Mar 3

Going home

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*yawn*

I am writing this on the train home after my first (short) week at my new job. These are just a few random thoughts really . . . First, I still don’t have a permanent place to sleep down there, which is kind of annoying. As a consequence, I don’t have internet access, except at work (where I am, after all, supposed to work). Hopefully, I’ll find a nice small and cheap flat with broadband soon . . . The job seems OK. The people are nice and i like the atmosphere at the office (even though I have to share an improvised “office” created by putting two book shelves as a “wall” between our desks and the busy corridor. The environment is more relaxed than I expected (having read Tingsnotarien). I am also almost disapointed that no one seems to have noticed my long hair. Not a single comment in three days! Then again, people seem to wear ties at random and yesterday I noticed that one of the judges was wearing sandals (he wore a tie, though). The actual work seems OK and I expect to learn a lot. The cases at this kind of court are not really the kind I am interested in, though. It’s mainly taxes, revoked driving licenses and disputes related to the social security system. Still, it seems highly educational, and I get paid. Once I get more permanent internet access down there (or at least get my Palm back from repair) blogging might get back to normal. War walking through the blizzards with a laptop did not seem feasible.