Cold as hell

Nothing much has happened this week though it has been the normal busy. After the allergist, I got my new medication and Epi-pen, the joys of stupid allergies. Then it got cold... Wednesday -32C and Thursday -35C... both days I walked to school and back dressed in ski wear to keep warm. It has been so beautiful so I didn't mind it being cold as the sun was out!

Monday, Christine saw the Northern Lights in Jyväskylä and ever since we have been watching for them to come back. They are predicting they should be visible 15-17 February. I stayed up all Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, gave up at 2am, got up at 4.30am to make Eero a drink before he left for work, then got an hours sleep and got up for school. Bad idea I was exhausted by the end and annoyed I hadn't seen anything!

Wednesday night, Britta and Christine came to our place and we watched the internet sites until midnight for any magnetic activity, for this expected second solar wind. There was nothing. So disappointed we wait again tonight with still hope in our hearts to see this again!

Going to Tampere tomorrow by train! Whoohooo, so excited to be going home for the weekend!

Hyvää ystävänpäivää kaikille! Happy Friend's Day everyone!

In Finland 14th February is Friend's Day. I love this far more Valentine's Day. I'm not really much into commercial events which single out and depress large numbers of people. Nor do I need a day to know Eero loves me or to tell him I love him. He's told often enough. But still it was nice that Eero worked from home so I got to see him and around 4pm he came to meet me in city. But I do like the romance theme fortunately Eero is romantic most of the time, so I'm lucky! my allergies also force him to get imaginative!

We went glasses shopping for him which is not as much fun as girl glasses shopping. I did enjoy it though and I love that he wanted me to look with him. Few hours later we walked home. I also converted my driver's license to a Finnish one that I get within a month! YAY!

I saw photos of Zara and Sienna last night and was bemused by Sienna being a "mini me" of Paul. Still waiting for another picture of Alex. =)

On the night of the 14th, the Northern Lights were visible in Jyväskylä and I went to bed at 11pm to get some sleep for the allergist today!!! Photos of Northern Lights They are meant to be visible now until the 17th here so a few late late nights!!