The new colleagues

I went to my new work for lunch today to meet everybody. It was very nice, everybody was nice an relaxed and I instantly felt at home there. They are six there, plus one that is sometimes there but in Reykjavík most of the time (he wasn't there yesterday), two women and 4 men, and they all seemed very nice and I felt welcome there. It'll be cool to move over there in a few weeks.

Today we've been to Hagkaup and Nettó. In Hagkaup we got nice black shoes for the girls and in Nettó the groceries. Not too much since we went shopping on Thursday. Next on my list is to do some revision, put the light-arch at the front door and make the hats for the girls. And just relax - if I can.

Changes

October wasn't a very good month at work, I've been getting more and more unhappy with things there. I tried talking to my department manager, the staff manager and the manager of the company but it didn't bring anything. We don't have enough work for all of us, I am unhappy with the fact that last year they hired another programmer, someone who has the same education I do (or less since I've been adding credits) and gave her higher salary than I have. I had also been asking to go to courses or have more training but couldn't. And adding to that, I don't see that they are doing much in getting us more work or different things to do. So I started looking for another job, called a former colleague and he talked to his team leader. I went to a job interview and they made me an offer - which I didn't like and I told them that so they then withdrew the offer. Then I talked to an old friend of mine, who works for a software house and she told me that I should just talk to Gulla, who is her department manager and also someone I know since we both worked for the same company years ago. That was on a Friday. On Monday she called me and sounded very positive and a few days later I had a new job. I resigned just before the end of month and will leave here on Friday before Christmas.

My new job will be similar to the one I have now. But the change is that I will be able to get training in a new business application - which I haven't been able to get here. The salary is better as well and that is good. But most of all I think the change will do me good. I've been with Þekking for 11 and a half years and it's time to do something else now. Learn new things, be with new people. Although I will miss people from here.

Hrefna called me last night and she's coming here to finish the national dresses for the girls on the sixteenth. They will be so pretty :)

Lazy blogger, busy times

I've been lazy lately in regards to blogging. Well, it's not the right way to put it though really, because I've been trying to prepare for an exam that I was supposed to have last Saturday. I took Thursday and Friday off work and was going to do some quality revision but Thursday morning I suddenly felt sick and I felt so bad for these two days that I couldn't do anything at all. Just lay on the sofa, dozing or watching TV. Friday afternoon I called school to ask what to do if I was sick and she told me that so I decided not to take the test. That decision made me feel a lot better and on Saturday morning I felt pretty good. But I still didn't go to take the test since I had told the people that I wasn't coming so they didn't have to come. And now I've got a bit of a cold - like the rest of the family.

We dressed the girls up on Sunday and took some pictures of them. Got a few good ones and I've had the Christmas cards made and last night we wrote most of them and I'll post them later on today. Early for a change. I still have to buy at least one gift to send to England, for Gwen. I made an album for Mum and sent it off to Bonusprint to have it printed off and they'll send it directly to them.

We've got some of the Christmas gifts already, but we still have to get a few. But it's still November so there is still time. I need to put up some lights and do some baking - and of course some studying and then I intend to make a few gifts this time. And I'm going to try to do better here......

Rough night!

I'm tired.

I had a bit of a rough night last night. First I woke up around 2:30. No big deal. Went back to sleep. Then, around 3:50, offspring #2 came in, half crying and said she needed to go for a pee. Actually, she'd already wet herself. I took her to the toilet, took off her wet diaper, she sat on the toilet for a bit and then she said she was finished, I put a dry diaper on and she crawled back into bed. Twenty minutes later she came back and said she needed to have a pee. This time she was dry so she after the same routine, I put the same diaper back on. Again twenty minutes later. I was getting a bit tired of this - but thinking I should encourage her to go for a pee during the night if she had to, I took her to the bathroom again. It was 4:30 and I just though, "why bother, why not just go down stairs and do some studying or something". But I didn't. Snuggled down again and finally fell asleep. Half asleep, I heard the clock chime 6 o'clock but didn't really wake up. Woke up an hour later when it chimed 7 o'clock. And then we needed to rush a bit but we were in school in time.

They are having a slumber party in school today so Sólveig Lilja went there in her pyjamas. Hope she has fun.

Saphira

Saturday just over a week ago I took the girls to the farm. My parents, and Gúmbi and Sigrún, were selecting the ewes to be kept this year. Sólveig Lilja's two ewes had to be slaughtered this autumn so she was going to pick new ewes. She got three to choose from, two that I borrowed from Gúmbi and one that I borrowed from my parents. This is the one she picked, and she didn't even hesitate. The funny thing is that this little ewe that she picked, is very calm and let her pet her, just stood there calmly in the corner. She's called Saphira (Safíra) after Eragon's dragon and the other one that she got, a white one with a little spot on her nose, is called Nebba.

Kristín Lára also has two ewes. They are the same age she is, one is called Grágás (she got that one from her grandparents) and the other one Copper (Kopra).

When we got home she said to her father: "Saphira loves me very much" and "Nebba was scared" - which is true, she didn't like to be petted!