Just Around the Corner

It's been a good week here. Again the focus has been on finding employment but the pressure has eased knowing that there is work out there. The feedback from conversations that we've had with various people has been positive. Maria has managed to apply for a few jobs over the past couple of days and the research I've done suggests that there are plenty of gyms out there, not many PT studios but opportunities to work in the gym environment. I think for both of us it will a case getting a foot in the door somewhere and then we will be fine.

On a social note, we have made a friend. One of the mothers from the play group invited us to fika where we met her husband and 2 other kids. It was a great fika and I can see us being friends with this couple. They have invited us to dinner tomorrow with another couple, so we're starting to branch out! It's good for us to be out of the house and have some contact with people our age, it feels normal! All the fears about Swedish people being hostile and so on have been blown out of the water. So far they have been warm and friendly to say the least. Out in the country, where we are at the moment, we have been welcomed into the play group and the couple we had fika with has welcomed us into their life. I believe there are people like this everywhere and if you look hard enough you will find them. In this case it was easy. If we move somewhere else it may be harder but we will know that good people ARE out there. I can imagine it would be very hard to move too far away from Gotene if we sta

rt spending a lot of time with new friends, but we both like the country feel of the smaller towns. Maybe we will move to the next town which is bigger.

The weather continues to be great (in Swedish terms). We have had between 5 and 10 degrees for the past week and some rain. Noah already hates putting on all his winter clothes to get ready to go outside. Once we are outside he loves it, jumping in the puddles and pointing out the birds. Unfortunately he has already lost his tan! I've switched back to my spring jacket and one or two layers. Maria is the same and Noah is wearing his fleece jacket and rain coat if needed.

There is still a lot we need to get for winter though, I think a trip to HM is needed!

We'll try to take some photos and post them for everyone but our internet is a bit slow. We only have a wireless USB thingy that has average reception in the country. So our download and upload speeds are slow.

We hope everyone is safe and well, enjoying the summer heat. We're thinking of you all.