Hann tala\u00f0i non-stop \u2013 l\u00e1 miki\u00f0 \u00e1 hjarta. \u00dea\u00f0 var engu l\u00edkara en a\u00f0 hann hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a eftir okkur. \u2013 Fj\u00f6lskyldan haf\u00f0i fl\u00fai\u00f0 f\u00e1t\u00e6kt og basl str\u00ed\u00f0s\u00e1ranna, \u00feegar hann var \u00f6rl\u00edtill hnokki. Hann haf\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed l\u00e6rt s\u00edna ensku \u00ed Toronto \u2013 en me\u00f0 \u00edt\u00f6lskum hreim \u00fe\u00f3 \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 f\u00f3r ekki fram hj\u00e1 neinum. Nema hva\u00f0, a\u00f0 allt \u00feetta var hann eiginlega b\u00fainn a\u00f0 segja okkur, \u00e1\u00f0ur en vi\u00f0 vorum l\u00f6g\u00f0um af sta\u00f0 \u00fat \u00e1 flugv\u00f6ll.
\nVi\u00f0 hugsum til \u00e1ranna fyrir vestan – \u00feegar veri\u00f0 var a\u00f0 skapa Menntask\u00f3lann \u00e1 \u00cdsafir\u00f0i fr\u00e1 grunni – sem bl\u00f3maskei\u00f0s. Fr\u00e1 upphafi voru vonir bundnar vi\u00f0, a\u00f0 me\u00f0 stofnun sk\u00f3lans mundi Vestfj\u00f6r\u00f0um haldast betur \u00e1 ungu atgervisf\u00f3lki. \u00de\u00e6r vonir, einar og s\u00e9r, voru kannski ekki raunh\u00e6far. Meira \u00feurfti a\u00f0 koma til. Engu a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0ur hefur sk\u00f3linn \u00e1tt sinn \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 gera fl\u00f3ru mannl\u00edfsins, einkum \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0sta\u00f0 Vestfjar\u00f0a, fj\u00f6lbreyttari og l\u00edfv\u00e6nlegri.
\n\u00dea\u00f0 st\u00f3\u00f0 yfir mara\u00feonhlaup \u00ed borginni \u00feennan sunnudagsmorgun, svo a\u00f0 helstu g\u00f6tur voru loka\u00f0ar b\u00edlaumfer\u00f0. \u00deess vegna ur\u00f0um vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 fara \u00f3tal kr\u00f3kalei\u00f0ir og \u00fer\u00e6\u00f0a \u00fathverfin. Catalano sag\u00f0ist \u00feekkja borgina eins og l\u00f3fann \u00e1 s\u00e9r, b\u00fainn a\u00f0 vera leigub\u00edlstj\u00f3ri fr\u00e1 fimmt\u00e1n \u00e1ra. A\u00f0 v\u00edsu l\u00f6ngu kominn \u00e1 eftirlaun. N\u00fa v\u00e6ri hann bara a\u00f0 skemmta s\u00e9r \u2013 og vinna s\u00e9r inn sm\u00e1vasapening \u00ed lei\u00f0inni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hann \u00f3k h\u00e6gt til a\u00f0 byrja me\u00f0, vildi fr\u00e6\u00f0a okkur um borgina. \u201e\u00cd \u00feessu hverfi b\u00fdr r\u00edkasta f\u00f3lki\u00f0\u201c, sag\u00f0 hann og benti \u00fat um gluggann. \u00c9g s\u00e1 bara fallegan gr\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00ed haustlitunum og h\u00e1a veggi \u00e1 b\u00e1\u00f0ar hendur \u2013 svo h\u00e1a, a\u00f0 ekki s\u00e1ust hallirnar a\u00f0 baki. Vi\u00f0 rammger\u00f0 hli\u00f0 st\u00f3\u00f0u einkenniskl\u00e6ddir ver\u00f0ir, sem skotru\u00f0u til okkar augunum \u2013 eflasut b\u00fanir a\u00f0 vaka alla n\u00f3ttina. \u201eH\u00fasin eru svo st\u00f3r \u00ed \u00feessu hverfi, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fearf a.m.k. fimm manns bara til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00fevo g\u00f3lfin. Og \u00fea\u00f0 tekur svo langan t\u00edma a\u00f0 \u00fevo \u00feau \u00f6ll, a\u00f0 \u00feegar einni umfer\u00f0 er loki\u00f0, er kominn t\u00edmi \u00e1 n\u00e6stu. Haldi\u00f0i a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 l\u00edf! S\u00e1 allra r\u00edkasti \u00e1 heilt s\u00edmafyrirt\u00e6ki, tekur gjald \u00ed hverti skipti sem ma\u00f0ur lyftir t\u00f3li. Sorry, en hann er reyndar n\u00fddau\u00f0ur, svo a\u00f0 n\u00fa er hann or\u00f0inn r\u00edkasti ma\u00f0urinn \u00ed kirkjugar\u00f0inum! Joke!<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er sagt, a\u00f0 konan hans s\u00e9 b\u00fain a\u00f0 yngja upp, kominn me\u00f0 einn tuttugu og fimm \u00e1ra! En \u00e9g sel \u00fea\u00f0 ekki d\u00fdrara en \u00e9g keypti!\u201c<\/p>\n
\u00c9g s\u00e1, a\u00f0 hann teyg\u00f0i sig fram til a\u00f0 geta k\u00edkt \u00e1 okkur \u00ed speglinum \u2013 vildi eflaust kanna, hversu langt hann m\u00e6tti ganga, \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 m\u00f3\u00f0ga okkur. Vi\u00f0 bara brostum og l\u00e9tum fara vel um okkur \u00ed baks\u00e6tinu. Vi\u00f0 vorum a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 gera okkur \u00ed hugarlund, hversu st\u00f3r \u00feessi h\u00fas eiginlega v\u00e6ru \u00fearna handan vi\u00f0 vegginn \u2013 fimm manns a\u00f0 \u00fevo g\u00f3lf alla vikuna!<\/p>\n
Um lei\u00f0 og hann h\u00e6g\u00f0i \u00e1 s\u00e9r til a\u00f0 skipta um g\u00edr og beygja inn \u00e1 hra\u00f0brautina, t\u00f3kst m\u00e9r a\u00f0 skj\u00f3ta inn: \u201eErt \u00fe\u00fa kannski b\u00fainn a\u00f0 yngja upp?\u201c<\/p>\n
B\u00edllinn var kominn \u00e1 \u00f3gnarhra\u00f0a, en engu a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0ur sleppti Catalano st\u00fdrinu og f\u00f3rna\u00f0i h\u00f6ndum h\u00e1tt yfir h\u00f6f\u00f0i s\u00e9r \u2013 vi\u00f0 \u00f3kum stj\u00f3rnlaust, svei m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e1! \u201e\u00dea\u00f0 hefur aldrei \u00ed l\u00edfinu hvarfla\u00f0 a\u00f0 m\u00e9r a\u00f0 eignast konu\u201c, hr\u00f3pa\u00f0i hann. \u201e\u00c9g hef\u00f0i aldrei veri\u00f0 svo vitlaus a\u00f0 fara sj\u00e1lfviljugur \u00ed l\u00edfst\u00ed\u00f0arfangelsi! L\u00edttu \u00e1 vini m\u00edna, hina b\u00edlstj\u00f3rana. \u00deeir geta aldrei um frj\u00e1lst h\u00f6fu\u00f0 stroki\u00f0. Konurnar l\u00e1ta \u00fe\u00e1 aldrei \u00ed fri\u00f0i. Hringjandi alla daga. Hva\u00f0 ertu kominn me\u00f0 miki\u00f0 \u00ed vasann? Mig vantar \u00fe\u00fasund fyrir kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0. \u00dearf a\u00f0 kaupa n\u00fdjan s\u00f3fa, fara \u00ed andlitslyftingu, \u00fat a\u00f0 bor\u00f0a me\u00f0 stelpunum. \u00deeir, blessa\u00f0ir, ver\u00f0a a\u00f0 sitja og standa, eins og kellingunum \u00fe\u00f3knast, afhenda \u00feeim h\u00fdruna \u00ed dagslok og eiga ekki einu sinni fyrir bj\u00f3rglasi, \u00feegar upp er sta\u00f0i\u00f0. \u00c9g pr\u00edsa mig s\u00e6lan fyrir a\u00f0 hafa aldrei or\u00f0i\u00f0 svo vitlaus a\u00f0 taka a\u00f0 m\u00e9r a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 fyrir konu \u2013 \u00e9g \u00e1 n\u00f3g me\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfan mig\u201c.<\/p>\n
Hann var or\u00f0inn svo \u00e1kafur og svo angistarfullur, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 var n\u00e6stum eins og hann v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 sannf\u00e6ra sj\u00e1lfan sig \u2013 ekki bara okkur. S\u00e1 hann kannski \u2013 \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir allt \u2013 eftir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hafa aldrei haft f\u00e9lagsskap af konu? Hafa aldrei elska\u00f0, aldrei veri\u00f0 elska\u00f0ur? Vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00f6g\u00f0um b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed afturs\u00e6tinu. Fannst hann fyndinn. En var hann kannski svol\u00edti\u00f0 einmana innst inni?<\/p>\n
Loksins lag\u00f0i hann hendurnar aftur \u00e1 st\u00fdri\u00f0 og gaf \u00ed \u2013 vi\u00f0 vorum a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a of sein.<\/p>\n
En \u00feetta me\u00f0 l\u00edfst\u00ed\u00f0arfangelsi \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 sat eftir \u00ed m\u00e9r!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9g sat fyrir aftan b\u00edlstj\u00f3ras\u00e6ti\u00f0, svo a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e1 eiginlega aldrei andliti\u00f0 \u00e1 honum \u2013 nema \u00feegar hann sneri s\u00e9r einstaka sinnum vi\u00f0 til a\u00f0 leggja \u00e1herslu \u00e1 or\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0 m\u00e9r blasti gr\u00ed\u00f0arst\u00f3rt bj\u00fagnef og gr\u00e1r h\u00e1rlubbi, sem h\u00e9kk yfir r\u00fanum ristu enni. Hann var ekki beint fallegur \u2013 en karlmannlegur og gla\u00f0legur. Hendurnar snertu vart st\u00fdri\u00f0. \u00de\u00e6r hreyf\u00f0ust \u00ed takt vi\u00f0 or\u00f0 hans, eins og \u00cdtala er h\u00e1ttur \u2013 enda reyndist hann vera \u00e6tta\u00f0ur fr\u00e1 Sikiley og h\u00e9t Catalano \u2013 j\u00e1, \u00fea\u00f0 voru ekki bara \u00edslenskir sj\u00f3menn, sem \u00e1ttu k\u00e6rustu \u00ed hverri h\u00f6fn i den! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-greinar_og_vidtol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}