Well what do you know..

Playground

You know when you are working on a puzzle and it seems like it is taking forever but then you get this one piece figured out and everything falls into place. Well that is how August has been for us.

If you will indulge me for a second:

1. The residents card for G and I got lost in the mail.  Without this we couldn't get our personal identification number which means, we couldn't apply for daycare, get a doctor, apply for swedish class, etc.  You really can't do much of anything here without that number.  

2. The ship with our stuff got delayed, then delayed, and then delayed again.  So we had this great apartment in Vasastan but nothing but the bookshelves.  Luckily we were able to stay in our temporary housing but our Ikea showcase apartment in Nacka was starting to wear on us.  

Well in order to get our residents card, G and I ventured out to the migration office to get printed and photographed. This time though we got the card sent to the migration office with a phone number to call to see if the card was ready.  And this is when things started to fall into place.  A week later I called and our cards were ready.  Third trip out to the migration board.  To make it interesting I decided that G and I should venture back on the light rail.  We did find a very fun playground and G spent most of the time squealing and laughing at all the Swedish kids.  

With this we were able to go apply for our number on Monday. The same day that we did this Marc got an email saying that our stuff is in Stockholm and will clear customs this week. Our stuff would be delivered on SOON!

our stuff is off the truck ready for the 5 flights of stairs!

See what I mean about the puzzle.  It seemed as though once we got our card everything else seemed to fall into place.  And to make a long story shorter, as the movers moved our stuff into our apartment, the mailman came and delivered our personal numbers. AND if this isn't enough G and I went to one of the 1000000000 daycares/preschools near our house. They have openings and we are going to go do an "in-schooling*" on Monday!!! 

Well, tonight is our last night in our Temporary housing.  Tomorrow we move into our place.  It will be interesting since the movers unpacked most of the boxes and so every vertical surface is covered.  I figured 1. we won't have to deal with the boxes since the movers took them away,  and 2. it will be motivating to get things organized.  We are pretty excited though and it will be nice to start our new normal.  

*in-schooling is a period of time that allows the parent and child to adjust to being in daycare. Parent and child spend 3 days at the school together for short days doing the routine together. This period lets the parent know what is going on in the school and the child starts to learn the routine while still having the comforts of mom.