I didn’t sleep well. I don’t have any rational capacity if I wake up in the middle of the night, so my brain was busy thinking through all the unknowns. I couldn’t get back to sleep for a long time.
Kristina was able to hear a bit of my overactive mind issues during breakfast. I think she clued in Jim. So, after Anya and I arrived at Johannelund, Anya was in the library helping with cataloging, and I was presented with a new temporary office.
After morning coffee/tea, Jim stopped by to talk through some of the big picture and some of the details. I’m still quite in a bit of limbo, but at least the head of the department, Jim, is very generous with time to help explain and give some context. There are still many unknowns, but some few mosaic pieces are slowly being put into place to begin to shape the picture.
I worked on some tasks and a bit of orientation with Moodle, the online platform used here. I had only a bit of experience with it, so I’ll ramp up some skills when my brain is in low gear.
In the evening, we were invited over to neighboring colleagues. It was a nice meal and beautiful dessert.
Much of the conversation was in Swedish. The rate of speech was so fast. At times it is discouraging. At times, they felt sorry for us and switched into English. I would love to have a tutor again. I think I would benefit from a more intentional approach to language learning than what I can do on my own and try to pick up from the crazy-fast conversations around me.
Hopefully, I’ll be able to sleep better tonight.
With blessings,
Beth