My week at work

Although I am only contracted to do 20 hours a week, I spent many more hours in the office this week, due to my flat hunting. It is almost a national sport in Sweden. In England, everyone has a different opinion on the national football team (well they did, I think we can all agree these days that they are rubbish). In Stockholm, everyone has a different opinion on finding a flat... In the end I got one off ebay. Well blocket, Sweden's version of ebay.

I am renting a flat from an old lady (she is a gran, she told me, so this is fact not being rude) agreed to rent it to me for 3 months whilst she is in Barcelona.

The positives:

• It has one bedroom and a sofa bed, so Sam can stay there
• The area is reasonably central (12 minutes to t centralen). The station is called Aspudden. See if you can find it
• It means I can move out of Samuel's grandmother's flat straight away (with his mum here too, it isn't the most welcoming place I ever stayed)

The negatives

• It will be a trek to get Sam to his nursery (probably a 40 minute door to door journey)
• I have to get somewhere else almost immediately
• The area is probably a bit dull, but from a map of where it is, there seems to be quite a lot of nature so it should be nice for me and Sam to go walking and for me to run in.

Here is the ad, it also has a picture of a map to click on.

Yes, I know I should probably give myself a break and say well done me for getting somewhere so quick, but if I relax too long it could mean begging Sam's grandmother to take me at the end of October which I don't really fancy.

Sam cried when I went to look at the flat last night, and again when I left for work this morning. I worry this seperation is beginning to affect him.

So I got Sam all weekend. I may see Henrik and Elsa (I called her last night). And the forecast is actually alright. Hopefully we will have some fun.... and then hopefully next week I can get the flat set up to host Sam. But that may be a big ask... We shall see...