Let me be blunt; I want a simple life.
Episode 2
I want to spend three or six months in Stockholm next year. My local adult education college runs a couple of beginner’s Swedish evening classes. I signed up for the Thursday class as I finish work at 3.00pm that day and can get to the college for the 5.30pm start. Tonight was the first class and I really enjoyed it. Seven of us learned to introduce ourselves, say where we are from and which languages we speak. We went through some very basic grammar and Swedish alphabet. At the end of the class Tina (the teacher) explained that because the class size doesn’t meet the college’s minimum of eight it’s likely that the class will be cancelled. If the class is cancelled we will be offered the options of: moving to the Monday beginner’s class, registering for the next beginner’s class – Summer 2009, or join the beginner’s class (level 2) which is later on Thursday evening. I can’t swap to Monday unless I know that I have the fixed term contract (mentioned above) and give up two days of my current job – which it looks like I won’t have by next week. I don’t want to wait until the 2009 summer term – I wanted to have three terms of Swedish under my belt before heading out there next June.
I can’t really believe that I’m even considering throwing myself into level 2 albeit beginner’s level 2. I haven’t attempted to learn a language in 26 years (and that attempt was ‘unsuccessful’.) but it seems like I have little choice other than to take on level 2. After all level 2 beginner's has got to be better than arriving in Stockholm without a word. Hasn't it?
I want a simple life. How can three relatively simple things have become so complicated?
Why have they all happened this week?
If it is a sign – what is it signaling?
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