For a week now, I couldn’t get rid of this smile on my face (again).

It has been a hard year so far (back to therapy, again, back to medication, again, nasty insomnia, again, depression, again, getting phat as hell, again, my usual stuff, again). This has affected my job, which is the hardest of it all. Not being able to perform well has been troubling me to no avail, destroying my self-esteem.

But I have been feeling slightly better recently, I guess thanks to sunny days and chemistry reactions in (what used to be) my brain. And believe me: slightly better is a huge improvement. But what really put me on a great mood was reading the Wikipedia page on Mar del Plata, the Hotels web sites, the Debconf8 site... and realizing what a HUGE effort the localteam has made. I know they are exhausted, I know they are stressed, I know this week is probably the worst in their life. But the smile they’ve put on my face! They have done a huge+great work.

Also, it looks like it will be a smaller event this year, I managed to count the assistants and I came up with 180, approx, and not all of them simultaneously. I must confess EDI was a bit too big for me to handle, so was MEX. I believe I will be able to spend more quality time with fellow debconfers, which I value a lot in this sort of events.This is precisely why I only attend the Debian room during FOSDEM, I cannot seem to enjoy getting out there in the (huge) crowd of attendees.

Anyway, I am smiling while typing this, and believe me: I look silly :)

I can’t wait to meet the wonderful Debconf crowd again, specially my Argentinian friends.

See you in MDQ!