Changes

So last week was my last week working as a physical therapist at the hospital outpatient clinic in Stans. The last 4.5 months have been a good first working experience in Switzerland. Of course there were the bad days, like the first one when one of my first patients was upset that I was not swiss/was not impressed by my German skills and wanted a different therapist. I am surprised that I went back :) I must say that most of my patients were very nice people and didn't put up a fuss when I explained that I don't yet understand the Swiss German and would appreciate if they spoke high German to me. I am glad most people switched, well otherwise I wouldn't have known what their problem was. Speaking of German, I do go through long periods where I really get frustrated with German and wish I could do my job here in English. That is one of the first changes that needs to occur, my attitude towards learning German. I desire to feel positive and motivated again towards learning this language. But offen feel depressed hat even when my high German gets better, I still can't understand a bit of Swiss German! 

The other change that is happening is that I officially have a new job that I start tomorrow. It is in a town outside of Luzern called Littau. It is a private practice with 5 other therapists that almost all work part time. I am happy to be continuing to work 2 days a week, and this job is permanent unlike the temporary hospital job. The bummer is that I am back to driving to work, 25-30 min. I will really miss riding my bike to work. Hence the attitude change that needs to happen regarding driving to work! 

In other news, we are recovering from hand foot mouth virus. I was lucky and only caught cold symptoms from it, but check out John's hands. His feet look the same :( and it is really painful! We are thankfully on the mend and looking forward to a weekend of camping!