Oh No!

It turns out that the higher ups decided that we need to redo those 3 books from last Thursday.  It seems like we take two steps forward and one back.  I don't feel like we have been productive but then we have both been so sick this week -that could account for why.

Today when we got off the bus to come home, Clyde looked up and said, 'I think that is the train station'.  We walked in and sure enough we were at a side entrance.  The directions we had taken down from the Internet had us going to the front entrance which was like going around your elbow to get to your thumb.  We also had a weird commute to work.  All of the sudden our bus driver turned the bus off and check out of his shift.  We still had 2 more bus stops before we would be to work.  This is however the stop where our bus driver dumped us out the first day of work - instead of where we should have been let off - so we knew the way to the office.  Only problem was that is was foggy and misty - so we were pretty wet by the time we made it in.  No one thought it was in the least bit weird.  They just got off the bus and started walking. 

We only got 3 books done today.  The office employees were going to a Christmas Party downtown.  We were left all alone.  We were both feeling pretty crummy - so after we finished book 3 - we just headed home.  We have come pretty far in the trust department because originally they were not going to allow us in alone.  Now they have no problem with it.  Cool!  They even said if we wanted to - we could work over Christmas Break.

Yesterday, one of the employees from the national archives in downtown Copenhagen, offered to have Clyde and me come on a Friday - when the offices are closed - and she would help me find out more about my family.  I am not sure how far we will get since most of my family doesn't even come from Zealand.  But it was so sweet of her.  We will take her up on her offer after the first of the year.

One of the frustrating things about Danes is that they are very soft spoken.  I cannot hear them half the time.  Jeppe has learned to speak up around us.  Mads and Frederick are just boisterous people by nature - so we have no problem with them.  Mads is always whistling in the office and today he was whistling Mendelssohn's Wedding March from Midsummer's Night Dream.  Makes us laugh.  Lars and Steven come in to say G'morn to us when they get to work.  They are the only two that go out of their way to do that.  They are all such neat young men.  Jeppe told us today that he has Type1 Diabetes.  He was diagnosed when he was 16.  He handles it pretty well and says that he has injections down to 3 or 4 times a day instead of 7 (the rate for last year).  He tries very hard to eat well and eat small meals throughout the day.  Makes me admire him even more.

We renewed our bus passes and realized that she skipped the 14th of December.  We cannot go anywhere tomorrow.  We can walk over to the mall and do our grocery shopping, etc.  But public transportation is off limits tomorrow.  I am so glad.

Life is going well.  We are enjoying the beautiful city of Copenhagen and the Danish hospitality.