Today Is Thursday, Tomorrow Is Friday

I was born in Finland, and I've lived here all my life except the year 11-12 when I was in Oregon for eleven months. You could say I'm half turkish and half finnish but if so, then I must be one third american on top of that. I come from a small town and I study in the city nextdoors, which is bigger. Like many other people I take the bus at 6.50 in the morning and then back home at the end of the school day. The busrides take time, but it's a good place to take a nice nap.

School is supposed to be number one for me at the moment, but then again I work on the weekends, spend time with family and friends, theatre practises, driving lessons, surprising events and suddenly there's just so much to do. I feel like people, including me, rush through the days and don't pay enough attention to simple little things, sometimes not always. Then when there actually is time to just be it feels even funny, really good, maybe weird or empty. I don't think to do-list will come to an end, but it's okey. If it does, well then that's just great, or is it?

My first school was a small school were everyone knew each others. It was really nice, now when I think about it. You knew every face and the name that belonged to it. Then I went to secondary school and then high school and the schools just got bigger and bigger! The school I'm in now, Osyk, is absolutely great. I couldn't imagine studying anywhere else. I love to go there in the mornings and that really is something that helps getting up at 6 most of the days.

Here in Finland we do "pikkujoulu"s which means littlechristmas. They are a fun way to get together with friends, family or colleagues to celebrate the holidays. Often drinking is included, but there are pikkujoulus without alcohol as well. To be honest, I think it's just a reason to go and actually see people. Then when somebody asks you "where are you going?" you can say "to have a pikkujoulu" and that way avoid the tought of you going out with your friends. Ok, well that's not completely true, I love pikkujoulus even if they were a total excuse.

-Ainur