Thursday, September 3, 2020

Today was probably one of the most accomplished days I’ve had in awhile. Work was pretty great; I sat in on a lot of story and content meetings to observe and take notes, and then I took part in a virtual fika with the design team. This morning I made it to my appointment with SEB to get a basic bank account setup, but will require another meeting with the bank once I get my personnummer. Once I have that personnummer, I can expand upon my account to include a lot of necessary payment systems like BankID and Swish.

My missing luggage finally appeared! I finally have sheets to put on my bed, shampoo and conditioner to finally wash my hair, and all the other remaining toiletries I ordered and packed away for the move, including lots of power converters and EU power cables. My sunlamp was also in that bag, so now I feel like I’m plenty prepared for the winter months ahead. It feels good to get all those remaining items back and placed away for use.

Yesterday I ordered a desk and chair. The desk came yesterday, and I put it together in order to have an upright area to work. My new chair came in today, and I assembled it and set it up to my personal sitting preferences. It’s not nearly as nice as my Secret Labs Omega D.Va chair, but it’ll do for now. It’s an Arozzi something something and it is a beefy boi (weighing in at almost 26 kg!). Chances are, when I get the funds and the Omegas are back in stock I’ll replace it with one of those, but I think this will do for daily work/gaming needs until I have the disposable funds to purchase such an extravagant luxury.

I took all the rubbish from the packing materials for my chair to the recycling center a few blocks from here, and treated myself to a Max takeaway order. Tomorrow I’ll be (safely) meeting some of my new coworkers for a chat at a popup shop that sells ice cream and beer during the summer months in an iconic Stockholm park. It’s the tail end so there isn’t much time left to enjoy it until next summer.

I am completely wiped out from such a productive day. I’m ready to throw on those new sheets, crawl into bed, and continue reading some Kindle Unlimited horror book I picked up called “The Shuddering”. This weekend will be pretty low key as I plan on joining back in with our online dnd group with my husband and friends. We’ve also got an AEW Pay-Per-View that I’ve been looking forward to, and I imagine trying to sync up with the US time zones for these events will be pretty taxing, so I don’t plan on doing much else besides maybe going for a walk and possibly treating myself to a pastry or baked good of some sort. Did you know that in Sweden, coffee and baked goods are a big deal? I am very much looking forward to getting another semla bun and trying some egg coffee. When I do, I’ll make sure to update here to share the adventure!