Anya sick again. Her fever left last weekend, but a mild cough continued. Yesterday evening, Anya wasn’t feeling well. She went to bed and woke up late for her–about 5:30 am–but with a whopping sore throat and cough. I did bring cough syrup (a tip from a website for ex-pats in Norway), but I’m hoping I don’t run out before this bought of sickness is over.
I left Anya at home, as I had an appointment with Knut to review the first 62 pages of my dissertation. This is a critical step in the development. While I was a bit unsettled leading up to this, it went better than expected. Now, this isn’t that there are significant issues to address, but overall things went well, and being in academia, I’ve developed a bit of a tougher skin. I realize that each aspect of the critique will make it a stronger dissertation. So, I’m feeling better about the status of my dissertation,
Knut also helped me figure out how to put more money on my phone. The instructions are in Norwegian. Then, I asked if he knew of a place where I could buy a book stand to hold a book open while I type, and I even showed him the picture of my basket lid from yesterday’s blog. Knut to the rescue! He said that he has one that he doesn’t use, and I could borrow it while I’m here. The last Knut service for the day, was telling me where the main post office is in Stavanger. I had a card saying that a package had arrived, but I needed to pick it up at the post office. The package is the power cord for my laptop which was under recall. So, I got one that is a European plug in, which is great for Norway. I’ll get another USA plug when I’m back home.
The new laptop power cord fills a gap. I had carefully made a list of what I needed to bring, including cough syrup and measuring cups and spoons, as they aren’t used in European metric cooking. (Fortunately, I’m renting from Rebecca, who is dual citizen and has dual cooking equipment!) While I have everything that is needed, I had only 2 plug in adapters to plug our USA power cords into the Euro sockets.
We were moving the adapters back and forth each day. Now, we’re set! I know this is a minor inconvenience in the stuff of life, but I’m feeling a bit more settled now, and I feel pretty good that in the almost 2 weeks here, we’ve covered our bases.
Later, a fever struck with more miserableness for Anya. I stopped of at the grocery store and picked up some Sprite and her favorite apples–a little bit of comfort.
(Are pictures of power sockets in a blog a new low?)