That is what William asked today after Dwight had been gone for 2 1/2 days traveling back to the US of all places. I just got a kick out of William's lack of sense of time. I guess he gets that honestly from him mom or "mum" as is written in all his English books from school.
All is well here but we miss Dwight terribly. I went to the grocery just before Dwight left to stock up on easy-to-fix food items. It was a Monday evening which I have now found out is the worst time to shop if you are looking for anything in particular. I went to one of the largest grocery stores and they were out of bananas and whole milk and only had 2 single cans of coke (which is my only form of caffeine and very important to me).
I had my first taste of socialised medicine yesterday which I have to say is not all that bad. The hardest part was making it through the automated phone service. It took me several times and when I finally was able to leave a message and someone called me back, she said it was too late in the day to make an appointment. I said, fine, what about tomorrow? And she said yes, good, you can call back tomorrow morning before 9:00. I got a lady in HR at Ericsson to help me make the call the next morning and sure enough, I was seen within the hour. I am fine - just have a chest cold that won't go away. I got a stronger cough medicine which tastes like all medicine here - liquorish - YUCK. Who ever thought that would be a good flavor for medicine????
I am in the process of buying up electrical appliances from families moving back to the states or anywhere that does not use the 120 W European system. As we are getting ready to move into our house, I am realizing that we need an iron, vacuum cleaner, TV, alarm clock, toaster, blender, lamps, baby monitor, etc. Thank goodness there is an ex-pat community that sells off stuff before leaving the country.
All is well here but we miss Dwight terribly. I went to the grocery just before Dwight left to stock up on easy-to-fix food items. It was a Monday evening which I have now found out is the worst time to shop if you are looking for anything in particular. I went to one of the largest grocery stores and they were out of bananas and whole milk and only had 2 single cans of coke (which is my only form of caffeine and very important to me).
I had my first taste of socialised medicine yesterday which I have to say is not all that bad. The hardest part was making it through the automated phone service. It took me several times and when I finally was able to leave a message and someone called me back, she said it was too late in the day to make an appointment. I said, fine, what about tomorrow? And she said yes, good, you can call back tomorrow morning before 9:00. I got a lady in HR at Ericsson to help me make the call the next morning and sure enough, I was seen within the hour. I am fine - just have a chest cold that won't go away. I got a stronger cough medicine which tastes like all medicine here - liquorish - YUCK. Who ever thought that would be a good flavor for medicine????
I am in the process of buying up electrical appliances from families moving back to the states or anywhere that does not use the 120 W European system. As we are getting ready to move into our house, I am realizing that we need an iron, vacuum cleaner, TV, alarm clock, toaster, blender, lamps, baby monitor, etc. Thank goodness there is an ex-pat community that sells off stuff before leaving the country.
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