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After completion of AT in Sweden

Life got very busy during the second half of AT. I reduced to 80% work so it extended my AT by a couple months. I took AT exam after finishing training and cleared it. The long awaited "Legitimation" was home. In general things got pretty tough to balance by this time so I decided to take a break and focus on home, kids and myself. During this time we decided to move to the UK. I'll post about the reasons and the process at a later date. 
Anyhow, I took time to wrap things up in Sweden, we sold the house, and took the time to settle in. Now that things were a bit calmer, and all my kids were in school from 9am to 3pm, I shifted focus to career once again. Due to certain rules about required length of training after license in Sweden, I did not qualify for a direct registration with the GMC. It turns out my pathway will include taking PLAB! It took some time to come to terms with this new reality, as I was expecting to get registration directly because of going through the entire process in Sweden.
Long story short, I started on the PLAB route. So far I have completed part 1 and currently preparing for part 2. One foot in front of the other. Also, I think a change in blog name is in order.

Take care and peace! x
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