If you are squeemish, don't read any further!

I hope this is not as sappy as a blog I read every once in awhile. It has potential and I can't promise anything so if sugar's not your thing, I'm sorry about that. Boo to the hoo as T would say.

Other than the foot (and back) problem(s) that has been a topic of posts recently, I've never been happier in my life. I feel like I'm finally me and completely comfortable with who and what I am. I feel like I'm on a path that I'm supposed to be, living the life I'm supposed to have. Ever since T and I met, things have worked out for me (us) in a sense that when changed needed to be made, they happened, sometimes effortlessly and sometimes it took some maneuvering, but I'm here, I am on track to graduate next May, I have time on my visa to find a job and most of all, I'm with her. We have a great apartment together, we have a ton of fun together and we share the same vision as to what we want from our future. I am not a poet so I don't have anything original to say so I'll use words so many other people used before me: She completes me. As personalities go, we are quite opposite. She's outgoing, I'm an introvert but somehow when we're together we bring out the good in each other. It's something I can't explain but I just feel like I'm home with her. She is my home. I left my home in Finland to be with her and I haven't regretted it. Home is not about property, home is not about land, home is not about nice shiny things. It's a feeling of total happiness. Of course I miss my family and friends in Finland and wish I could talk and see them more often but you have to make some sacrifices when you fall in love with a person from another country. I wasn't happy being by myself the months leading up to my move here and being so far away from T so being here now, with her, is definitely worth it all. She makes me laugh every day, she keeps me grounded and she makes me fall in love with her deeper every day. Twice this week I've just wanted to go home and hug her like there's no tomorrow. Wouldn't have helped since she was at work at the time and in NYC, but you know what I mean.

There are also days when I don't understand her at all and I wish there was a manual on how to interpret her but I'm learning. There are some cultural differences that make some of the things she does seem strange to me and some of the things I do strange to her but we're learning to accept the diversity. She doesn't like salmiakki which is not bad as there is more salmiakki for me (not that you can go to your local grocery store and buy super salmiakki but when I get shipments from Finland they are ALL MINE!!!) and I don't like chocolate so there's more for her. Works out perfectly!

We both love sports. She's introduced me to American football and baseball. Almost every night we have some kind of game on TV and when we have a chance, we go to see live games. (Ticket prices here are high though, at least compared to Finland but the players also make more money so I guess we need to pay their salaries...) Right now it's getting to the end of baseball season, the playoffs are around the corner and football season just started 2 weeks ago. Ice hockey and basketball will soon follow. Football, or soccer as they call it here is getting closer to the end of the season as well. We saw David Beckham play at Giant stadium in July. It was awesome! T's first live David Beckham experience. I'm a seasoned veteran! LOL! Baseball is on almost very night, the season is like 160 games long! It is not on my fave sports list but we watch the Mets try to secure a playoff place...T's blood is boiling right now.

I really like American football. The Eagles have started their season well even though they lost to the cowgirls on Monday BUT, they played well and they are gonna do really well this season. And the added excitement from fantasy football...it's so much fun!

Ice hockey is not a big deal in USA unless your in a specific hockey oriented area. Living close to NYC, there is 2 baseball teams, 2 football team, 2 ice hockey teams and 2 basketball teams...I'm reading the Finnish newspapers every day trying to keep up with what's going on there and in Europe. They have not mentioned Teemu Selanne coming back here, I guess it's not of any importance here. But I'm rambling...

I hope I wasn't too sappy or sounded like I'm off my meds. I just wanted to let everyone know I am really happy with my life.

I think it might be time to do some work...later.