2011 started off pretty much the same as 2010..searching for our dream house ,working away as normal and enjoying married life and life as a father , then we sold our little place in Sävast and found the house we fell in love with ,and everything seemed to be going just perfect, got a great price on our home , offered on the house that was accepted then BANG ..Japan got a earthquake and tsunami , and as a direct consequence ...i lost my job..with the house situation in the process of completion.
Scared, angry, confused ,cheated is what i felt , i wanted a change of job , but in my timing.
had a plan for 2011 House, Swedish language exam C level to completion and to take joint Swedish citizenship and get settled in our new home and find a new job at the right time, all that went out of the window..had a meeting at the bank , and the man there done some great number crunching to see if he could get us a great deal and be able to afford the new home ..he did ! Martin, i salute you..so ..i had 3 months full pay and not needing to work..i set off knocking on every door in Boden and Luleå..if your searching for a job in Sweden during semester time ,it´s tough 1. all the students take summer jobs and 2. the bosses are on semester !
So summer and the 3 months rolled past, a planned and paid for trip to Scotland went ahead as normal, not too sure of job opertunites when i got back to Sweden...even more scared now...i felt a failure , going to be the cause of us losing our home within months of buying it..and how would that effect our marraige ??? as my darling wife was working all the hours she could , but if i couldnt find something , it would be sure to take effect on us and that made me sick to my stomach.
So the morning before we fly to Scotland i got woken to the happy news that Helena had pee peed on a plastic stick and it had a blue cross on it ...and i was going to be a daddy again ,(it´s no accident, we had been trying for over a year for baby number 2 ) overjoyed , our family is expanding, and Oskar gets a brother or sister :-) next morning ,Scotland trip...2 weeks later we return, im still awake at 3am ,worried ,couldnt sleep, worried about finding work and paying for the house, i decided to check my phone ..clicked update, which is normally switched off..and beep beep....an e-mail with word of an interview ,that very morning at 9.30 , i was so happy and in a slight panic ...i had a clear out of my wardrobe..bought new clothes in Scotland...and our suitcases where still in Stockholm argggghhhh so in the morning i told Helena i had a interview, and i felt optimistic ...so shorts and t-shirts it was for the interview ...i got second interview on the friday and got the job....panic over...loving the job , happy again , not so nervous as before...and sleeping a lot better ...only not tonight..as it´s now 2.15am :-) ...so there you go ..my roller coaster 2011 , and as we (Helena) rolls into 2012 we will introduce to you all our latest adition to our family , all being well !
Im not much for writing on this blog , but i think this has made up for it ;-)
Loving my life, my job , my wife and son , our new home ,the fact that we have another baby on the way, so there you have it ..the ups and downs of March 2011 -August 2011 , bumpy ride but everything worked out for the best :-)
Now bedtime ..again ;-)
Goodnight !
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