It's late and Matti and Emma are asleep. Usually we all pile into bed at the same time but tonight I didn't feel tired when they retired. I've spent the past hour aimlessly wandering the interweb, listlessly checking out blogs I haven't read for a while, finding nothing of interest.
During my maternity leave I've spent very little time online. So much of my pre-Emma existence was online so it feels a little as if I've returned to my old stomping grounds only to find out they're not what they used to be. It's a little after midnight and it's quiet out there. I feel a little sad, for no apparent reason.
Perhaps it's just the underlying mood of society catching up to me. All of a sudden the króna has crashed, banks have apparently stopped all lending and foreign currency loan repayments have spiked monstrously. The mood is black. It's all a bit comical, except it's not, since I can't really tell what's different this month from the last. Sure, I know about the sub-prime loans in the US etc. but I can't really see what this has to do with the day to day business of the normal Icelandic family. Not so long ago things like drought and the absence of cod sparked recessions in different countries. Not so anymore in our superconnected societies...
My little family is safe for now - even though our babymobile is now one of the most expensive ones on the streets as it's bought with a foreign currency loan. I feel for people whose housing is bought the same way or who've stretched their pay to the limit pre-crash. I'm not sure the sub-prime explanation seems fair to them.
Work seems around the corner as I'll go back in May. Exciting times ahead but first more maternal bliss.
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