Meow

My sister is graduating from junior college on Saturday, and my mom has obviously been cleaning and cooking for a couple of weeks already. All this confuses our little cat Nikke. He doesn't seem to understand what all the fuss is about again, the same thing as last year! At least his secret plan of killing our vacuum cleaner was successful (no evidence left at the crime scene, but given that it was his number one enemy of all times makes me suspect his innocence), and now the cleaning has to be done without it.

I'm happy to say that he absolutely loved the toy I got for him from Budapest. It is a mouse that has something jingly inside so it makes a fun noise when Nikke plays around with it. It also has two feathers sticking out of it's bottom, I guess it is the missing link evolutionists are still looking for... ;D

Nikke says meow. He is one of the most talkative cats I know, and I love him for that!

Bye bye Vajta

 It was incredibly sad to leave from Bible College and say goodbye to everyone. After having lived with them for a semester or two they were very dear to me and knowing that it might take years and years after I would see some of them again, felt overwhelming. This post is a brief description of my first 37 hours after leaving Vajta.

I left two days earlier, because WizzAir only flies twice a week to Turku. Luckily three of the pastors were leaving for Germany the same day so I was able to get a ride to the airport. We left at 8.30am and first headed to Ikea to buy a couple of big umbrellas for the school. (By the way, Ikeas all look the same around the world!) The we (Tibi who was driving, Jeremy and Arpi) went to pick up Phil, who then drove us all to McDonald's.

The pastors' flight left four hours (or so) earlier than mine, so I ended up spending some long hours at the airport by myself. Luckily there was a nice café where I had also waited for my family for six hours a half a year ago when they visited me in Hungary.

Finally the time came to check in and go through the customs. My flight was 15 minutes late, which isn't too bad. After the take-off I tried to sleep for two and a half hours before landing in foggy and rainy Turku.

My family knows my "homecoming rituals" pretty well already since I've been travelling more than been at home during these past four years. Karjalanpiirakat and munavoi were ready, and my mom had baked princess cake for me. On my desk was a basket full of chocolate and other nice stuff. Our cat Nikke wanted to play with his new toy mouse that I had got for him from Budapest, and I had long meow-conversations with him.

The next day I had a dentist appointment at 10.30am. Straight from there I went grocery shopping with my mom, visited my sister at her workplace, and went to see my workplace to ask when I could start there this summer. I was surprised when they asked me to start in two hours, and I said yes. I rushed back home to eat some lunch, called Helsinki University and paid for my next year's tuition, finished unpacking which I had started in the morning, and headed back to my workplace.



Those who are planted in the house of the LORD
Shall flourish in the courts of our God (Ps 92:13)

 
When I got off at 9.15pm, I was exhausted. I hadn't even been in Finland for 24 hours, and had already completed one full day of work. Well, this is what Pam Markey taught us in re-entry class; to get into the routine right away. I just didn't plan it to be this extreme :D It's been good, however, and today I got to sleep in for the first time in a few weeks.

Tomorrow I'm working again, and Saturday is my dad's birthday. I'm especially looking forward to Sunday and church in the morning! I can't wait to see everyone again. :)