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What it's about: For twenty-two years a family in Haugesund has run on Anita's offshore rota: two weeks on a platform in the North Sea, then three or four at home, with her husband Morten handing her a notebook of everything she missed each time she comes back. This summer the entries have shrunk to three lines, their daughter is moving out during a platform week, and Anita feels like a guest in her own kitchen.
Kalenderen på kjøleskapet i huset i Haugesund hadde bare to farger. De blå ukene var plattformuker. Da var Anita ute i Nordsjøen, på en plattform omtrent to timer med helikopter fra Sola, der hun jobbet tolv timer om dagen som prosessoperatør. De gule ukene var hjemmeuker. Rytmen hadde vært den samme i tjueto år: to uker ute, så tre eller fire uker hjemme, etter en fast plan som var satt opp et helt år fram i tid. Familien kunne lese kalenderen før de kunne lese klokka.
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