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Klasien 08:43 am UTC 07/19/08 |
| I like reading about what Steinfans in various countries and stages in life are up to as well, and since these stories seem to be getting a bit lost, I thought I'd put up a thread for it... No offence meant by the title... I am counting on all of you to have a sense of humor. As for me. I have had a hard but enjoyable year. As most of you remember, Pray Lewd and I got married a little over a year ago, and around the same time I moved from The Netherlands to Norway to build up a life with him and my son. The first few months I spent at home, my son wasn't old enough for school and there were the summer holidays. When my son started school I started working as a substitute teacher & daycare assistant and we both got going on learning the language. We both speak the language very well now, after a year. My son (7) can read and is starting to write. When he talks, most people think he's Norwegian. I can pretty much handle all kinds of daily situations now. It has been hard, though, trying to find a place there, trying to make sense of habits and traditions, what to say and what to do... It's been fun, but it's not easy. We miss having cats, but since our house owner and neighbour is terrified of them, we are not allowed to bring any into the house. To fill my need for cathugs, I signed up as a volunteer at a local cat shelter. I recently got offered a job (on contract and all) so I have to see how those hours fit with being a volunteer there. Unfortunately we need my salary to get by, so if I can't combine it, I'll have to quit cathugging for a while. (They actually call it that, they want cathuggers to work with abused and neglected cats, to get them used to human contact.) We are getting a bunny soon, though. That was ok, and my kid really needs pets. He's so crazy about animals... Next fall I am starting at University, I want to complete my degree in English, I am now working on finding out what I need to do to be allowed to translate legal documents in Norway, they don't seem to have a specific studies for that. So I am now contemplating simply studying English (Language, not literature) and seeing where that takes me. Who is next?? | |
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