Today we moved to a new place in the office…

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ABB, Colleagues, Moving, Work

I have been sitting at the same desk now for four years so I guess it was about time to move. Four years is A LOT when you are talking in ABB terms. Changing departments and place in the office is something that just happens around every second year, so four years is a long time. But of course, we have already changed departments a couple times in these four years.

It is sad to leave all the SUPER NICE colleagues at Marketing and Sales BUT the good part is that we now will get to know more people in the company, like Economy, PMs and IT. These are people that we have not had so much to do with before. New colleagues, new conversations, new jokes, and new impressions. 😀

AND we also sit closer now to a MUCH nicer toilet, hahahaha.

HTML, CSS och äppelträdsgallring

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Äppelträd, Beskära, Beskärning, css, Gallra, Hemsida, html, Web, Web site

Har tillbringat en stor del av helgen framför datorn, trots det vackra vädret. Kör en repetitionskurs i HTML och CSS. Roligt, men så gillar jag ju att sitta och pickla vid datorn. Avslutningsvis bygger man en hemsida från scratch och det är det jag gör nu. Tror nog att jag är klar med kursen om ca 1,5 – 2 h. Men det får bli en annan dag, nu är jag för trött, sitter och gäspar stup i kvarten.

Men jag har inte suttit inne hela den härliga dagen idag. Jag har varit ute och klippt äppelträdet. Den här gången klippte jag bort MASSOR. Blev inspirerad av Bertil och Tuas stenhårda gallring i trädgården. Nu jäklar kan man nästan kasta en hatt genom trädet. Ni vet väl att man ska kunna göra det. Klarar man det, att hatten glider igenom utan att fastna, då och endast då har man klippt bort tillräckligt många grenar! 😉

Hade! 😀

Back to real life…

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Back to work, Route 66

Tomorrow it is time to go back to work. Feels totally unreal!! After eight weeks of adventure I think it would be really good to get some true vacation. Just relaxing, stroll around the house, doing nothing at all.

All the impressions from the trip is starting to feel distant so it I guess it was a good idea to blog during the adventure so I have the possibility to return there whenever I want to! 🙂

Route 66 The Andersson Style
Thought that I might put together a small list of what was good/what was not that good as a reminder for ourselves in case we should get the crazy idea to do something similar in the future …or to help you other guys if you plan a trip like ours.

What was not so good

• The car was too old
• The car was crappy
• The car leaked which made ALL our luggage wet
• It was impossible to talk in the car. Well, you could talk but nobody would ever hear you.
• The air condition did not work 😦
• You had to slam the doors to be able to close them. Normally they wouldn’t close until the fourth try.
• The car leaked break oil
• The car only had seven working cylinders
• The weather was way too hot for a Swede
• The total lack of sidewalks in US. You risk your life when walking, and as a Swede, you actually do WANT to WALK!!
• My credit card was copied or skimmed or something after just 2-3 weeks = confiscated by the bank so I could not use it at all. So, be careful when using your cards!!

What was good

• The country, loved travelling in US, beautiful
• The roads are so great, Americans really know their road building stuff
• Cheap gas (for a Swede) 😉
• The oil was really cheap
• The nachos, OMG, so good
• The tires on the car were new
• The landscape was different from state to state, beautiful
• People actually talk to you in the elevator, so very nice
• The cheese cake factory (we have nothing like that in Sweden)
• River rafting in Grand Canyon. If you get the chance, just DO IT!!
• Loved the sandy beaches, both on the west coast and on the east coast
• The ocean, clear and warm water, lovely
• No bedbugs (even though we stayed at over 20? different hotels)
• The seats in the car were very comfortable
• Sooo great shopping (makeup, jeans, shoes etc)
• Chicago, what a great city. Loved downtown, the lake, the weather, the restaurants, the people, the flower and plant decorations around the city, the impressive buildings.

But the most important thing was that we got:

We got to spend valuble family time together and we got so many good memories that will last a lifetime 🙂