I'm almost done. Yesterday, I said goodbye to a lot of friends and some family during the party I threw. It was amazing to see how many people came and to talk to all of them. Of course I'm not gone, but I know that I will see many a lot less and will probably not speak with them so often, so it was good to speak and remember great times together. Thanks to all of you who joined me in celebrating the beginning of a new chapter in my life! I had a lovely day and will remember this for the rest of my life.
My task list is almost empty. I sold my car, my dad took care of the beds and tomorrow I will bring the cats to their temporary home. In February I will fly back to get them. The last thing to do is to actually drive. Thursday the 26th at 5 o'clock in the morning, we drive. It's a 16 hour drive through Germany and Denmark and I really can't wait. Over the last weeks I felt a little nervous and excited, I felt stressed, but after yesterday, I feel only excitement. I took care of everything and everything worked out very well, so I am ready!
I thought I'd write more about the progress of moving to Sweden, but I've been terribly busy lately. In short, the status is that almost everything is done! At least the most important stuff. First, I found a job. I'll start the 1st of December at a company called The Delta Projects, where I'll start as a System Developer. I'll probably start working on their flagship product AdAction, with which they serve about 30 million online ads a day. I've met with my new manager 3 times already and spoken to my new colleagues twice and I'm really excited to start. I'll probably code in Ruby a lot and play with new technology.
The second biggy is that my house is rented. Thanks to Wayne, I was able to rent it to a company. The house worried me a bit, since it's not that easy to rent it for the price I wanted to get for it, but it finally worked out.
My cats will stay in the Netherlands for about 3,5 months, since they need a rabies check, 120 days after their vaccination. Through http://clubvan100.rvu.nl I found someone that is willing to take care of them for a couple of months.
The rest was basically canceling lot of subscriptions, getting the right documents from the Dutch government, canceling my company and so on.
My friend Wayne is going to drive me to Stockholm on the 26th of November. Today I started packing my stuff, since next week we're going to try if everything fits in his car, but from the looks of it, it might fit.
The only things I still need to do is to sell my car and take care of my bed. Since 4 expats will live in my house, I would like to trade my bed (boxspring) for 4 single beds. So if you happen to know anyone, let me know.
The final date comes is really in sight and I can't wait to go. Me and the misses are great and it feels more and more that this has been the right choice.
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