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Ok so it's been like two weeks since the last time I wrote anything.. I've been mostly busy but also very lazy. It's not like there's been a lot to do or like I haven't been home - I haven't even thought about this blog. Anyway..

Work has been good and has kept me fairly busy. It's been mostly busy days with only a couple of those never ending boring days. Last month I was off nearly every Sunday and Monday so I had my two days off and in a row! It was awesome. This month my days off are a bit scattered but it's OK, and I have a long weekend this week. I'm off for the rest of the week! I'm running some errands tomorrow and Friday I'm going to Helsinki. It's gonna be B and I, we're staying in a hotel and Saturday we're planning on going to the Bodies exhibition and we might check out what's happening in town since B's never really been there.

Tomorrow I need to get the back tyres on our car changed, buy some stuff, get the car washed and also cleaned on the inside. I also need to get some playlists ready for the long drive and it has to be music I like and want to listen to since it'll only be me driving there and back. But I get to sleep in! On my days off I still wake up at 10 because I don't want my sleep pattern to get messed up or sleep really late because that will most definitely push back bedtime that night and it's then harder to get up for work the next day. Interesting stuff, right?

Friday I have to get up early, get some stuff done, go to work for about 2 hours, get an MRI and then it's off to Helsinki. We want to try and make it there by no later than 8pm and we're really going to aim for that - stop quick, pee quick and on the road again. This is not my first 6-7 hours of driving and I've drove the 500km in a day before but not one long road, so this will be interesting.. You know - how long does it take before I get bored.. Especially when B usually always falls asleep in the car and I'll be alone singing along to this music I've yet to choose.. We'll see how it goes.

J has grown a lot and she's saying these words she knows very clearly now. She's taken her first steps! She still doesn't want to walk but she's standing on her own more every day and she's actually walked! How amazing is that?! She's also learnt a new word and she is just the cutest thing ever. She is so lovable and cute and fantastic and OMG I love her so much. She's also ate her own poo. That wasn't as cute as the other things she does but I guess that's what all babies do at some point.. And I still kiss those hands and that face - even the once poo stained parts.

It was I's BDay last week and she had a party on Saturday. We went over to her house and we had an amazing time! I hadn't been to a party in a long time (other than the ones we have at our house and you can't really call them party's, more like get-together's) and I really enjoyed myself. We even went to the bar after and I was really drunk! I even decided (or managed) to dance to a few songs. It was a fantastic night all and all and I can't wait for someone else to have a BDay party so we can do it all over again..

But now it's time for me to go to bed. If I can manage some free time tomorrow, I'll try to remember the existence of this blog and use some of that time to update it. Good night.

Time For A Change?

When you wake up in the morning and get ready for work, do you feel happy about going in? Or do you feel like it's just gonna be another day in work you'll hate and can't wait to get home? If the latter sounds more like you - it's time to find another job. It seems to me there are too many people sick and tired of their jobs out there.. There's no problem until these people start giving you attitude and taking their frustration out on you. I just can't stand people taking their shit out on you for no reason and giving shitty service because they really don't want to be there. Get a new job fucktard!

After meeting this piece of shit who knew nothing and couldn't help me at all, S took me to lunch. I've been to this place for lunch quite a few times and I think they've only had nice food once. I don't get it how they can make food taste so bad or why they have so many customers, when the food is so bad. I don't think I'll be going back there. Like ever.

I'll be spending the rest of today doing nothing. I'll hoover the house and do some dusting. Not much else to do and I should really enjoy my day off. I've been working all week and even worked two jobs on Saturday. We got drunk Saturday night and spent most of the day hungover yesterday.

It's my sister and brothers BDays next month. We've already got something for our brother, but still working on getting something for S. We know what we're getting her - she told us what she wants, so it's all good. It's also I's BDay soon and she's having a party - FUN! Can't wait to get my party on with her and possibly go out to the bars.

I also got my holiday pay sorted out from my other job. I can't believe how long it took my boss to sort it out but at least it got sorted and I'll get what they owe me. Some people just don't care about fucking people over. Seems like they don't have a conscience or they lack in the empathy department.. The world would be a much better place if people started putting themselves in other people's shoes. Try and understand what it would be like if someone pulled the same shit on them. But I guess most people only think about themselves and therefore have no time to think about other people. Anyway, it'll get sorted now.

I think I might watch a movie or something and later - hello hoover.

Bad Day

I woke up this morning wishing I hadn't. I don't mean I didn't want to wake up, but I didn't want to wake up today. I just had a feeling it would be a shitty day, and I was right. I was already in a bad mood and some of the customers were really testing my patience.. I was literally counting the minutes until closing time. But I finished strong and in a good mood - one customer I had helped loads yesterday and today (not Finnish, which made the helping part a little harder) came by at the end of the day and brought me chocolate! It was such a surprise, because Finnish people rarely do such a thing. I really appreciated the gesture :)

It's raining. That's all I have to say about the weather. There are only so many ways you can express your dislike for rain. And it's constantly raining now. Feel like I'm back in England..

We went to the shop after work, bought some food and it's cooking in the oven right now. It'll be another 30 minutes until it's ready. Then I'll eat, sit on the computer until I get tired and then I'll go to bed. That's the plan for today.. I did text S to find out what's happening today at the countryside, but she didn't answer. We might pop down to see them.. I really miss J even though it's only been a couple of days since I last saw her. My mom and stepdad went to my stepdads moms funeral today. They've had a day of stress and misery, so they might want to be left alone - then again, they might appreciate a visit. I shall give them a call right now..

They are not all at the countryside.. Have to decide who we go visit.. My mom and stepdad or S,J and J. Decisions, decisions.. I'm actually already going down to the countryside tomorrow, so I think it'll be S,J and J tonight :) I'm dying to kiss and cuddle J anyway :)

Now I think our food is ready! Mmmm.. Chicken wings and chips! Haven't had anything to eat all day - starving!

Why So Angry?

You know when sometimes you start thinking about the pros and cons of your job, and find that there are less pros than cons? That's how I felt today.. But I think it was mostly because of this one customer - the last customer to walk into the shop. He walked in 2 minutes before closing, because according to him, his business would be quickly dealt with - give him a something worth 144 € for free and he'd be on his merry way. Well, you can probably already understand why this situation didn't go according to his plan. There was quite a lot of shouting and cursing from his side of the table, and a lot of confused yet understanding nods from my side. Not that I understood his problem and had sympathy for him - I understood what he said and found it ridiculous! But I understood how easy it is to misunderstand something and think you're in the right when actually, you couldn't be more wrong. He made me stay overtime but finally left without throwing anything at me - success!

It's been raining all day. Full on raining, not just some shitty English piss rain, but really raining like the sky is trying to make an ocean out of this Earth. Because of the rain, the shopping center was absolutely dead all day.. We did get some busy times, but that was because people came in after work to sort out their business - the usual, changing simcards and what not. But the hours seem to stretch out and it felt like I was there for a week, in stead of just 8 hours. I'm hoping it'll be a little nicer out tomorrow, but I doubt it. I'll be working the later shift and one of our guys is off sick (again!), so I'll have to stay in for an hour on my own - all alone in my loneliness.. But if it's sunny and nice outside, I will have people to talk to and help me pass the time. Let's keep our fingers crossed for some sunshine, shall we?

Today a friend told me about this girl who got into a car accident, and how she has a bright look on life, goes swimming and out for a stroll - does things normal people lazy out on doing. And we got to thinking.. This girl who's paralyzed from the waist down, does more to stay healthy than we two-working-legs people do. I mean - we should be out taking walks, swimming and shit, to stay fit, like this girl in a wheelchair. Aren't we just the laziest people ever? Also, we complain about a lot of things.. Like standing in line at the checkout buying groceries - at least we can stand up. Or having to walk somewhere, instead of getting a ride there - at least we can walk. I understand these examples are obvious ones, but they are the most important ones.. We always put more value on something we don't have or have had and now have lost, instead of being grateful for what we actually have and while we still have it. Like our health. God, I really have to start doing more stuff - just because I can.

Now it's sadly once again my bedtime. I hung around with I after work, had dinner and now it's time to close my eyes.. That's one of those cons again.. Starting work later, means that you also finish later. And by the time you've made your way home, gone to the shop, ate dinner and done what ever needs doing - it's almost time for bed. But I shouldn't complain - at least I have a job, and two working legs.

Good Day

I thought it would be a long boring day in work, since it's Tuesday, but the day flew by and I had quite a successful day :) I sold loads and had a bunch of nice customers - even the idiots didn't feel too stupid today. My mum, stepdad and J came around to the shop on their way to an early dinner, and I got to "babysit" while they ate - J and I shared a box of raspberries. She is just the cutest! S posted a photo of J and J sleeping next to each other - OMG, it's one of the most adorable pictures I have ever seen! It's even cuter than this..

I had no idea it was Tuesday today. I mean, when I got home, I was like - hey, my programs came out today.. No. It's Tuesday, they came out yesterday. I have no idea what day I was living yesterday or the day before that, but I honestly didn't think it was Tuesday today. Hmm. I'm not quite sure I know what day it is even now, but tomorrow is Wednesday, right? Hopefully tomorrow will be as fun and nice as today was :)

We started watching this new Bear Grylls series - Get Out Alive. It's about Bear Grylls drinking his own pee. Just joking. It's actually about other people drinking his pee. Got ya again. It's about these teams doing survival tasks and training for tough situations in the wilderness.. Then at the end of each episode, Bear Grylls tells one of the couples - 'You wouldn't get out alive' and sends them home. They have to eat all the horrible stuff Bear eats on his survival trips in the middle of nowhere, so they're really hungry, tired and dirty. They also compete at challenges and the winning couple get to spend time at the Feast Pit - eating gorgeous food, bathing and they always get some sort of treat, like toothbrushes, shampoo etc. and they're safe from elimination. Very good series, we really like it! I like Bear Grylls because he's such a Bear :)

We got our car back yesterday! Some of it got fixed on Friday and the rest yesterday, and it wasn't even that expensive. It worked out quite easy, probably because the guys at the shop were really professional, fair and understanding - great service! There is one more thing that (possibly) needs fixing on the car.. Something in the engine. It's not broken or showing any signs of breaking, but J said that it should get checked out in case it's due to be changed. If it needs changing and we don't get it done, and it ends up breaking, it'll be the end of our engine. We also need to MOT the car. These two things need doing and it's gotta be in August, so we have until the end of the month.. I'll sort it out on Monday.

Now it's time to watch more Bear Grylls and then I'm off to bed. Good Night :)

Still Recovering..

Friday we had a party for B's BDay. I'm still recovering from that. B went to work yesterday and I and I stayed at ours watching movies for like 10 hours or so. I mean, we watched 6 movies! Our hangover-let's-watch-movies-all-day record was 5 movies, and now it's officially 6. We watched the sickest movie ever... It was so sick, disgusting, horrible, disturbing and plain gross, that I'd rather not reveal the name of this flick. But seriously - Never Again! Other than that fucked up film, we watched some nice movies and had a nice hangover day. I have really grown to enjoy these days we spend together - playing dead on the couch, eating crap and watching stupid ass movies :) The hangover I don't love, but all the other stuff is great!

So the party was a success! Everyone had a great time, people got drunk, people talked and laughed, there was music and at the end of the night - some much needed sleep. I wasn't really wasted but I can't say I was sober either :) There was no fighting, nothing broke.. All these make up a perfect party :)

Our car is at the shop but we're getting it back tomorrow, so it's all good. Probably have to go out of town to find out if we can get mice for Frank. It would be good to have some in the freezer, ready for the day we run out of food. Ordering from England is a lot cheaper than buying all the food in Finland, but sometimes it might take what feels like forever to arrive, especially now that the packages are staying in Customs for a few days.. Anyway, we'll check on the mice situation tomorrow.

We went on a bike ride today, B and I. We did 15 km! I think it's pretty good for someone who hasn't touched their bike for a year. It was quite nice - it wasn't too hot or cold, perfect summer's day, with the wind in my hair and bottle of water :) I'll do it again tomorrow. Would have to go on longer rides and a couple of times a week to make a difference, but I understand the first few times are the hardest, and I've already gone once so halfway there? Just joking. But it'll be fine, I'm sure.

Now it's time for some sun and an ice cold pint of Fosters - balcony, here I come!

Some People...

..are wankers.

This customer came in today, one of those know-it-all guys.. He was quite nice to start with (probably because he was quiet and didn't really say much - his son did most of the talking) but at some point the whole thing took a wrong turn and I ended up listening to him tell me about my job. He seemed to know how it all works, what can be done and what can't. He said he knew everything because he used to be a policeman. At one point I actually asked him if he ever worked at a shop like ours, and he said no - so how the fuck could he know how something is done? He didn't and doesn't. He was such an asshole, can't even believe what a shitty attitude he had. He demanded to speak to my supervisor, who then explained everything exactly as I had done, which he wasn't happy about, and he ended up leaving with an even shittier attitude. Some people just don't understand when to shut the fuck up, or how big of an ass they are being.

The rest of the day was quite alright, even though it was fairly quiet. It's been quiet for a few days now, but tomorrow we're doing something different - ice cream + one sexy bitch to lure the people in! It'll be a lot more fun than today was, and I'll have someone to eat lunch with - winning!

It was B's BDay yesterday. I didn't post anything and now I feel quite bad about it.. We're having a party for him on Friday though, haven't had one in ages so it should be a lot of fun! We haven't really been to the bars either.. Not for a very long time. The last time I went out to the clubs (loose term, since Kokkola is such a tiny place) was like February maybe? Can't be that long.. I actually spent some time in a hotel club, when I went on that overnight business trip in May - does that count? Don't know if we'll be going to bars but we might do. B is working on Saturday so he might not want to stay out late. We'll see.

I watched the last episode of Skins today. I mean, I think it's the last episode, ever. I remember them saying that at the end of the previous episode. Can't believe it's all over.. They kinda did everything they could with it, so I guess it's only natural for it to come to some sort of conclusion and end there. I'll be watching all the seasons again, more than once - I'm sure of it. Goodbye Skins.

It's closing in on my bedtime, so for my darling B - I love you. You are the love of my life. I don't know what I would do without you. You throw a mean hissy fit and even then, I love you with all my heart. Happy Birthday babes!

Our Feet Keep Us Walking..

..unless they're as fucking shit as mine. Both of my feet are fucked up. My left foot decided to join the party of non-working limbs. I mean, it works but it hurts on one of the bones or whatever. I don't know what to do.. I mean, I'm probably supposed to live a healthier lifestyle or something, to make the bones stronger.. I don't know. I should chop them both off and replace them with wooden ones!

Tomorrow I'm going to pump up my bike tyres and take a ride. I'll have to start with something. Maybe at some point I'll take up running, because I've just learned it would be mighty beneficial for me - something to do with the vibration strenghtening the bones. Hopefully it'll work, I don't really want to have these problems when I'm older.. I've been told these are precious years and I have to make the most of it now when I still can. I might also have something wrong with how my bones heal, like the bone density is fucked up.

I thought I would be too busy with work to keep up with my Book A Month project, but I wasn't. Instead, I was stuck at home doing absolutely nothing. Yet, I didn't pick up a book. Not even once. Why? I have no idea. It's good that I sprinted with it at the beginning - gives me more time to relax now and maybe concentrate on getting some healthy vibration for my feet a.k.a running.

Death Rides

Today I went to an Amusement Park with my sister and stepsister. It was awesome and I loved the rides I went on... JUST KIDDING. I used to love going on all the scary rides, but I think it's old age or something, but I just can't stomach them anymore. I literally thought I was going to die on the TWO rides I went on. But thankfully S and L still had a great time and I got to watch them scream.

There was an unfortunate incident at one of the restaurants at this amusement park.. All three of us ordered their signature burger, and S got one that was completely burnt. I don't mean 'a little on the dark side' - it was charcoal black and S said it tasted awful. We sent it back and she got a new one in a timely matter.. Problem - the original order read no BBQ sauce on any of the burgers, yet this new one had BBQ sauce all over it! S said she wouldn't send it back again but I insisted - she shouldn't eat something she didn't ask for or specifically asked not to get, let alone pay for it. She went up to one of the waitresses, who turned around and told S it wasn't her business and she should talk to her own waitress. SHITTY ATTITUDE! When our waitress came up to the table, the game was lost. S said she wouldn't pay for it and didn't want a new one. We also told her about the other woman's fucked up attitude being bad for business and for the image of the restaurant. All seemed to be good - we could get S food from some other restaurant.. A few more fuck ups though.. Our waitress said she'd personally make sure S was compensated for getting treated badly by their staff - didn't happen. They're supposed to take the food away if someone doesn't want it - didn't happen. We went to pay for the two meals that were very tasty, and staff should be able to count how much we're supposed to pay - not possible for these idiots. Food was great for the most part, getting treated like shit by staff, put a little bit of a downer on that dining experience..

Moving on.

B and I were both off work on Friday and decided to go shopping out of town. We didn't find much or buy much - possibly because we didn't really need or want anything, mainly just wanted to go and have a look around. We got things like nail polish, frying pan and fake vine for Frank. We didn't stay for too long but it was nice spending a few hours away from our little hometown. Yesterday I was back in work and worked for 11 hours. It was a very long day and I really thought my foot would fall off. It didn't. Today it was quite swollen and sore after being on my feet for so many hours. I'm working Monday - Friday this upcoming week, but I think it'll be fine with the foot - we can spend time sitting down in work :)

I've done my nails, done my games (a bit addicted to Candy Crush) and now it's time for me to lay my head down, on my lovely new sheets :) Good Night!

Not Off After All

So.. I ended up working today after all. I got a message in the morning, saying one of our guys was ill and couldn't come in. I don't know how long he'll be off for.. He just finished his summer holidays yesterday and suddenly he's ill today. I just read an article about people stretching out there summer holidays by getting a sick note from the doctors.. I'm not saying he did that, because there are people out there with a nasty case of the summer flu, but seriously shit luck if he is always sick around the time he's supposed to leave on his holidays or coming back! Anyway, more hours for me.

They gave me the crutches for 2 months and I think it was today that I had to take them back, and I was going to, but then I got called in to work.. I have to take them to the hospital tomorrow morning before work and hope I'm not in some kind of trouble because I didn't take them back today.

I was gonna get a few things sorted today, but I guess they can wait until Friday - my next day off. I didn't know the post office was only open til 6 during the summer - maybe because I haven't been anywhere or done anything for so long.

It was quite busy in work today. It was nice talking to so many people and actually doing stuff all day :) I've also felt the urge to do more at home - that might not stick! - but I get joy from doing the laundry or decluttering, because I actually can do things like that. Driving is also something I've missed loads and now get to do when ever I want :) Happy times!

Now it's off to bed. Can't be staying up late anymore, have a reason to get up earlier in the morning :)

J's First Birthday.

Like the title suggests, it was indeed J's first BDay on the 21th. It was magical witnessing this little ray of sunshine, getting out of the baby age. We wont stop calling her a baby, but she is now officially over a year old.

B made her a cake - a bit on the sweet side and sure to give anyone diabetes - but nonetheless perfect for this occasion. He also made cupcakes! Those were just FUCKING awesome!

A lot of people came to celebrate J and I wish I could've walked around taking pictures, in stead of sitting down the whole time. We got a few pics though and I'm sharing some here..

There were other children there - I only got a picture of one of them but that's enough :) The cutest thing ever, J hugging J.

J wont understand any of this now, but I'm totally gonna show her all these pictures when she's a bit older. We never got around to getting her a present, because we thought we'd just put money on her account, but I think I might still get her something small.. Can't help myself - she is just the cutest thing I've ever seen! I'm gonna go see her tomorrow, it's been too long already, even though I just saw her yesterday. Remember when she was this tiny?

Good Stuff!

I'm finally back in work. It's been over two months since I last got to do what comes naturally to me - customer service. It was a bit weird being back, but it was like riding a bike. As weird as it sounds, I'm off tomorrow, and really need to take care of a few things I haven't been able to do with the crutches always there..

I also bought a new laptop! I haven't had one for a couple of years and it feels really nice having one again. The one I had before this, lasted for a very long time and there was nothing wrong with it until the very end. Windows 8 is great! There was only one tiny problem and with a little help from my friend, I got it fixed. I think it'll be fine and I hope I'm right. Thankfully I got a 3 year warranty on it..

So Friday came around, and I thought; holy shit, I have to walk around all day Monday! So that's when I decided to give up my BFFs - the crutches - and start walking. My foot wasn't sore but my calf was hard as rock. Muscles need to learn to be used again. Thankfully I decided to start walking on Friday, because otherwise I would have been completely fucked today. It wasn't bad at all and the day went by quite quickly :)

I heard good things about this program - Orange is the New Black - so I checked it out. It's one awesome program! Thankfully they've only done one season of it, giving me a chance to catch up before the second season.

I must tell you about something else, something very special - but I'll do it in another post!

Rainy Days

The weather has been shit for the last couple of days. Rainy and windy - doesn't bother me, all I do is sit at home doing nothing. It could literally rain cats and dogs and it wouldn't make a difference to me.

Today I've done a lot! I woke up, watched some episodes, had friends over, had dinner and now I'm watching Top Gear. So yes, I was lying. I have done very little today.

We got home for like 9.30 last night and I was exhausted. Long day and walking around.. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have to explain the crutches to anyone and that was pretty much the only thing we talked about. Some of them are really nice and we get along but most of them I know very little because I really don't want to spend time with them. It was awesome to spend some time with my grandad and it looks like we'll be 'on a boat motherfucker' next year for his BDay - awesome!

Now it's time to start a new puzzle. It's been a few days since I finished the last one.. I should really finish reading this book as well.. Maybe tomorrow.

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Roadtrip

On our way to Vaasa for my grandads BDay. I didn't think I'd still be rocking the crutches at this point but for one reason or another, they are still my closest companions.. In addition to having to jump around on one foot, I managed to scratch my toe on the concrete step and now can't wear shoes. Since I didn't think this would happen, I didn't bring any open toe sandals with me so I'll have to go barefoot - fucking great. My feet are such a disappointment.

I'm still off sick so have to come up with stuff to do everyday.. Being stuck in the house all day every day might sound nice and relaxing but it's driving me crazy. I have a serious case of cabin fever going on here.

It's still quite far to drive so I'm just gonna relax and listen to some music. I doubt anything exciting will happen but I'll return with more interesting information later today or a month from now.

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Summer <3

Summer is here! I'm not really enjoying it as I should, since using crutches somewhat hinders me from for example swimming and going to the beach, but other than that - amazing weather and sunshine all around.

I've got a bit of a tan, not a good one or one that covers my whole body but it's a start. I would love nothing more but to soak in more sun and get a proper tan but I also got the Flu now.. It's nearly gone but some of it still remains and it's quite annoying to sit outside when all you feel like doing, is lie in bed watching telly. Thank fuck I go back to work at the end of the month. The days feel really long when you have nothing to do...

My Book-A-Month project is a success already.. I've read 10 books so far and only need to read two more to hit my target. That will be no problem. I still have 6 books waiting to be read and nothing but time on my hands. That's why I decided to finally test out the nail polish I got from work. I've had it for a long time - sitting there, waiting - and today I finally used it, and it looks amazing! I want to get the black one from work as well and E put it aside for me. That'll look even better!

I bought my first ever car on Friday! I've drove for some time already but I haven't owned a car - had one in my name and all. It's about time! I love the car even though it's old and cheap - it's all mine. It's not red, which is a very nice change.. I've drove it enough to love it but not as much as I would have, if I didn't have these crutches.. I don't want to put unnecessary stress on my foot so driving for fun will have to wait.

Now it's back to Da Vinci's Demons.

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Summer Holiday <3

I have two weeks for doing nothing and for enjoying my time off and what do I do? Come to work. I'm here now, thinking about all the things I could be doing if I wasn't here.. My thinking process starts with me being annoyed about being in work but ends in a completely different way - what would I really do if I wasn't in work right now? The answer is - nothing. I'd literally sit on the couch and watch The Voice. I'd like to think I might sit on the balcony soaking up the sunlight, listening to the radio or reading, but I really don't like the heat. It's uncomfortable, you can't successfully hide from it and it makes you sweat. I wouldn't say that I enjoy winter either. Us Finns just moan no matter what season of the year it is!

It's probably like +35 outside right now and there's at least a million people eating ice cream out there. So it shouldn't really come as a surprise that none of them accidently end up inside and at this shop but there's nothing wrong in hoping!

My foot is really killing me. It's been sore for a couple of days now and I'm hating it. I hurts when I walk, stand, drive and when I touch it. I don't want it to be the same it once was before and that's why I'm paying so much attention to it. Otherwise I'd be like - it's just pain, whatever - but if it's not just that, then I'm fucked. How long should I wait before going to the doctor? I'm thinking a few days but I've already waited for a few days - a few more maybe? This is such bullshit. It doesn't hurt all the time though so that's good.

I still have about 3 more hours to go. I think I'm gonna spend some of that time reading so I don't fall behind on my project. I don't know if I'll have much time to read during the summer..

I have this Expo thing this weekend and I just talked with my boss about it. We're leaving for the airport around 5am to get there in time for our flight. After the flight there's like an hour on the bus and then the whole day doing whatever it is we're doing. And then partyyyy all night long, just to wake up fucking early to do all the traveling back. Hmm. Should be good though.

Have a sunny afternoon everyone!

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Once Upon A Time..

..there was someone who updated their blog more often than I do.

I literally don't know what the problem is. I've talked about this so many times and never get better at this.

I've been working a lot. I've been working a lot since the beginning of this year. But I'm on summer holiday for two weeks from Saturday and only have a couple of days at my other job, so I'm off for nearly two weeks. I do have a work thing out of town for two days but that doesn't count right? I've planned a lot for my holiday and I'm kinda pissed off at myself - I'd like nothing more than do nothing but I've not been able to do much because I'm always working, so I have to play catch-up.

I've been having some problems with my wisdom tooth and today I got an emergancy appointment at the dentist to check when we could take it out. What I didn't realize, was that they had more time than I thought and they took it out there and then. I panicked like crazy because I'm so afraid of pain but it wasn't that bad.. I have some pain now but nothing I can't handle. Some people complain about the amount of pain when they've got one or both of their upper wisdom teeth out, but I guess that's the most pain they've ever felt and don't know there is worse pain out there - like having the other two out and having them shaven off your jawbone. Now that was motherfucking pain. Sorry for all the ladies who've given birth - I haven't had the pleasure of labour so can't say that's the worst pain ever.

I've been off today. I've watched some programs and now I'm actually nearly up-to-date. I mean, on some of them I'm so far behind that I stopped caring whether or not I'm getting closer to the newest episode or not, but a lot of them are going on brake for the summer and so I've been watching those and once they've ended, I'll have time for the other ones. Thankfully there aren't that many programs on during the summer.. True Blood starts soon! Love it.

The World Championships of Ice Hockey is very current now. We're getting down to the really important games. I've only been watching Finlands games and haven't seen them all - most though. We've lost one game and won the rest. This one I'm watching right now - Finland vs Slovakia - is one we have to win. There is no losing this one. But like always, our boys make stupid mistakes and let them get through and they score. Defence boys, DEFENCE!

My sister got a job for the summer! I'm so happy for her. It's about time she gets something else in her calender than just changing nappies and doing Mommy-stuff. I mean, I'm sure being a mother is the best job in the world but they probably also want to do something else every now and then. Also, this opens up an opportunity for me to take care of J. That is awesome! She is growing up so fast and I'll be working all summer, so need to take every chance I get and make the most of it. Btw, we're getting a summer worker for the shop as well. I wonder who it's gonna be and when they start..

My Book-A-Month project is going well! It's taken a step back because I got so hooked on this game on the tab that I've been playing that instead of reading, but I've read 7 books this year. Actually 7 and a half. I still need to finish that one book.. I'm totally gonna read the 12 books and probably even more. I still have 3 of those other books left and once I've read those, I'll read this halfway through book that I've not been able to finish. That will bring my total to 11 books. I borrowed the Fifty Shades books from my sister. I have them in English and she got them in Finnish - have to find out if they're as good in Finnish as they are in English. I doubt it, but have to read them anyway. I don't know if I'm gonna count them to my total though because I've read them already, even if it is in a different language..

What else.. The sun has been shining lately, so I guess it's summer now. We also went to this Chinese restaurant and really enjoyed the food. We've been twice and we're definitely going again but next time we're taking I with us because she's never been there. B got the whole of July off work. He's never had a real summer holiday so this will be an awesome experience for him! His thinking about going to England for a visit but we don't know if his passport will be back in time to get flights. We had to send a lot of paperwork and his passport to England for renewal and it says it'll be at least 4 weeks before it's done. We should have got this done 2 months ago but somehow we never sent it off and did it now, at the last minute. Sometimes we're fucking idiots.

It's down to the last minutes of the game and it's so close! It's 4-3 for Finland so just as long as they can keep it that way, it should be fine but I have to stop writing and watch the end of this completely focusing on the game. Have a nice upcoming weekend!

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Training To Be Better

Today has been a knowledge rich day. Many hours of endless learning and doing group assignments. These training days are extremely valuable, even though sometimes it feels like it's repeating itself. Every time we learn something new because we talk to new people and people you've already met before, have new experiences to share. And it's always good to remind ourselves of the things we are supposed to use or say but don't because we might have forgotten. A very good day indeed.

It's also been a very long day. We wouldn't even had finished work by the time we finished this training, but for some reason just sitting down listening and sometimes talking, makes the time slow down. The food we had - awful. I am officially starving at this point and there is still this 2, 5 hour drive to get through before the possibility of food. I don't really know what I'm craving for.. Yesterday we ate chips and I woke up with the most horrible stomach ache. I don't know if it's the chips or not, but that's a strong possibility..

I have some kind of viral infection in my throat. There is something swollen and pain when I swallow. It's quite annoying, but not bad enough to skip work. Hopefully it doesn't spread because at the moment it's only on my right side and I definitely don't want it on my left side. There is some kind of virus going around and it seems everyone is down with it. There were no available doctors appointments the day before yesterday so I had to wait. The doctors office is fully booked.

Yesterday was a quiet day in work, which was fine because we have a complete new system to work with - new everything - and we are all still learning to use the new system. It's a lot easier and faster than the old one but learning how to sell the new stuff is proving to be a bit of a challenge. I should really study it before going to work tomorrow. Also, I wasn't supposed to work this Monday or Saturday but now I am and that's great! More money for me :)

I finally decided on my summer holidays. I'm gonna be enjoying some time off next month for two weeks at the end of the month, one week at the end of July - beginning of August and one week in September. I told my boss I don't care when I have them if I have to take them - he said I have to take them so I decided on spreading it a little here there and everywhere. And yes, I see how someone might read more into that last part.

Anyway, B and I might go on a holiday in September and now we just need to decided where...

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New PC

It's here! We got it a few days ago and put it together straight away. It's fucking awesome! We had super nice people doing all the ordering and putting shit together and all we had to do was take some stuff out of our old PC and put it in the new one. Thankfully we had everything backed up and didn't lose any of our photos or what ever. I am super happy with this PC and thankful for all the help we got getting it!

There was this thing that popped up every time we started the PC up and we didn't really know what it was for so with a little (A LOT) help from Google, I found out what to do and get this - I fixed the problem! I was pretending to be a computer geek and it actually worked! I did a few other things with the help of Youtube videos and got everything working the way we wanted it. I am so proud of B for dealing with everything - I didn't have to do anything other than pick it up. Amazing.

It's been work, work, work every day this week but I'm off tomorrow and will do some major relaxing today! I finally get to go to the country again! It's been ages it feels like.. But now we can spend the night there and holy shit - there is running water again! The pipes must have defrosted or what ever and now we can do things like get a drink of water from the tap and flush the toilet! Amazing! Too bad B is working until like 7 tonight, and we'll only get to the country house for 8ish but at least we are going today and that's what matters.

Something else happened today.. I took B to work this morning before coming to work myself, you know so I can just pick him up after work without having to swing by home to drop his bike off and the police stopped me. I mean, they were stopping everyone to give them the breathalyzer test! I've never been stopped for that and I have to admit - it was exciting! I told the nice policeman that it was my first one and he gave me the pipe thing as a souvenir :) Obviously there was no problem, since I didn't drink last night and it was the perfect moment to have this experience :)

It's been really quiet in work for the past few days and it doesn't look like today will be any different. But it's only a couple of hours until finish, and then it's off to home we go. I really need to put some new music on my iPod so that is on my to do - list today. Not much else.

Have an amazing weekend everyone! Let's hope for some sunshine! :)

Ran Out Of Pages

And I didn't bring another book with me. I had something like 30 pages left of the book I hadn't yet finished and realized early on that they wouldn't last me long. There have been like zero people in today. Ok, that is a lie. There has been at least 10 people. Ok, maybe like 15 people. My point is - it's not been very busy today and I really should've brought another book with me. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. At least it's forcing me to do other stuff like finances or blogging.

So B has become an uncle. Again. His sister gave birth to a healthy baby girl yesterday. Healthy size and all, even though it came 2 weeks early, so good job L! Can't wait to meet that rugrat. We also sent some lego hero (?) to England for J-P's BDay. He should be getting it Thursday or something like that. Hopefully he'll like it! :)

We had a meeting in work this morning but thats ok because it wasn't until 9 so didn't have to get up that early. I actually put my face on and everything and in record time. I don't actually mean that I did it super fast but like why do I get up at 8 when I'm in at 10 if I can do everything waking up at 7.45 and be at work for 9.. I guess it's to make sure I'm awake and ready for the day.

I caught up with all my programs but some new ones started and now I've fallen behind again. B only finishes at 10 tonight so I'll have some time for programs when I get home. I've been reading more and when I have time to watch programs, I've done something else. How lazy am I, if I can't sit down and watch a frickin' program?

It's still 30 minutes until hoovering and 1 hour until mopping so perfect time for checking everything's good and all the clothes are in order. Some customer bought the skirt that was on our doll and I had to put an outfit together for it to wear. It was a lot harder than I originally thought! But the new clothes already got one customer to buy the scarf and another to try the dress on, so I guess the outfit works :)

Now I'll go do something useful. Have a nice day!

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Easter

A definite sign of spring! It still gets cold at night but during the day it's warm and the sun stays out for longer every day. It's nice to know we're coming up to sunnier times - not just the weather.

It's been gloomy and it doesn't seem to be getting any better but when there is nothing you can do about, is it better just to leave it alone and move on? It's always hard when there are problems in the family but it's even harder to know how to fix something you didn't realize was broken. Maybe it'll get better with time.

One Book A Month is going great! I've now read 4 books this month and halfway through my fifth - actually halfway through two books but I decided to leave the original book on the back burner until I've read these other ones. I'm loving them and don't feel like continuing the original choice - but I will, as soon as I've read some of these good ones.

So I had my week off work and I spent most of it doing nothing - nothing but things I enjoy. There was a twilight marathon with I, shopping trip out of town, shopping in town, reading, sleeping and eating whatever I wanted. It caused a huge set back on my diet but it's the beginning of a new month and anything can happen. Don't really think I'll reach my goal if I don't seriously step up though but I'm really thinking about taking on exercising - that'll do the trick.

Now I'm back in work and life goes on as normal. Hopefully with the spring everything else will get easier.

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What To Do?

Have you ever been faced with a dilemma that seems too hard to wrap your head around? I feel like that's me right now. I don't know what to do - stop doing something because my family thinks it's useless but is good for my wellbeing, or continue with it and risk destroying my relationships with family members? B thinks I shouldn't let them influence my decision - they were the ones who thought I should do this in the first place. Tricky.

I've never been told such horrible things about myself and whether the things are true or not, I can't help feeling comletely lost because they still said those things and they had to stem from somewhere. Do they really feel that way about me deep down and haven't told me before, or have I done something to offend them that badly? I don't really know what I would have had to do to someone, for them to tell me they wish I died.

While I'm still considering what to do about that first thing, I've decided on a few other things - it seems we have a lot of happy times together, but when it gets bad, it's really bad. How did that saying go? 'Sticks and stones can break my bones, but it's words that make me cry' ? Nothing physical could ever hurt me as badly as these words have, and it's purely because they came from those closest to me. I have a completely different idea of the person I am, and it's hard to know what is true and what is false.

What to do?

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One Week

That's how long it's been since my last post. It's actually like 8 days ago, but who's really counting? I know that S is. Oh well, at least I'm finally doing it.

So what's happened in the last week.. We went out of town on a shopping spree - spent a little more money than we expected but not as much as we were prepared to spend. It was a really good day. J was happy and didn't cry at all, we had a really nice (healthy) dinner that consisted of kebab and chips and then we drove home. We were all really happy about the stuff we got, so all and all - successful road trip.

The diet.. hmm. That hasn't been going too well. I mean, we've stuck to it all the days but the ones we didn't stick to it. And lately, there's been quite a few of those days. I'm so disappointed in myself! I truly feel like I've gained back everything I've lost (not true) and that I now have to really push myself to do some exercise. I haven't been doing any and I was still on track, but I wasted a couple of weeks and I now have to play catch up. Shit fuck.

One Book A Month - Project. I decided to read all of the old favourites before getting back to the original one. I'm now reading the third book, so there are still two left. I thought - I'm making so much progress in such a short amount of time, and that I wont have much time to read in the summer, that I might as well get ahead of the schedule now. I doesn't matter if I read more than 12 books this year, I just don't want to read less. And these books don't count as rereading something because it was like 12 years ago, when I first read these.

J has stayed over for 2 nights now. S stayed as well, so it wasn't really just B, J and I. But that day will come. Maybe this weekend? She is supposed to spend the weekend with my mum (I think), so she could maybe spend one of those days at our house.. that's a thought. Anyway, everything went great and we now know J doesn't cry for mommy, no matter how long she spends with me, so it's safe to leave her in my capable hands. S made a good point - maybe coz we look so alike and sound alike, that I'm familiar to J and that's the reason she doesn't cry with me - I remind her of her mommy. Oh god how much I love that little girl! I missed her like crazy when she left.

Now it's work, work, work until the weekend. Then I'm officially on my winter holiday! I'm only working Monday and Tuesday and then it's relaxing and sippin' on something (possibly) containing alcohol. But for now - back to work!

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Boredom.

I feel you kitty cat. That is exactly how I feel. I've had so little customers today - it's unbelievable! Where have all the people gone? I've done nothing but stare at the door, waiting for someone to come in and maybe ask for help - just to have something to do. I finished reading the book at around 3 o'clock so three hours in boredom..

I've already done everything that needs doing, including the cleaning so now it's a waiting game - counting minutes until 6pm. I still have to do the mopping but I'll do that closer to closing because as soon as I've finished mopping, someone will walk in here and mess the floor up. It would be fine if they actually wanted to buy something, but they just make sure they've made every clean surface dirty and then leave.

S asked me if I wanted her and J to come sleep over at our house on Wednesday - easier to leave town the next morning - and of course I said yes! I get to spend the whole night with J! Even though she'll be sleeping for most of the night, she'll still be there :) I'm so happy. It's J's first sleep over. S will be there so it's not really one of those sleep overs where B and I would have to get by on out own, so maybe it's better that S is there - to keep J alive. Just joking.

I thought; Hey, I'll spend the next 40minutes writing this blog post, and that'll give me something to do, but I'm nearly finished with this and it's only been a few minutes. I have nothing to write about..

I'm just gonna go mop the floor again. I'm saying again, because I already mopped it once, and as I predicted, someone came in as soon as it was washed, looked around while walking the floor dirty and then leaving the shop. Thank you! Off to mop we go!

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Redhead Once Again?

I was so against dyeing my hair red because it's so much work to keep it that way, but I decided to try a reddish brown, just to see what it looks like and if I could live with that. The only problem is, that my hair has been dark brown for that long now, that I really don't know if the dye stuck or not. Obviously it stuck to the roots but having only them red and everything else brown, isn't really a desirable result. Tomorrow morning we'll see how it turned out.

I know I said I would only read one of these old favourites and then get back to my original choice but I couldn't help myself and I started reading another one. But I'm nearly finished with that one as well. They are so easy to read - they weren't made complicated or hard to read on purpose - and so it's like 50pages just fly by. I'll finish this one and then get back to the one I was already reading. At least I've caught up then. This book I'm about to finish, will be my third book of the year so the one I was reading before, can be stretched out as far as the end of April. Hopefully I'm done with it before then.

So I finally got my birthday present from B. It wasn't delayed because of anything he did - the Twilight Blueray Box just wasn't out until now. I spent all day Sunday watching it and for some unforeseeable circumstances, I wasn't left with enough time to watch Breaking Dawn Part 2. But I watched it today :) I'll have the chance for another Twilight Marathon soon enough - I hasn't seen all of them, only the first two. So I'll have to watch them all again with her. Like I mind. I fucking love Twilight and I ain't ashamed to admit it!

Now it's time to do some reading and then it's bedtime for me. Hope you're having an amazing start of a new week - I certainly am!

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