17 January 2025
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Well, this was a rather rough start into the new year... 

After the first few days junior was back into Kindergarten he brought home a 
little gift... a nice little puking and diahrrea disease that (luckily) hit
him only for a day, but my wife and me, we were out of order for the better
part of a week. Now i am very happy that we build enough bathrooms into our 
barn conversion project, otherwise thing would have been way more messy than
they already were.

Alas, we are now back into action again, a few kg lighter, with stomachs that
are still a bit squeamish, but we are back!

On other news: I got a job offer from our local hospital. I had written an 
application for a job back in fall of last year, but due to outside influence
(a part of the hosbital burned down) the application process was stopped. But
a couple of days ago i got an email asking me if i am still interested in the
job and after my reply, stating that i am still searching, i got an offer and
now a written guarantee that i get the job. I will take the opportunity to make
a change after now about ten year in the same place... at least it will be 
interesting. Next week i will talk with my current employer and try to find a 
solution that makes every party happy. I think they will happily agree to let
me out of my contract before the termination period if i sign a contract for 
freelance work for them until they have found a suitable replacement. 

Yesterday i have watched "Conan the barbarian" the first time in perhaps 20 
years again... and somehow i found it fascinating. Sometimes this movie feels
more akin to watching an opera (perhaps due to the fantastic soundtrack) than 
your typical action flick. I wonder what movies of todays cinema will hold up
that well 20, 30 or more years into the future...