Soon I've been working one month on my new job. It feels hard to come back from maternity leaves and studies to the job world. Especially since I'm currently in an environment that is more of a building place, where walls are built, wires hanging from the roof and there isn't even a microwave oven. But the worst challenge currently is to enjoy working together with people at the office. Most people are really nice, including the bosses, and I've even found really sweet people to "fika" with. But nowadays I feel really uncomfortable by people who are striving after some kind of position agains some imaginative "others", are shallow and slippery. Well, I know I am a social and emotional person who takes things to heart. But I'm also driven and interested in doing fun things at work. But I don't see it as a contradiction to be whole hearted and honest and still being able to being promoted to "higher positions" through doing a good job.

But I realise that I won't be able to do very much more than a good job as my priorities of natural reasons currently is on the (small childrens) family, before the career. To come über early in the morning to work or to stay extra late is not realistic. My job requires a few travels during the year and these days are going to be extra long anyways. But tell that to the French people who don't hesitate to book a meeting at 16 on a Friday afternoon, while Swedes typically start to go home at this hour. It's going to be interesting to see what the expectations on us will be from the head office in Paris and to what extent we in Sweden will be able to influence our job situation.

Knitting wise I'm mostly dreaming of future projects. What about the super gorgeous Norah Gaughan scarf on the picture above together with my Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Aran? My travel knitting, the Candle Flame shawl, is growing slowly. I'm still on my first skein but the shawl will definitely need one more.