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Week 8

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When we moved here, I thought it would be a bummer to go back to working five days a week instead of four ten-hour days, mostly because I loved my three-day weekends! I mean, one whole weekday without kids to get shit done was awesome. I'll say that the two-day weekends do kind of fly by, but the work week flies by, too! I don't know. I feel more balanced. But that also means I look at the day and think: Oh no! Did I even take pictures? Did I make notes in the draft blog? What did we even do this week? The answer is usually: A lot! Friday There was a vague threat of rain on Friday, and of course, that meant we had an opportunity to pull out our new rain gear. Kaden dressed Harrison in his rain coat and rain pants for the bus ride to school. I especially love that he's waterproof from head to ankle, but also, he's wearing Crocs and socks. Haha. Waiting for the bus and ready for rain! One thing I've been noticing during our time in Denmark is the number of hooded cro...

Week Five

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The weeks are getting a little bit more routine now with school and work, but we are still experiencing a lot of "firsts" and exploring new things. Friday I was pleasantly surprised to walk out of the canteen at work and see a table full of cupcakes. They called them vanilla muffins, I think, but they looked delicious. I bought two chocolate, two citron, and one...strawberry? I thought it would be a nice treat for everyone at the end of the week, and they were happy that I brought them home. I didn't arrange them in a very picture-worthy way, but I'm no pro. On the first Friday of every month, the  DTU Science Park  where ALK is located hosts a kind of pop-up bar for the employees of the different businesses. I got an invitation to go with some colleagues to this Fredagsøl (Friday beers), and I decided to join since Vibe was going. It ended up being a really nice time! One of our colleagues, Lotte, offered me a ride, so we had a nice chat on our way over and got to kn...