Merry Christmas 2009

Well as promised from last year I am here again...approximately one year later since my last entry.

The year 2009 has been busy. Everybody talking about the financial crisis and Iceland is probably the most vulnerable of all the Europe states. But Iceland will rice again no doubt about it. I can not say that the "crisis" has affected me this year, quite the contrary. I am sailing through the rough sea of finance and I can see land ahead. At forty I expect to have some money left each month and should be able to buy my own house when I receive my first pension payment.

In the beginning of this year a girl moved in with her two kids...and she is still here :) Now we have gotten a bigger place. I am very happy with the current development. I get to see football and sleep in. Who can ask for more.

Workwize the year has been interesting. I have been very busy trying to find the correct customer so I can fulfill the annual plan. The outcome is pretty good if you take the financial crisis into the equation. Me and my esteemed coleague (not sure on the spelling) have been among the best in the Nordcs and actually the Nordics have as a whole done very well compared to 2008.

This year I have visited approx 300 different companies of all sizes. I have driven roughly 45 thousand kilometers, not counting the days where I just drove to the office. That is an accomplishment because Denmark is hardly the biggest country in the world...half the size of Iceland.

My car however has seen better days and got a bit bruised last week in a close encounter of a roadrail. Luckily there were no injuries, except for the drivers pride, who had just told his coworker that he is an expert driver in snow and ice.

Me and the kids went to Sweden during the summer vacation. Drove first to Gothenburg to visit family, then to my good friend Helgi in Stockholm and finally we finished the trip in Malmö where I got a substantial whisky training and the banging head the day after. We managed to put 2000 km behind us and maybe a bit to long drive for the kids.

Then Autumn banked on the door. Me and Heida decided that a 2 room appartment was a bit to small. We found a bigger place close to the city center. We are very happy here and feel "at home". Now when I write this the place has gotten all the necessary Christmas decoration and the smell of Christmas dinner is in the air...Christmas is nigh.

The year has not been out sacrifices. In December my ex brother in law and a good friend passed away. It was quite a shock. He died in a diving accident in Iceland. I knew him very well and we had to few but very good times toghether. He took me along to the only fishingtrip I have ever had. This was in high up in Iceland in the beginning of Summer several years ago. We stood there in the water and it was snowing. It was a memorable trip that I cherish. He was very inventive and could think outside the box. I really liked his idea of the souce pot, where the pot was tiltet a little bit and then on the edge of the pot was a whisker that made sure that the sauce would not burn over. Very good idea for a kitchen enthusiast like me.

I look forward to the year 2010, where Iceland will do good deeds in sports and England will win the world championship in soccer...that is all I ask for...and well occasional duck breast on my plate with a fine red.

I wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year...Christmas cards are not sent this year because I do not want to pollute the world and ease the mailmans burden.

Take care out there.

Arnar Thor.