I've gone to the limit

I somehow have done it again. For the past two years, I've overloaded my schedule with classes and musical activities. Why did I think Finland would be any different? 

To clarify, I started taking another music class today, which means officially that I have seven classes out of a possible seven. Not to mention the after school arts activities Mondays and Wednesdays- I'm at school Tuesday til 4 and Monday and Wednesday til 5. Not to mention the chamber orchestra on Thursday, and the bass lessons on Friday. Yes folks, he's done it again. 

Why did I leave home if I was only going to end up recreating my life here? Humor, of course, as this was by happenstance, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Keeps me from being an annoyance to my host family.

 I love it here in Finland. 

Large Rabbits

Weather

The weather is something you can count on in Buffalo, generally. It rains when it looks like it will, and the meteorologists do a pretty good job of predicting when it will be sunny, and when it won't. 

In Finland, not so much. This morning, I left the house to bike to school. It was overcast, but didn't look like rain. So about five minutes into my ride, it begins to drizzle. Then pour. I was soaked when I got to school, as my Finnish acquaintances quickly noticed. 

Now in Finland, and almost immediately after I got to school, it's sunny. The weather is quite quixotic. Oy vey. 

Just as a notice:

For some reason, my google account makes it very difficult to comment/reply to comments on blogger. So, sorry to the two people who have actually commented, or +1ed, etc. 

Check this out, take two

This is another blog, in English, about youth exchange. This one is run by my friend Micaela Hadley. She is currently in Germany, and she doesn't update it often, but in case a serial youth exchange blog reading connoisseur happens in this blog post, here's the link:

http://mygermanexchange.blogspot.fi/?m=1

Quirky title, really.

Check this out

This is a link to the blog of my host brother, Tommi Salmi. He's currently in Quebec right now, on youth exchange as well. Really great guy- I look forward to the day when I can understand Finnish well enough to read his blog, without Google Translate. 

http://tommiauquebec.blogspot.fi/?m=1

Enjoy. 

Presently in Finland...