Søvnløse nætter/Sleepless nights

Puha, der er sket så utrolig meget de sidste måneder, jeg bliver helt svimmel! Vigtigst af alt var fyringsrunden blandt lærerne her på øen. Da både min mand og jeg er lærere, var vi begge i farezonen. Der har været mange søvnløse nætter, hovedpine og ondt i maven, men vi klarede begge to skærene. Onsdag d. 7. marts kunne vi begge ånde lettet op, men desværre må vi sige farvel til nogle dejlige kolleger, som ikke var så heldige. Hele processen med fyringerne har stået på i månedsvis, og det har været vanvittigt ubehageligt.

Det "gode", hvis man kan sige det sådan, er at vi blev tvunget til at tage vores situation op til fornyet overvejelse. Hvad skulle vi gøre, hvis en af os eller begge mistede arbejdet? Hvad med vores drøm? Vi har været omkring mange scenarier, men er blevet enige om, at vi vil følge vores oprindelige plan med antikforretningen, gårdbutik og dyrehold. Vi har dog besluttet os for, at vi på sigt gerne vil have nogle flere geder, som skal slagtes og sælges.

Vi traf også beslutningen om at sælge vores kassevogn, da den skulle repareres for mere, end den var værd. Den indbragte ikke mange penge, men vi sparer mere end 10000 kr. i forsikring og vægtafgift om året. Vi kan sagtens klare os med en bil, det kræver bare lidt planlægning.

Jeg vender snart tilbage:-)

Gosh, so many things have happened these last few months, I'm all dizzy! Most important was the sacking of 28 teachers on this island. Because both my husband and I are teachers we were both at risk. There have been many sleepless nights, a lot of headache and stomach ache, but we kept our jobs. On Wednesday 7th March we could both breathe a sigh of relief, but unfortunately we have to say goodbye to some of our wonderful colleagues who were not so lucky.This whole proces has taken months and it has been extremely unpleasant.

The "good" part, if there is such a thing, is that we were forced to revise our situation. What would we do if one of us or both lost our jobs? What about our dream? We have been through many possible scenarios, but decided to stick with the original plan: antique shop, farm shop and husbandry. We have decided though, that in the long term we would like to have some more goats to sell as meat.

We also made the decision to sell our van because it needed repairs for more than it was worth. It didn't bring in a lot of money, but we'll save more than DKK10000 a year. We can easily make do with just one car, all it takes is a little planning.

I'll be back soon:-)