We walk by the gorgeous public library constantly, so today, I finally took the time to go inside and get my library card. Easy as can be! Again, because everyone over the age of 12 has a person number, all registration is easy. The library has a huge English fiction section for adults and children, and many of the non-fiction books are in English as well. Should be fun! Now, I just have the get the kids signed up.
I also went to the local doctor's office today, a 13 story building just down the street from the library. This houses every type of doctor, both general and speciality for the people in our area. I got all of us registered with a primary care doctor so that we are all set if anyone gets sick.
Josh has been fighting a cold all week so I was prompted into action!
Calvin and I had our first private Swedish lessons this evening with the same teacher that Max and Tabitha had had on Monday. Unfortunately, this guy is not going to work for us... We keep calling him "toast" (privately, of course) because he is as dry as toast! He is a retired philosophy professor and is much more interested in telling us the etymology of words or how they can compare to the Danish or Finnish versions, and in discussing the latest linguistic debates then he is in actually teaching us the most basic Swedish! Nice guy but learning a foreign language is painful enough without making it incredibly boring on top of it! We will have our relocation company look for a different teacher for us.
Here is yet another example of how the Swedish to try to bring more light into these long, dark days. Many businesses, restaurants, etc, set out candles or oil lamps on the sidewalk, just outside of their main entrance, in addition to having all of their lights on and lamps in the windows. Now, an American would trip over this open flame, catch their clothing on fire and sue the business right out of existence. But, for the non-litiguous Swedes, it just makes a nice, cozy way to welcome people to their facility.
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