freedom's just another word
Monday, 18. September 2006, 21:30:51
Today is the first weekday since my leaving BearingPoint where I worked for over two and a half years. I am currently in the nether region between that job and my new one at Opera. I'm awaiting official word from UDI, the Norwegian immigration authority, that I will be allowed to work and reside in their country.
Currently I have been told that my credentials are all in order and approval imminent but we are unwilling to buy a plane ticket at this juncture since the actual formal approval is required for travel and I'm naturally risk averse.
We celebrated my fist of day of not working, as disctinct from unemployment, with grits and eggs and bacon for the ladies. S seems to respect my not eating red meat and facilitates alternatives for me but such a choice is clearly not for her. The moment I leave town or make other plans, she's making steaks or pork chops for her and the wee one. Little miss H is certainly being exposed to the varieties of gastronomic approach.
We were at a little party recently with a vocal omnivore with a preference for carnivoring, his on-again off-again vegetarian s.o. (that is, she's occasionally vegetarian not occasionally his s.o.), and a couple who prefer to be vegan but occasionally slide into vegetarianism. H, at 3, didn't really participate in the politics and ethics of food conversation but these are our friends, so she will be exposed to not just an international pallette of options but a variety of approaches.
And we continue to ready our house for sale and to scour the listings of apartments in .no. We are not taking a car with us. This means that we look at the meters to work or bus and to the local stores and try to imagine how far we can walk in the snow or rain and really, coming from Texas with it's car culture and lack of snow and rain, I suspect we're doing a poor job of estimating our tolerance for slogging several hundred meters in middle of a Norwegian winter. I'm sure it will add character.
Currently I have been told that my credentials are all in order and approval imminent but we are unwilling to buy a plane ticket at this juncture since the actual formal approval is required for travel and I'm naturally risk averse.
We celebrated my fist of day of not working, as disctinct from unemployment, with grits and eggs and bacon for the ladies. S seems to respect my not eating red meat and facilitates alternatives for me but such a choice is clearly not for her. The moment I leave town or make other plans, she's making steaks or pork chops for her and the wee one. Little miss H is certainly being exposed to the varieties of gastronomic approach.
We were at a little party recently with a vocal omnivore with a preference for carnivoring, his on-again off-again vegetarian s.o. (that is, she's occasionally vegetarian not occasionally his s.o.), and a couple who prefer to be vegan but occasionally slide into vegetarianism. H, at 3, didn't really participate in the politics and ethics of food conversation but these are our friends, so she will be exposed to not just an international pallette of options but a variety of approaches.
And we continue to ready our house for sale and to scour the listings of apartments in .no. We are not taking a car with us. This means that we look at the meters to work or bus and to the local stores and try to imagine how far we can walk in the snow or rain and really, coming from Texas with it's car culture and lack of snow and rain, I suspect we're doing a poor job of estimating our tolerance for slogging several hundred meters in middle of a Norwegian winter. I'm sure it will add character.
You'll love Opera and Norway, I'm sure!
By anonymous user, # 19. September 2006, 19:03:44
Get yourself some snow shoes! Oh, just drive your car over there ... hahhaha
THP
By anonymous user, # 22. September 2006, 18:06:02
Are you saying bacon is not a red meat?
By anonymous user, # 5. November 2006, 18:35:44
As long as we're back on the gastro-political, the recent news about the scope of global fishing is truly horrifying. Current trends show a global collapse of fish stocks with mass extinctions by 2050. While some regions are doing well, the global situation is grim and it makes it even harder to be aware of where your fish is sourced but I might suggest that one seek out farm-raised.
By balzac, # 5. November 2006, 19:32:01