Thursday, 23rd June
The boy had his exam today, he sets
himself too high a bar, I am sure he has done well, with all the
studying he has done. It is in several parts: grammar and writing,
reading and comprehension. Listening and comprehension, and talking.
It was 4 hours, excluding breaks. Afterwards we met with Ingrid and
had coffee and cake. Ingrid had other students in this exam, for a
lot of her pupils it is vital that they pass, for Ben it is just for
himself, really. He has never worked properly, and we do not need him
to work. He says he might want to go to university, he likes
learning.
One topic they could talk about was
the Swedish Royal family. He finds it funny that we still have a
king, and how crazy everyone was for the wedding of the prince last
year. He is working through a book of Swedish history, in swedish. He
will know more about my country's history than me.
The results will be out end of
August.
Friday, 24th June
The Tibetan rug arrived today, we
had to delay the delivery as we were away. It looks beautiful. We
have christened it.
Oh, I have to tell you about the
puppy. One of the farm dogs had puppies, most have gone, but they are
still looking to house one. It is already 4 months old. Ben and the
puppy fell in love, he followed him everywhere. The puppy followed
Ben. It was hard for me to have to say no, but we are so busy, and
things are still so uncertain. He has enough on his plate with
walking Django at the moment. It was always difficult to leave the
dog, twice we had to drag him out of the car. He is not allowed in
the house, but he sneaked in anyway, a puppy does that. They will
probably keep him, as the kids have grown attached to it, too. Maybe
we can have him next year, if they are still crazy about each other.
Ben understood my reasons for saying no.
I am starting work on Monday, so I
have some time to get back into it, before my first colleague goes on
holiday next Friday. I have to go through an induction!
We are planning to have quiet
weekend together.
Monday, 27th June
It felt so strange and yet familiar
to walk into the hospital and come to work. I had to get my security
pass activated, get a password for the computer system, and had a
induction with HR, I had to sign a confidentiality agreement, and
confirm that I had instruction on several policies, like sexual
harassment, racial harassment, etc. I find that always quite funny,
as a gay man who has been at the receiving end, and my partner has
been verbally abused for being American. He has a slight accent, a
mixture between east coast American and Canadian. Despite Ingrids
intensive elocution lessons.
We had a lovely weekend, chilling
in the house and making use of the bondage table outside. It has been
sunny, and despite me smothering him liberally in sun cream, he has a
few distinctive stripes.
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