American in Norway

Coming to a town near you..   Okay.... probably not.  But it sure seems that way.   Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new job- I get to be creative, think out of the box... work (somewhat) on my own schedual. And do a lot of traveling around Norway.   (I will try to be better about taking pictures) Can't believe I have only been working there  for a month. time flies when you are having fun. I went to  Trondheim.for a week.. LOVE this city...  Perfect size between Oslo & Fredriksatd. I took some photos, which I will try to post this week Been to Gjøvik.... 2 x's - Off to Lillihammer tomorrow... Roa Kristiansand... Stockholm first week in June USA third week of June Kansas City-Roanoke VA. (not job related) Then it is a week in Rhodes Greece...  (tough job... but someone has to do it.) home for 2 days then  MADRID.  woo hoo... Much to my delight... Bjørn and the kids have been doing really well with the change. I am traveling alot.. but also have

What a LONG wonderful day!..  One of the best 17th of May's ever... We hopped from one thing to another... from 7:45 this am until 6 pm this evening.. & my butt. is DRAGGING.... As most of y'all know what 17th of May is... I will spare you the information & hop straight to the pictures! :-) 17th of May is always a time of reflection for me... Amazing to see how big the kiddos & their friends have become. We had a really fabulous time... 3 parades.. brunch at my in laws.. & then a school party to end the day!

Sorry if my last post left some of y'all flat...   I have had a lot of hits- the last two days... I am sure folks waiting for me to tell the Big ol' Secret of how to land a job in Norway. It is hard as HELL y'all....  I am not saying that to scare you... just being honest. You are going to need to be patient.. you need to be creative & you are going to have to keep plugging away.  Ask EVERYONE you know if they can help you. & do anything... & don't complain . Majority of my expat girlfriends have FABULOUS jobs NOW. But they didn't walk into these fab jobs... they had to start somewhere just to build a Norwegian backgroud. Even if you think you are 100% PERFECT for the job.. you may not get it because you are TOO American, or British, or German...etc.  I have a brilliant friend.. who is now some big wig marketing guro.. who made it all the way through  SEVERAL TIMES & at the last min did not get the job because she was "TOO AMERICAN". T