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Dwight in order to be legally and more importantly covered by Swedish health care has been applying for a Swedish residence permit. You might recall that the latest news on that front came with notification of Dwight’s interview. Dwight called Wednesday morning to the consulate in Salt Lake to make sure he would get their at the right time for them. The number provided by the Chicago consulate for the Salt Lake one turned out to be to the consulate’s business. Dwight thought he had the wrong number and was worried that things had changed. Dwight googled the consulate’s number and spoke with him there. The connection of the two was made as Dwight made his way to the consulate.

The consulate’s name is Bjorn. He was nice and helpful. After a minute of verifying Dwight’s identity he called the interviewer in Chicago. They spoke for a minute in Swedish. Now Dwight already feels inadequate with his limited Swedish, but he does think he was able to pick out some things he otherwise wouldn’t. The consulate asked how the interviewer was, and Dwight is pretty sure he talked about the snow we had received in the night and morning. Perhaps Dwight isn’t completely without hope.

The interview was fairly quick and painless. Lots of questions about Astrid and Dwight, about their families and how they met. There seemed to be a couple spots that were drilled down on some details that would enable the second interview to detect if any of the story was fabricated.

Here’s to Astrid getting her interview quickly as it can be expected to only take a few more weeks after that for Dwight to get his residence permit.

This is the last installment to Johanna’s visit. On Wednesday Astrid met up with a friend and went over to another friend’s to see her baby. Dwight left work and met up with them at the friends. Then they went to Bombay House for dinner. The food was tasty. Dwight wishes it was a bit closer to facilitate eating there more often, but given the prices maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

Thursday was the selecting invitations. Luckily Dwight’s family is in the business, and had dropped off a book early in her stay so selection had been easy. It still took quite a bit of time to hammer out the details. Some Spaghetti Factory for lunch and Dwight went back to work and Astrid met up with a friend to go up to Snowbird.

Friday friends came over to met Astrid. Dwight’s dad made lots of popcorn in his machine. The group did their best to down it all, but didn’t make it. Dwight and Astrid definitely ate too much of it.

friends who had come to meet Johanna easting popcorn and visiting

Friends who had come to meet Johanna eating popcorn and visiting

Friends who had come to meet Johanna eating popcorn and visiting

Friends who had come to meet Johanna eating popcorn and visiting

Friends who had come to meet Johanna eating popcorn and visiting

The next day Dwight didn’t feel so well, and going out to get some orange juice the sight and smell of the popcorn helped expedite the emptying of his stomach. Something that would be repeated later. Astrid did an excellent job of taking care of Dwight. Dwight made the observation that she would get sick when he came visit and now he was getting sick with her visiting. Dwight demanded that she not come visit in May and instead come only to get married. Astrid’s mum thought the whole thing was funny. Astrid also buzzed Dwight’s hair that evening.

Sunday was birthday dinner. Dwight wasn’t completely well and Astrid was quite tired too.

Luke calmly eating his keys

Dwight taking a picture of his new buzz

The next morning it was time for Astrid to head home. Dwight took her to the airport and after getting her checked in and spending some time together it was time to say goodbye.

Astrid and Dwight at the airport in self-mastery

Astrid’s rings

Astrid at the airport before it was time to go back home

This is a little out of order since the engagement pictures were taken after the events logged in this post. However Dwight didn’t get the photos uploaded to flickr until the day after the engagement pictures were taken and never got around to blogging about them until now.

Sunday was spent relaxing and recuperating from the week and day before. Astrid started to do better having the portable oxygen to keep her from getting too winded. Dwight had thought birthday dinner was on Sunday, so he didn’t make any plans. However it was pushed back to the last Sunday Astrid is in town. Instead Astrid and Dwight went for a walk in the park.

Astrid packing up her portable after filling it on our way to Zane’s birthday dinner

Astrid putting the oxygen on

The mountains from Buttercup Park, Big Cottonwood on the left and Little Cottonwood Canyon on the right

Dwight at the park

Dwight with the mountains in the background

Astrid walking away

Astrid in the shadows

Astrid better framed with the mountains in the background

the lens was a little dirty

another shot of the mountains from the park

Monday evening Astrid and Dwight went to celebrate Zane’s birthday and meet Dwight’s old roommates. Dinner was pretty good though the service wasn’t that great, especially it seemed like Dwight and Astrid got passed over. Zane behaved, which Dwight can’t decide if he liked, cause it gave an inaccurate impression of Zane to Astrid.

Zane and Bri at Zane’s birthday dinner

Dickson and Heather, married now.

Rosie and Jackson, she looks so nice and well he, he is in the picture too

Rosie getting nervous and started to move away from Jackson

word on the street is this might be getting more serious soon

The rest of the group at dinner, including Caleb 2, the guy who is now renting the room Dwight was

Astrid and Dwight look like such a happy couple

The happy couple part 2

This evening Dwight left work a little early to get engagement pictures taken in Memory Grove park. The invitations are tea sized which means long and skinny so he isn’t sure which picture will work best with the size of the paper. Most likely it will be the first one or the sepia one if Astrid’s face can be lightened enough that it looks good, since the picture will be black and white on vellum.