Being in Germany was fun- and stress. Getting home was good- and stressful... ;p I got to Joensuu at 9 p.m. on Sunday, and had to be at work at 9 a.m. on Monday. Good thing that I got to sleep at Virve and Keijo's again. The morning brought a nice surprise- there was two of us cleaning! And suddenly we had sooo much time. Straight from work I walked to Tapsa's to pick up Seita. Nice enough, Hanna, Niko and Hiisi were also there, so we actually got to spend some time together before they drove back to Helsinki in the afternoon. Together with Hanna and Hiisi we then went to the dog park, where we also met Virve and Niila. There was plenty of dogs there for a change, so they actually ran a lot.



Then Virve and I took my bags to my place, picked up cooking stuff, went shopping and back to Virve and Keijo's to start making the food. We made sushi and a salmon roll with cream cheese inside, cut tons of vegetables, had cheesecubes and pickles,... Schneemaennchen brought her awesome noodle salad- well, there was enough food.
The evening was great- just a few friends and our dogs, relaxed and fun.







At midnight we watched the fireworks from the big bridge. And suddenly it was already (not so) early in the morning and bit by bit we flaked...





About 3 hours later I got to go to work- fully awake of course, without breakfast and morning coffee... I managed surprisingly well, and for the first time even got done and had time left. Back at the apartment I finally got COFFEE. And food. And got shocked by Keijo, who's definitly the only human I know who can handle doing the dishes before breakfast.



And then I got a ride home home. ..
Today I already had an appointment at the employment office, then met with Irina for coffee. Because the weather was great- finally a bit colder (-8) and sunny- I walked home. Then I did lots of organisational stuff and now my REAL vacation can start. ;p If only a day or 2... Tomorrow I'll go for a looooooong walk with Seita.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!