Two days ago I was asked if I wanted to return to Stockholm, to work on another project for Ericsson. Funny enough I agreed. Funny because when I left there I was happy my time was up, as I had a lot of negative feelings towards the project. Things did not go, as I thought they should go. But weird enough I can hardly remember the bad things anymore… Very strange… The solution we build was very shaky, and it wasn’t something I would proudly hand over to the customer. But as often my opinion didn’t really count. I do remember the last months having lots of fun with my own little project, within the big project: “The left-hand navigation”. I was very determined to make that little piece of the project the highlight of the solution. Spending way to many hours, not following anything that was written in the design document, doing it the way I thought it had to be done, and guided by endless discussions about tiny details with Peter J., Mia, Peter B., Stuart, Eva, Helena, Louise, the Go-Go-Girls and all other people I could find to bother with my questions! :-)
For some reason the things I enjoyed stayed in my memory and almost all bad things have disappeared as snow before the sun… Maybe that’s why I agreed so easily to return to Stockholm… Just so I can meet up again with all the lovely people I met there last time! And that joy makes me not think or care much about the work at all. Strange. And maybe not good, but it’s a great feeling work is not the primary thing I am going back to Stockholm! :-)
But, as always it seems, things are not 100% sure yet. I demanded to have the first week of May of, as of the cycling holiday in the south of France! No way I am going to work that week! I am just to excited to go there! 2 days ago I was told I would get my confirmation yesterday. Yesterday I was told I would get the confirmation this morning. And indeed, still no confirmation…
But even if it turns out the work is not going through, returning to Stockholm is just a matter of time… I just hope when I do, I have time to meet all those lovely people in person! :-)

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