Weekend. I didn't do much this weekend. Didn't do much schoolwork, didn't study, didn't read anything, didn't work on my Swedish. It was wonderful.
David told me today that he finally started thinking about what's going to go on once I get there. Right now he's trying to figure out where I can put my laptop in his room. He's also done the math and finally figured out that he'll be done with school before me. He says he'll have to stay in Uppsala until I'm done.
David also seems to think I should get a teaching certificate or something in Sweden. The classes are all in Swedish but at least with a degree I could almost certainly get a job. Even if it was just teaching English. UGH! I'd much rather have a research type job like I have now. I like working with lots of numbers and making them do what I want them to do. I like being helpful. I like having to be very very detailed and exact and create projects for people. I like using numbers that someone else has found. Silly as it is I could actually see what I'm doing now as a career. I don't know if I'd still like it once it got past the basics though. I doubt I could get a job half as good as the one I have now in Sweden though, and this is just a student job!
One of these days I REALLY need to figure out what I want to do with myself in the future. So far I have 2006 finish school, graduate, work in the summer, hopefully work in the fall doing something, maybe take SFI classes too. 2007 try to get into more advanced Swedish or other university courses. In the summer either come home and visit or else see if I can get some sort of summer job in Sweden. In the fall I am hoping to be in a Masters program. If not I need to be working or in some other school program. My saved money will definately be gone by then. Once I'm done with my Masters I don't have ANY plans for my future! I don't know what I want to do or anything!
I guess it's something I should think more about. David and I also realized today that I'll have to leave a LOT of stuff behind to move to Sweden. I won't get to take furnature, electronics, most of my books, and lots of other things that I'd like to keep but can't. I guess if I do get into a Masters program I can see about shipping some of my stuff over there. We'll see I guess.
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hej, i was just scrolling through your blog again, and just wanted to say that if you need any advice on navigating the swedish university system, feel free to email me at fcuriosa@gmail.com. i've gone through it already, and can probably offer some tips that are useful as a foreigner (especially regarding the language tests required for swedish proficiency.)
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