Spring=optimism?

Are things actually beginning to work out or is it just the long, sun-lit evenings spent drinking sparkling wine that make me feel more optimistic?

I've found a couple of really interesting jobs to apply, and I even feel that I might be a strong candidate for one of them!

And it seems that I won't end up homeless after all! My parents' studio in Käpylä is suddenly going to be available in June. It isn't exactly in the downtown area like I had hoped, but hey, it's pretty cheap, almost twice as big as this apartment, and in good condition. And it has a balcony! Sound vaguely familiar? Yes, I've lived there before, the first two years after I moved away from my parents'. That's a bit of a downside, but I'll try to make it look like a new apartment. Everyone welcome to help me out ;)

And saving the best for last: only two more weeks and I'll be in Toronto! The spring went by real fast, but my gawd, am I waiting to see my dear friend again!! Official countdown: 14 days and 12 hours 'til take-off :)

More Spring!

Last night I woke up at around 5am. The sun was about to rise... And I could hear birds singing! This is one of the most amazing things about spring - hearing the birds again, and realizing how you've missed them. Almost wanted to get up, get dressed and go outside to feel the nature wake up around me.

A more practical, and less romantic, action was to fall back asleep :)

But soon it will be summer, and I promise myself to enjoy those early-morning and late-night moments, when the air is so still you can almost touch it. When the world is so beautiful you almost want to cry.

Who knows, I might even get to share those moments with someone...

Sensation of Freedom

It's Spring! The seagulls, of course. Tiny hints of green in trees and bushes. Smell of earth. Freckles. New icecream flavors. And throat and eyes full of dust.

After a busy and rough winter, I'm barely able to keep my feet on the ground. I've got a few minor assignments to finish, and then I'm done with school (and even better, done with studying English for good [yeah, I know, never say never]). I'm starting to have the energy to read just for fun, and it makes me so happy (although I recently swore I wouldn't read another novel once I'm finished with my seminar paper).

I heard Hanson's MMMbop on the radio, really made my day :D Fond memories of the summer of ´97... (How can it be 11 years???)

I'm still facing unemployment and homelessness, but who cares. I'll spend the summer on the nearby beach with the gulls and the glimmering sea. Truly takes my breath away.