Day 352.

The last day of my sabbatical. It has been an amazing year, I've loved being at home.

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Day 351.

The last but one day of my sabbatical turned out to be sunny and busy. Had a hairdresser's appoint in the morning, so neat hair -- check. Also had coffee at Jokiasema, watched two movies, read a book, made lunch, talked with kids, sent DD to the movies, and later on to her friend's house. took the cat out, had drinks with DH and slept for 10 hours.

Day 350.

A hot hot day. In the morning, took off to the local health care centre to get written proof that I am ok and can go back to donating blood after my mysterious lack of iron earlier this summer. It took 40 minutes of waiting in line and 3 minutes of the nurse's time. Then off to Jokiasema for coffee and home to make lunch. After lunch, a phone call to get ready for a summer excursion to Kuopio and Ikea! What a  great time we had, and DD is natural Ikea shopper! Came home with some stuff for her room and some general stuff like candles. Exhausted but happy!

Days 345-349.

So I have been neglecting my blog lately. This does not mean that life would have been slow, or boring, just that I've spent less time on the computer as everyone in the house is on holiday at the same time. Over the past few days we have watched movies, bicycle races in the olympics, we have had lunch out together and drinks at Jokiasema, DD has gone out to lunch with her friend and eaten a lot of ice cream for pudding. All in all, good times. Also, in the back of my head -- I'm going back to work on Thursday. So making the last days of my sabbatical count!!

Days 342-344.

As promised, we spent Sat night watchin movies (Headhunters and Safe House) and continued on Sun with The Adventures of Tintin, which was better than any of us expected. We also packed DH's gear for his bicycle adventure. He left with a friend on Monday at 6 am, in the rain and cold. I got up to wave goodbye and went back to bed. The perfect wife?

Yesterday we had a visitor, who ended up staying overnight. DD's friend came over and they baked cupcakes, applied nailpolish, put on tons of makeup and giggled a lot. And ate a lot, apparently giggles makes  you hungry.

Today, the girls are still hanging out together and I am making lists of stuff that needs to be checked, done or organised.

Days 339-341.

So we made it home on Friday; always good to be home! Aksu the Cat decided he had missed me terribly so he attacked my arm at night and now I have really cool scratches to prove it.

Yesterday DD and her friend went shopping. DD had decided not to get anything but the sales were too much of a temptation and she came home with two cute tops, a total of 10 euro. She had a bit of a headache and went to take a nap (!!!!) and woke up to a full migrane. With puking. Not fun for anyone. This morning she was ok, and just went to the playground with her friend. Three tops each and handbags. Seriously?!

I'm going to enjoy the weekend, have coffee at Jokiasema and maybe watch a movie with DH in the evening.

Days 337-338.

Busy days! Yesterday we:
- saw Laura Lepistö live twice, once in the live morning tv-show, after which DD got her autograph, and the second time in a panel discussion about the future of Finnish comp sports
- went to Kirjurinluoto, where they have the coolest playground, and yes, the pre-teen still likes to play
- did some shopping
- went to see a live show in the evening, but were turned off by another panel discussion included in the show so got back to my sister's house

Today we will roam the stands on Yrjönkatu for freebies and take a bus to a shopping mall to get a new phone for my sister. I've already connected the internet this morning, so happy days!!