New year: looks busier than ever

The first week of year 2008 is almost over (writing this on non-lazy Sunday afternoon) and currently the year looks very promising, especially in the business front.

I’ve been very busy around Christmas and New Year for several years. This is due to being a partner in a couple of companies and also because the autumn semester ends. Christmas itself creates a separate burden for a father.

The current period has been busier than ever before; this is now the first time in about a month that I’ve been able to sit in front of my computer and focus on something not business related for longer than half an hour (now clocking 45 minutes and counting — Aapo just woke up, I can hear him from the upstairs — so this time is limited, too).

Being busy is a good sign, phones are still ringing and emails flowing. I’ve experienced the silence in 2001, when the telecom slowdown hit my employer. It is no fun, I can tell you. Hopefully the phones will continue to ring…

On personal side, we are going to have our second baby this month — so my spare time will be most probably limited to short sessions that probably take place in toilets (that seem to remain the only space that one can own completely for the period of visit).