Friday afternoon.

Finally, I can come back to the times where I feel exhausted on a Friday afternoon after a busy week, a job well done (more or less, I'm still learning) and more work ahead! I'm telling you, this isn't me complaining, because I can honestly say that being brain dead has never felt so good!

Let's rewind a little. So last weekend I checked out Raappana at Tavastia in Helsinki. He was AWESOME! Not only did we get to listen to authentic Finnish reggae and not only was it amazing, but I also made some new friends via my Canadian friend from H@nken, Nicole!

If you wanna check out Raappana, click here. And you should very much click there.

Sunday, I spent a lovely morning working on some projects and then an even lovely afternoon hanging with Matti and Anne, debating paint colours for the bedroom, doing an Ikea run and eating! Then back to work at home.

Monday, I mostly just hung out at school at did minimal work. I went to a class. Then Juha texted me saying he had a fever and I weighed my options: spending another day at school doing minimal work or going to Tampere and helping him out a little and getting a day off between Helsinki and work? So evidently, I went home.

Tuesday I did some work from home, ate lunch at Uni and ... honestly, I can't really remember. I think I was fighting off a cold and it worked!

Then came work! Wednesday to Friday I woke up at 7am every day, was at work by 8:15am and left around 4:30-5pm. It has been such an intense 3 days but in a really great way. I sort of feel like a super hero with a secret identity... except a super lame one because I work in IT. Still, I'm really enjoying my job but I can't really reveal any of the details. But I'll try to explain why I'm happy about it in some very general terms that don't give anything away...

Like in most work places, you have lots to do. Let's call each thing you have to do an "assignment." Each assignment has lots of different components, or not, but in the end, someone needs to see your work. Parts of the assignments were clear to me before, others weren't. While there's still a lot to learn, I feel like I've learned sooo much this past week! Honestly, I was pretty nervous to go into work on Wednesday because I hate feeling useless but now I'm looking forward to going in next Wednesday because I'll feel more oriented, and consequently, more competent as well! And the days have been busy, hectic and stressful but time seems to go by pretty quickly so I can say that I'm actually enjoying myself there. It also helps to have really great people in your cubicle, as well as helpful co-workers [and a great cafeteria]!

So, I think that's it for now. I don't want to overdo it but I basically just wanted to convey a sense of enthusiasm and bubbly-ness coming from the fact that I'm finally employed! [and the added excitement of actually earning a real paycheck.]

Take it easy,
xo.