Summer In Jakobstad City

Hi there! 

On Thursday I arrived here at my parent's home. We haven't been doing a lot. I have been very tired all the time... but it's okay. I have been reading, watching tv and movies with my parents. Listening to Spotify on my tablet. Napping lol... my medication is being switched up, and it makes me extra tired. 😿 and to make matters even worse, my cats are not with me on this trip. But I will go home on Monday and they will arrive at my home later the same day. I love my cats. 

Tomorrow is Sunday. My friend from down under is calling me at 9 am. He is a very good friend. He knows my parents so he will get the chance to talk with them too. It's going to be fun. Also, at 10.00 am my church ward in Tampere is sending the Sunday worship live via YouTube. We are going to watch it together. It's supposed to be a little rainy tomorrow, so I might stay inside all day...

More later! 

Summertime...

Hi!

Just wanted to drop by and say...

Life is good! I am really happy today. Music lifts my spirits, books make me happy and friends keep me on track. I have so many things to be grateful for. Here are five things I am especially grateful for tonight:

Music

Books

Friends

My Faith

My cats 

In four minutes my Zoom! meeting with my church single people aged 30+ is starting... Gotta go!

TA! 

happiness is...

Hello there!

I am back. With another bit and piece of text, which I really hope will not only be a little piece lol

I have been busy... I have been in a reading slump... I have been active (from home lol)

First of all. Where do I start? Hmm.. Difficult. Tricky lol

The single adults in my church have a group on Facebook (Finland). There I have been inactive and on the sidelines for... Ten years (ish). I have been very reluctant, very reluctant indeed, to participate and be active in the 30+ single group in our church. I have maybe been scared of feeling old, feeling like everyone there is SUPER desperate and/or just very old and/or boring... I was very prejudiced. I was a dork. Of the bad kind. A very influenced person. Influenced by my notions and opinions and expectations. Needless to say, I have now seen the error of my ways. I have "seen the light" if you will. I have had an epiphany... and so on and so fort etc, lol Sooo... I started by attending a few online virtual meetings with these people. They are so awesome! I am SO happy I found them! Soon I found myself attending every virtual meeting online and now I have become a "regular" at the evening discussions, every evening at 9 pm. It is THE BEST! I am so happy. Yeah. That is all.

My reading has suffered from my busy social online life... I have hardly picked up a book in weeks! It is awful. Tonight it will change and once I am ready for bed, I am going to read until I fall asleep. This is a promise.

My life has become something sooo awesome! Thank you COVID-19, thank you Skype and Facebook, Instagram and whatsapp. I love you, dear apps, you are awesome. I am happy. Even my spirituality has soared. Everything has come into sharper focus. I am so happy.

More later!

Hello.

Hi.

I don't remember if I have told you about my two new hobbies...

Last Fall I started taking piano lessons! Indeed!
This year I started Finnish sign-language studies! YaY!!

Now that Corona has struck, I'm doing my studies at home. It's almost more fun! Almost... LOL

I have taken a lot of naps, written in my journals and bullet journals, read and listened to audiobooks, watched shows and movies... Today I slept most of the day until 1 p.m. lol That's kinda boring... But it beats having anxiety, which I do tend to have often. When I sleep, I don't feel anxiety. And when I am not sleepy, I don't get depressed. The benefits of napping are great! Honestly.

Today I have been planning in my mind, to blog and write in my journals, maybe organize and clean my library etc. I have about 100+ dolls and 100+ My Little Ponies to put on display. Also I own over 500 books. Sooo... There's enough of thing to do. A lot.
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More later!

Hello

Hi

I am amazed at the people outside... The park is very busy. It is supposed to be dangerous out there!

Oh, in case you are wondering what I am talking about, it is CORONA, or COVID 19... The Virus.

I have been at home all day every day. On Monday I had to go to the store and yesterday I went to the doctor. Other than that I have been at home. People have awfully short memories! There they are! In the park, doing stuff! :P Well, They may not know it yet but they will have a rude awakening...

The government tells us to self-isolate and avoid social contacts? Finns usually: Stays home. Finns now: "WE GOTTA PACK THE PARK WITH PEOPLE" so... yeah... That is how it goes... Feeling sorry for those children and parents who have no intention of staying one meter from each other...

'Nuff ranting...

I just find it disturbing.

Hmm... Today I have

1. eaten too much chocolate

2. taken a nap

3. read a little

I am ok. Not on top of  the world but not in the depths of despair either...

More later! :)

Happy Leap-Day! 29th of February 2020...

Hello there!

Happy Leap-Day!

Since this day appears only once every four years, I thought I have to write something, so that it will be remembered. lol. At least I can look back on this and other blogs and go: Look! I wrote some weird/good stuff on leap-day 2020! lol HAHA! I do not know if this will be weird nor good... You can be the judge of that. You are welcome. HIHI!

I just woke up from a nap. Maybe that is why I write in such a weird way... It is a mystery... Today I have been at home all day, just reading, listening to an audiobook and eating, listening to music and writing in my Bullet Journals etc. BOOORING! No, just kidding! I am not so easily bored! I am almost never bored! That is a good quality lol...

Tomorrow is Sunday, my favorite day of the week.

Did I tell you, I am starting to study the Finnish sign-language? Yes, I started in January. My friend Taru asked me to join her on the course and it is seriously sooo fun and interesting etc. It is just wonderful! I am happy. We have a nice teacher and fun classmates. I also like spending time with Taru, she is such a nice person. Did you know, she is an author? :) That is impressive... We became friends on Discord. We have a writer/reader group there and also twice a month a reading party. We meet and read together for several hours. Quietly, everyone their own book. Then when we are done, we each tell each other a little about the book(s) we are reading. I have gotten out of my eternal slump thanks to those parties.

Yesterday I organized and re-dressed etc some of my dolls. I might continue that today... :)

More later! :)

Happy Friendship Week!

Hello there!

On Friday it's Friendship day here in Finland. No, we do not really celebrate Valentine's Day in all its romantic, pink and bubbly glory, as they do in some other countries. Sorry! Some of us like to celebrate romantic love too, but me, I celebrate Friendship. And my friend's Birthday lol. So yeah. I do not care so much about the other kind of love -friendship love is enough. I am happy no guy has asked me on a date or something. It would be sad... for them, when I say no, and I don't want to be mean. I just need to be firm sometimes. Yeah.

I know, the new me is the complete opposite to the old me hihi. I used to run after a lot of guys... I was constantly crushing on some dude or another. No. I figured out that my life is about me, not them. They may come and go as they please. I do not care. I'm the one who is staying.

Sorry, not the things I was going to write about today... Actually, I never do have a plan of what I should write, I just "go with the flow" Today I am at home, because I still have the flu. Despite of feeling like a trash bag, I feel a little creative. Hence, this post.

Now my buzz died. Sorry guys! I'll be back! :)