Sometimes it is nice to go with the flow. Yesterday the flow in Oslo was up, towards Holmenkollen and the World Cup Ski Jumping (for men). From where I was sitting I could see them start but not jump. Then they came 'flying' into view and they landed right in front of me. In one way or the other this feels very much like what I have started doing in Norway. I don't know yet what will happen in this period in which I will jump & fly out of view. I am sure I will land safely, but where? Guess this is the waiting blues. I want to really start but there are all these bureacratic / administrative hick-ups that need to be dealt with. It is so difficult to concentrate if nothing is clear. I don't know if last week's PhD course will count for the PhD credits I need. So today I am wondering if I should start writing the obligatory paper or shall I wait until I know more? The only thing I know for sure since December 8, 2004 - I have it on paper - that I have this NFR grant. I haven't heard from the UiB that I am officially accepted as a PhD student, so no money, no work space, and no PhD course programme. My NFR research was supposed to start on January 1, 2005. Maybe they are not so strict with dates at the NFR - but who knows?