It appears that the title for part three of in my series "what will I do this summer" has been decided. (The 2006 title was A Summer of Research, when I was at Watson, and for 2007, A Summer of Finance, when I was working on Wall Street).

I've accepted a job in the department of surgery and emergency medicine, at the hospital in my home town. It feels rather strange to stay and work at Home (with a capital H) after all these years. So much has changed. So many people have left. Despite some population growth, Haugesund almost feels like a ghost town to me now.

I was fortunate enough to receive some other offers at completely different locations in the country, and while Vesterålen was extremely appealing for geographical (and midnightsunnical) reasons, my sense of practicality prevailed. I've still some remnants of a social network back home, I feel the need to see my close family on a regular basis again for a while, and let's not forget: accomodation is free:)

I realise that I've worked abroad for the last four summers now (The Netherlands, Canada, USA). Those have been really great experiences. I've some terrific memories from these engagements. While the surroundings will be decidedly less exotic this time around, I suspect the work itself will make up for that (not to mention the ability to turn in my tax statement by text message again).