I couldn't blog yesterday, because my parents have problems with their internet connection, and I didn't take my laptop with me for the overnight visit. Anyway, it's nice to be back, and the naming party was a success. The only problem we had was with boiling eggs for the pirogi spread: I managed to break two of them into the boiling water. ( Read more... )

   The net doesn't seem to be as slow today as it was yesterday, so that's something. I've been limping a bit today, my knee is still hurting. I don't know if I'll be able to go to church tonight. I may watch the service, or a part of it at least, on TV. It will be just as much Easter, whether I go to church or not, but I will be disappointed to ( Read more... )

   I've talked to mom, two of my friends, and my landlady today. It's funny, but I feel very much sought after, because my friends want me to visit them soon (and I will), my mom talked about when I will go there for the Easter holidays (on Friday, I think), and my landlady was eager to have me move to her appartment (which I most probably won't, ( Read more... )

   There are things to celebrate today. It's the end of Purim, so happy end of Purim to all who find it relevant! I may write about the Jewish festivals at some point, because religions and festivals are interesting, but I'm a bit tired today, so I'll let it go for now. It's also Womens' day here in Finland, and Mother's day in many other countries ( Read more... )

   I feel better now, but my back is still a bit sore, and it seemed to get worse when I practised. I love the feeling of "flow" you get when you play something you already know well, so I always play something familiar during my hour of practice. I try to play for an hour at least, since it seems the appropriate length for a session. It gives me ( Read more... )

   This has not been a good day. I woke up, after some four hours of sleep, at 06:30 AM, because my back and left side were hurting, and I'm still aching after almost 12 hours. I have no idea how I've managed to strain my back, or pull a muscle, because I didn't hurt myself at all yesterday. I've rubbed on some ointment, taken a pain pill, applied ( Read more... )

   I went to the library today to print out the bill forms I have to send to my clients. I don't have a printer at home, you see. It happens to be national library day. I wouldn't have known that, but one of my friends (she is also a reader of this blog) wrote about it on Facebook today. The date has been chosen because today is the nameday of ( Read more... )

   Well, who would have imagined that you can actually get sick and then get well again in less than 24 hours? It's never happened to me before. Yesterday, a bit after I stopped writing the blog entry I got a temperature and was shivering with ague (now there's a word you don't often come across). I was really sick all evening, had trouble sleeping ( Read more... )