A slow day at the office...

Monday... What a wonderful day!

Too bad I haven't been able to get much work done today... So I've been at my office at the paper mill where I do my thesis work. As I mentioned in my first post, my office is in the basement (yeah, it's mentioned in the first post as an excuse why I haven't finished my thesis yet). It's not as bad as it sounds; I have a window... ;)

But anyway, it's been a slow day and it's not over yet! So far I have mostly just edited the layout of my thesis report and added a couple of paragraphs to clarify stuff in later chapters... It might sound as though I've made progress, and in a way I guess I have... This stuff has to be done as well. It's just that I really want it done. Now!

I actually don't have a clue as to why everything is this slow right now, it might be that it's spring, it might be that I'm moving soon (a re-occurring daydream of mine) or it might be that I haven't gained access to the ERP-system that my thesis partly involves. Oh yeah! I haven't written what my thesis is all about... The company that I'm writing my thesis for is currently re-organising their IT systems, and my "job" is to see what current working practices can be used in the new system, and what working practices are needed in the next revision of the new system... All this in order to lower the differences in calculated and actual transport costs.

So what have I been doing except for the layout changes and writing small paragraphs? The usual... What everyone does at work but is not willing to talk too much about... Surfing the World Wide Web! And checking personal e-mails... I have done some useful things as well; I have gotten insurance for the new apartment and cancelled the insurance of the old one... It had to be done! And now I've spent a couple of minutes writing this post... ;D

Well, it's time to get my act together so it's back to work for me.

Enjoy spring!

First time around... (Or the great escape)

So... Hello!

This is my first time ever blogging or keeping any form of journal for that matter... It might be interesting... ;)

So why did I start this blog and why now? And what's with the name? To tell you truth, I'm escaping. I am trying to push what I know I must finally do far off into the future... The problem is that the future is coming nearer all the time. It has a filthy habit of doing that... So that's actually the answer to the two why questions: I felt the need to escape! And the name of my blog? Well, I'm a bit confused at the moment, aren't you?

One might wonder why I feel the need of escaping like this and with all right! I am after all telling anyone who wants to read it what I am doing. Right now I'm trying to escape my thesis and the packing up of my apartment. I'm moving in two and a half weeks! ;D Don't get me wrong, I am really looking forward to moving away from this town and to go live with my girlfriend again, it's just the packing that I dread... It's dead boring, and the fact that my girlfriend moved three months before me means one thing: I need to do most of the packing! I'm not blaming her in any way, I blame my self... I am always doing things at the last possible time and that isn't the greatest quality I guess... It is actually the one thing I mention as my bad quality to potential employers when I am on interviews. Now kids, you shouldn't lie, but there is nothing wrong in tweaking the truth a little bit... Right?

I also mentioned that I wanted to escape my thesis and I do! I really, really do... I've been working on it for... Well a lot of weeks, I started it in November -06 and now we're in late March -07... *Counting on my fingers* 21 weeks! I should have been done by now! It's only supposed to take 20 weeks, and I have just recently started to feel that I am nearing the end... To my defence (I can't believe I'm defending myself against myself) I was working part time in the beginning and I had a break over X-mas and I have been sick and my office is located in the basement and... Feel free to use any of these excuses; they are kind of universal... ;D

Well... Unfortunately escaping might not be the answer to all hard times in life... (Hard!? Yeah right! I'm privileged to be able to whine online and to be allowed to study… Not all people get this opportunity!) So I guess it's time to act my age (nearing 30) and just get on with it... After all, life is to short for sitting around moping... So my advice to you is to set a goal, then ignore it and go out in the sun/rain/snow/weather and enjoy your day... After all, today it's all about escaping... ;)

Cheers!

P.S. I managed to escape for 52 minutes, setting up this blog and writing my first post... D.S.