Alone

Sanna and the boys are visiting Sanna’s parents in Taivalkoski — they’ve been there from Wednesday, and tomorrow I’ll meet them in Helsinki railway station and bring them home.

I’ve been mostly alone during these days, except while working. Of course, I’ve met people while doing shopping but that is not really counted as being not alone.

Being alone feels great and depressing, sometimes even simultaneously. I’ve had all the time in the world for myself, and that is part of the problem at the end, too. Time has dragged sometimes, as there has been nobody to talk with, except on the phone.

Usually I’m pretty productive when having some time for myself, but this time I’ve mostly surfed the net, and done various errands that have been waiting for some time. Nothing major has happened (outside of work that is, there we’ve been kicking ass) and no big thoughts this time — last time I figured out a good strategy for Exove.

I’ve also come to the conclusion that less work during the weekend would have served me better — this hasn’t happened before. Maybe I’m getting older or I’m more tired, but weekend working felt like a chore and not something exhilarating creativity session they’ve been in the past. It might due to the nature of the work — mostly documentation and paying bills, instead of happy hacking.

The silver lining with the chores is that they are mostly gone now. I can spend rest of the evening writing reviews from our recent trips that have been mostly undocumented so far.