This would be the view from our house if it weren’t sinking! Actually, this is the view from the roof of our house. We can see the tops of these mountains from our living room, but as a friend that used to live on Mercer Island once said, “I don’t have a view, but I have a view of a house with a view.” And such it is in our neighborhood. We move in tomorrow!
Today was a big day. Kory had a job interview and got a job! A nephew of a cousin here has a building business and he needs more carpenters. Kory told him he doesn’t want to do anything that will hurt his body (he is getting old, you know), and he only wants to work part-time, and all that was fine with the guy. He has a house he’s building about a five minute drive from our new home, so it’s a sweet deal. Kory thinks all the money he will earn will be his own “pocket money,” but I know it’s God’s way of providing for the things that completely blindside us – like getting the oil changed on our van and getting a $220 bill for it… stuff like that. (How does Wal-Mart do it for $13.97?)
The other big thing that happened today was a meeting we had at Kaleb’s new school with the rector and the school principal. They are two very serious men and they seemed quite concerned that we decided to put him in their school. They talked rather sternly to Kaleb about how important it is for him to obey the rules and not be a disturbance and they questioned our reasons for homeschooling him all these years. It was a little stressful for me as it was a bit like an interrogation, but I understood their concerns. At this point Kaleb would be a tough fit anywhere, but I do believe he’s a quick learner and he’ll buck up. The Blindheim Skole, where he will go, is a sort of experimental school in that it has NO classrooms – it’s all open teaching – big areas where the students congregate and move from area to area depending on the subject. So one student acting up can disturb 70 kids all at once and they have zero tolerance. How sweet is that? It’ll be like boot camp for his social behavior. And one really great thing is that a girl Kaleb’s age (named Victoria) came from America last year and goes to the same school. They will put him in her class and she can help him learn the language (similar to what Kory did after he moved to America and another kid – Roar Danielson - came over from Norway the year after… they are still friends to this day and it’s through that connection I met Kory.) So we shall see how it all goes for Kaleb. (Victoria’s father is Norwegian, and her mother, American, and she’s here to stay.)
We also went downtown to one of the few second hand stores in the area and bought a few things. It was fun to do a little nesting. Thankfully Kaleb didn’t notice the person that owns that store sounded very much like a man but looked an awful lot like a very ugly woman. I think the sex change operation didn’t do what he/she was hoping and he/she certainly needs to take more hormones to pull the whole thing off. Welcome to ultra liberal Scandinavia.
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