Reflecting

So last Thursday the faculty was invited to a social dinner with the staff at YBC. After a wonderful evening talking to many different groups of teachers, it really hit home, that we would be leaving here in just about a month. It is exciting to know we will be headed to Sydney for the next trimester, but sad to leave all these people whom we have connected with during our stay. It made me realize that the exciting part of this job is also the hard part... moving on every 3 months.

The time in Stockholm has been pretty wonderful and this week was no different. This past weekend, we took the kids to see The Social Network. They all seemed to like the movie and enjoyed learning more about a tool they use every day. For them, Facebook has existed pretty much as long as they can remember. For the adults along with them, this was not always the case... for me it did not come about till college was long gone, but I can't imagine not having it to stay in touch with all my friends and family as I live away from home.

We have also had some visitors this week... Liz, Mike, Sally and Brad's wife Julie have all been around. It is nice to have some others around and see them at work as well. It is nice to be able to have face to face conversations. :)

Today, we had the most amazing guest lecturer, Tobias Rawet. He is 76 and a holocaust survivor. Even though I have heard a number of others speak in the past, each's story is so different. Tobias decided after he heard those talking about it never happening that after he retired at 60, he would dedicate time to sharing his story. He has been on the Swedish radio and tv as well.

Well it's off to bedtime now. Another week is on it's way.