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Post by Sabeine on Feb 28, 2003 17:07:56 GMT -5
Don't we have some 3 year "been in Sweden" anniversaries coming up soon? Leslie, and Pam aren't yours in March?
How does it feel? Does it feel like you've been here for 3 years? Anyone can answer this question really, how does everyone here feel about the move? Does the time you've been here feel real, has time gone fast, or slow...?
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Post by Pam on Mar 1, 2003 10:43:28 GMT -5
March 7th for me. My time here has felt especially real since I started getting up at five in the morning!!  I've had some bad days in those three years, like everyone does, but I don't regret moving here. I still have my family and the people who were my friends when I left are still my friends plus I have new ones. |
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Post by Sabeine on Mar 1, 2003 11:00:02 GMT -5
Are you planning something special for that day? Going out to dinner?
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Post by Sabeine on Mar 1, 2003 11:00:44 GMT -5
I think you, me and Carolyn all like the same Sylvester icon.  |
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Post by Pam on Mar 1, 2003 13:49:06 GMT -5
I leave special plans for that day up to Mats. Which is a crap shoot. His memory is as bad as mine.
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Kitty Sue
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Post by Kitty Sue on Mar 1, 2003 15:17:02 GMT -5
March 30th is mine. We will have been here 3 years. It has gone quickly, I honestly can't believe it is already 3 years. It is much easier now than it was the first year. I still have days when I want to go back home to live, but they are the rare ones now, as opposed to the norm 3 years ago. Now life is in a routine and I feel like I belong here.
I have no plans to celebrate, but we will apply for our citizenships. I was not in any rush to get the kidlet's, even though his dad could have applied when we moved. But now we will get his and mine.
On another anniversary note, I was looking at the calender a couple weeks ago and realized that last weekend it was 6 years since my fellow and I met at the airport for the first time. That time has flown by too, although that year apart when he came back here without us, sure seemed long while we were living it. *laugh*
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Post by Aussie on Mar 2, 2003 5:41:29 GMT -5
Congratulations to all of you!
My three year anniversary in Sweden will be in December this year. And like Kitty Sue, I still have days when I long to be "home", or just be able to see some of my family again. But I still love my new life here.
I feel more at home here since we married and bought our own place. Before, we were in rented accommodation in Stockholm and it felt "temporary". Now we've moved here to Nynäshamn, we have our own place and I feel like it's my town now. So I think putting down roots and getting involved in the community here has made a huge difference. People know me and wave and chat. It's really nice.
The other thing has been finding people such as yourselves. I honestly had no idea there were so many of us in Sweden, so knowing you are out there makes it feel a lot less isolating too.
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Post by Leslie on Mar 2, 2003 10:33:41 GMT -5
March 7th is my 3 year as well. Some days it feels like I have been here for years, and other days it feels like I just arrived yesterday. Does it feel real? Sometimes when I am walking in Gamla Stan I can't believe this lil ole Tx girl is really living in Sweden! HA! But it has become home for me. Yet Texas still feels like home too. So in a way it is worse for me now because I realize I will always be divided between two places. I will always miss Texas when I am here, but I miss Sweden when I go home to visit. Kitty said something awhile ago that has stuck with me. She said, "Once you have moved and experienced another life, there does not ever seem to be the opportunity for true contentment again. There is always something missing wherever you are." Though on the other hand, most of my friends in SFI can never go back home again. So I guess I could consider myself lucky to be able to visit my family and my home country! I am lucky in so many ways. I have made many friends, made progress in learning the language, and have rediscovered myself in many ways. (I like the word 'many' don't I?) So am I a better person 3 years later? You betcha! Some days I have wished that I never moved here, but on the days when I am more sane I realize that my life is better because of it. Sure it might have been just as good if I had stayed where I was, but I never would have known if I hadn't moved. That brings me to my favorite quote: "Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." ;D  ;D |
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I've had some bad days in those three years, like everyone does, but I don't regret moving here. I still have my family and the people who were my friends when I left are still my friends plus I have new ones.
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