The Importance of Fine-home Furnishings.

This week I learned the importance of fine-home furnishings for one's mental and physical transition into a new environment.

I got in on Sunday night and my internet was broken... wow... it feels like that was 2 weeks ago. Monday, I got it all sorted it out and by the time I got home in the evening, I was connected to the world wide web!

Tuesday, I dreaded going home and sweeping so much that after class Sara and I chatted and met up with Anna-Riikka [I hope I got that right], and later, her boyfriend Jose at Nolla. Iida was there too. I got a call from Heli, inviting me to dinner and pre-drink at her place, and I met up with Sanna and May beforehand. The medicine girls slowly arrived at Heli's and by 10pm we had a pretty big group... or like 8 people... or maybe 6 but you get the point. I had left the house at 7:45am that day so after 30 minutes in the club, I was pretty tired and went home. I got home around midnight. I took a few minutes to dust my shelves haha.

Wednesday I woke up, in my boring room, on my mattress on the floor... I didn't think a chair or two would really change my impression of the room but after Juha arrive, we cleaned the floor, brought in a big chair, a coffee table, an air mattress and a desk chair. We went for dinner at Tuk Tuk, had ice cream and went to Matti and Anne's to watch I love you Phillip Morris [it's worth seeing.] Matti and Anne were also kind enough to lend me a table of theirs for a couple weeks.

Waking up on Thursday had a completely different feel to it. I have furniture in my room! I even came home after lunch to hang out here for a bit before going to the Welcome Dinner... from which I arrived home around 3:45am. [Also, our flat is complete with the arrival of our roommate! Whose name I still haven't managed to learn. Shh.]

So yeah, furniture is important... and you get a whole lot more out of it than just functionality. Hoorah!