Winter Wonderland.

It's official, I now live in a winter wonderland. As of around 23:25 last night, as my delayed flight touched down, life feels very surreal.
It was snowing buckets - I mean in the sense that film crews had to be in the clouds sprinkling huge snowflakes down from the sky as I ran around trying to figure out where Juha was waiting with the car (his flight was less delayed than mine).

I'm completely at a loss for where to begin this post. So far, I've unpacked most of my stuff but don't have enough furniture to say I put it all in its place. I went to the bank and opened an account. The woman asked if I was studying here and I said not yet. So she said: so you're doing nothing. And I politely replied: well nothing official yet I suppose.
Later she asked me where I was applying to school and I told her. Later I realized that it's the first day back to work after the holidays so it was nice to see every out and about around town.
I tried getting a SIM card with a plan but was told I need Finnish ID issued by the police to get a place so... I think I have to go to the maistraati to register as an inhabitant of Tampere but even then, I'm not sure they'll randomly issue me an ID just because I need a phone. If that doesn't work, I'll have to get a prepaid phone... which I'm trying my best to avoid because 7 months of prepaid phones in Germany was 7 months too much!

My list of things to do is an entire page long. I don't mean point form in only the left margin. I mean a full page with spaces filled in inbetween. Some things are more pressing than others but I found it easier to focus on what was directly in front of me. I guess it also helps that I have an extra 7 hours if I'm comparing anything to Canada so my Canadian-related day doesn't really need to start until about 4pm or so.

Left on the list of things to do today is eat lunch, go grocery shopping, go pot and pan shopping and other household items shopping. I put on some music while unpacking to befriend the space... as random as that sounds, but it was especially because we don't have enough light in the apartment and need more lamps! And if I don't get a chance to go today before it gets dark, I'll go photograph the city and building surroundings tomorrow. There is a ton of snow here and it looks lovely! But the apartment will have to wait until it is clean before it can be photographed.

I was sitting on the plane yesterday fidgetting like crazy. 2 minutes would go by in what felt like half an hour. Copenhagen airport was unimpressive but alright. I took a picture or 2 of this long corridor that connects the different gates: A, B, C etc...
Everything is great so far but I'm at a loss for words because it doesn't feel like anything is out of the ordinary but my brain tells me I should be freaking out but all is well! Somehow the distance doesn't feel so big and it's really nice semi-knowing my way around town.

I'm looking forward to having more to say soon.
Finnish word of the day is free - as in complimentary- velotuksetta... and if that's wrong, then shame on me for messing up the word of the day!