fidgeting during breakfast, and took him to my room to talk to him. He confessed he felt out of sorts. I took Ruth for a walk, while he did his yoga routine and some meditation again. Ruth was confused that something so little could throw him so badly. One just never knows, sometimes it can be something really little to set him off.

Luckily it was a nice sunny day. We went to a traditional restaurant in Gamla Stan for lunch. Ruth has a tourist ticket for the public transport, which gives access to museums and other places to see. She is impressed by our public transport. It is pretty good. She asked a lot of questions about life in Sweden. We had an enjoyable time. We had fika in town and finally we were all tired and just wanted to get home. We put on a spread for dinner with Swedish food and sat for a couple of hours, eating and chatting. Ruth went to bed quite early, Ben and I had another cup of tea together and then he went to bed. I am just writing this and then I ought to go to sleep as well, as I am working again tomorrow morning.