Home Sweet Home

So... It's official! My employment at Ericsson is terminated and my last day of working is March 31st. I admit it feels strange and I would probably never have had the guts to quit on my own. And yes, in a way it feels sad. I'm leaving a bunch of great colleagues and good friends, and many I would probably never see again. Also, I don't feel done with the work I've been doing the last few years.
On the other hand, I'm rather sick and tired of all the travels and never being at home. Sick of the shoebox flat with no TV (ok, I have a TV but no subscription so no channels, just a DVD/Blu Ray player), sick of always having my suitcase packed and most of all being away all the time from Peter and the cats. And I have a very good guy replacing me, skilled, dedicated just nice in general which make the hand-over a lot easier.
Also, it will be exciting to dig in to new tasks at a new company, to dig into new challenges. What I will do? Have no clue right now...
But, I have time. Ericsson's lay-off deals are very sweet so I have almost two years to find a new job before I'm out of money which feels nice. So if everything works as I want them to (I can't not apply for a good job if it appears) I'll be on a LOOOOOONG vacation and start a new job in September or so. 
Or, I will renovate the kitchen in the Void Mansion, build the Cats & Foxes Pub in the basement and develop the Isle of the Black Cat brand... I mean, the Apple-Bourbon, Apple-Rum and Apple-Single Malt-Cinnamon marmalade's was very much appreciated. Also the home made apple-sauce, gooseberry jam (Bourbon in that too). Build my Photography homepage, dig into video-editing and start doing interviews for Metal Kaoz a lot more than I'm doing now... A pod-cast or youtube channel would be cool... (and transcribing audio interviews is SOOOOOO boring) and maybe not the most fun, clean the house from the cellar up to the attic... (But I'm actually looking forward to that too) 

It will be interesting though how I react at being home. I've been traveling almost weekly for almost 10 years now. Lately up to Borås and Stockholm which isn't very exciting all the time. But I will definitely miss going to more exotic places like China, Brazil, Jordan, Ethiopia, Malaysia...
I guess commuting to Copenhagen for shows will have to do for a while now. But ok, there are a lot of them and some really cool concerts.

It really sucks though that the Helstar show was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. It's hard for me to understand since this is one of the best things happening. I love the band and they always kick-ass live. To see a show cancelled due to this reason sucks and I'm really disappointed with the Gothenburg Metal Heads to not step up here and buy the very cheap tickets... Definitely gonna plan for a German or so show next time to make sure I get to see the band. And if they come up north again that will be a bonus. 

Cheers
E