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Hellooooo!

I am back in Finland, back to work and back to school, back to my busy schedule that after a 2,5 week vacation feels like serving a death sentence. I won't be having a day off in at least another two weeks. Oh and my feet are killing me! I have an infection on my left foot and am currently on antibiotics. What a nice way to start this fall, in deed. 

But I DID enjoy my vacation so very much, it will carry me through all this ;) And I know I promised to give you a detailed description of my trip, but I think one picture says more than one thousand words. So here are several thousand words:

                                             Our welcoming cake!

                                           Niagara Falls

                                           Cape Cod Light

                                           NYC

                                           Ocean City, MD

                                           Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

                                           At least we came home with style... business class ;) and yes, that's champagne

Enjoy ;) 

need < want

Tuesday's approaching at a terrifying speed... That's the day I have to leave :( Flying from D.C to Frankfurt and from there back to Finland. Dammit. I do NOT want to go! I think that's something everyone already knew, but I can't emphasize it enough. And you wanna know what's stressing me the most right now? That I've done the wrong kind of shopping. Finland is experiencing cooler and cooler weather and that means one thing and one thing only: my favorite time of the year - fall. And I've gotten myself a couple of new tees, summer dresses, sandals, ballerinas... everything but the pair of jeans that I actually NEED. And no, I don't wanna do shopping in Finland. We don't have all the cool shops. Dammit again.

I've had a great vacation though. It's been two weeks now that I left home and it feels like a month. Still I'm not ready to go back to reality. I've had two similar dreams during this trip and they both were about me being back at work and oh the relief when I awoke and realized I'm still here!!

I'll be fine, though :) Somehow I always will be. Might not be the easiest thing to accomplish but I'm not a quitter (most of the time I'm not). And after I've settled in at home I'll post a more detailed description of our trip and add pics as well.

Tomorrow's Friday... I have four whole days before it's Tuesday and I have to figure out how to fit all my stuff into my luggage. I have four whole days to get those jeans. Welcome fall <3

Yours Truly Is So Happy

Hello ya'll :)

I am writing from Syracuse, New York! We started our road trip yesterday. Left from Manassas, Virginia, headed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and today we went to Niagara Falls. OMG! So wonderful! We went on a boat ride on the legendary Maid of the Mist and when we got really close to the falls the announcement was: "Ladies and gentleman, THIS is Niagara Falls." You know how Ryan Seacrest always says "THIS is American Idol!"? That's how it was said on the boat and it was just so magnificent! Words aren't enough. I'll post pics later ;)

So we're happily in America, but coming here wasn't so easy. We flew to Frankfurt last Friday, and we were supposed to fly out to D.C on Saturday.. to make a long story short, we couldn't get into the flight and we were told our best chance was Amsterdam. So we rented a car and drove it from Frankfurt, Germany, to Amsterdam, Holland. We got a flight out on Monday, yay!

Tomorrow our road trip continues toward Vermont and New Hampshire :) Can't wait for those mable cyrup candies and breath-taking sceneries!

I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am to be here. When we were driving to Manassas, VA, from Washington Dulles Airport I thought to myself that I'll definitely move here some day. I noticed that coming here was no longer like coming on a vacay (though it really is), but it was more like coming home. Not in a bad oh-why-do-I-have-to-go-home-kinda way,but in a great way!! This is my home away from home and I come here every chance I get. I just hope some day it'll be the other way around -that I get to live here and go back to Finland once or twice a year ;)

More updates later! Love ya <3

Tears

The topic on everyone's mind now is Norway. Of course I am as shocked as the rest of the world and also -I gotta admit- a little scared. Norway is a neighboring country to Finland and having something that awful happen that close is just... terrifying. I went to a theme park yesterday and they had tightened the security there, too. They checked our bags and there were more security staff present than usually. Frankly I felt more unsafe than safe. I started thinking about how a theme park full of people would be a great target for some sick bastard...

The media's full of Norway but sadly, in a few weeks it's all forgotten. The news might pop up again at some point but in a month's time there are new stories to tell and what happened last Friday will be but a vague memory in everyone's mind except for the people who lost their loved ones. My heart and prayers go out to them. I cried today when I was reading about how everything happened and what made it more worse was that the amount of sorrow I felt was absolutely nothing compared to the one of devastated parents, sisters, brothers and friends of those who were killed.

When something like this happens I get the need to discuss it with everyone. It's a part of dealing with it even though it makes me anxious. But whatever makes you feel better in a time like this, make it happen. We never know what tomorrow might bring.

Thinking of you<3

The Official Fashion Issue

Ciao !

I've never been CRAZY about fashion but I've never ignored it either. I've always had some kind of fashion sense and like any other girl who cares even just a little bit of what they look like I've been stressing over my clothes... You know, the closet's full but there's absolutely NOTHING to wear. Hate it. So recently I've discovered that I'm more into clothes and accessories than usual and I like to combine different kinds of outfits (this new feature in me has probably gone un-noticed since I'm still pretty conservative when it comes to dressing up). I'm more into trying new things and not that afraid of what others think anymore. In other words: I'm becoming more and more like my mother (in the not-caring-what-others-think-part lol ;)) 

Sometimes you gotta suffer for beauty... and did I suffer last weekend!! I wore high heels three days in a row and let me tell ya -it hurt. Two days out of three the heels were only like an inch and a half, "kitten heels", but still! Too bad I wasn't aware back then that kitten heels are out. Reading Cosmo really pays out. My feet are now recovered and I'm even more in love with my practical and worn-out black ballerinas <3 true love, peeps.

I'm still the girl who looks for comfort, though. I love to ditch my jeans and t-shirt when I get home and change into sweat pants and a PJ-top, pull my hair up and wash my make-up. The trick is to know how to make even that look classy. The answer is: a glass of red and a laptop. This will totally make you feel like Carrie Bradshaw, one of my fashion icons. The previous sentence is dedicated to a friend of mine who said something similar a while back and people got confused -why does she feel like Stephen King's Carrie when she's doing stuff with her brand new laptop?? So come on people, learn your facts!

To all of my Finnish-speaking and reading audience, you should check out a fashion blog by two of my friends (one of them just mentioned). It's called Février and it's fab! <3 go to www.kadoksissamuotiin.blogspot.com and enjoy!

love love love

So Little Time

Do people enjoy their birthdays? I would seriously like to know. Maybe sweet sixteen is something to enjoy, but after that.... omg. I wouldn't know, I've never celebrated birthdays in my life.  I don't feel like I've missed anything, on the contrary, I feel blessed for not having to deal with the stress of the party. And think of all the money I save when I don't have to buy anyone anything ;)

Now that I've reached the grand age of 22 (holy ****) I would like to share a list with you: things I wanna do before I turn 30, things I wanna do before I die. Ladies and gentleman, this is my Bucket List:

1. Get married and have at least two kids
2. Travel to Australia and New Zealand
3. Move to America. Seriously. 
4. Become a published author.
5. Don't depend on anyone financially.
6. Pick a haircolor and stick to it!
7. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.
8. Kiss someone in the rain (preferably my future husband)
9. Make a complete fool out of myself in a public place.
10. Seriously concider Spotify Premium
11. Overcome my fear of hights and bees and people with masks (I mean, come on!)
12. Read all the books in my shelf (there are a lot)
13. Learn how to curl my hair with a straightening iron
14. Travel to every continent
15. When I have kids, embarras them in front of their friends (in a way they'll find amusing when they grow up)
16. Learn to change the tyres of my car
17. Stand on both sides of the equator
18. Swim with dolphins
19. Go to Hawaii
20. Get myself a real Louis Vuitton bag. <3

Ok, these are not in any particular order and that's not even everything I want to experience. I swear, I think about this stuff pretty often, but right now the two brain cells that I have don't seem to co-operate amongst themselves and this is what we have to settle for. I hope you find it even some what entertaining and please, if you have any ideas for me, leave a comment!!

Thanks to my friend L for help, even though all your ideas were already on the list. Love you anyway ;)

xoxo 

An Update!

You may notice that I've done some changes with my blog: the outlook has improved (or so I like to think) and more importantly the name has changed into something that's more descriptive (and yet not at all descriptive). I'm happy with the changes and I hope you are too. I got a little carried away with all the tools I can use to make the page look better so don't be surprised if my blog's gonna look a whole lot different (again) the next time you check it out (IS anyone checking it out anymore?!)

There's another thing worth mentioning: did you notice this is my second post within a week?!! There was a major gap between posts, I know, but now I'm actually keeping my word: posts more frequently!

To make this post more interesting for you to read... I've got nothing. Seriously. At the moment I have a runny nose and I don't know if it's allergies or if I'm coming down on something, but it's not fun. And I have to go to work in a few hours. Over the weekend I celebrated the High School Graduation of three of my friends and had a blast! Schools are officially out now and even here in Northern Europe we get to enjoy a really warm and nice weather.

So... if you're sitting by your computer reading this or just doing nothing, get your a** up and go outside! Before you know it there's gonna be piles of snow 6 feet high and then you can spend all the time you want inside the house.

love always