It must be harder to be a single lesbian than a hetero lesbian!

That funny and insightful nugget of an information came out of my friend Marita's mouth 2 nights ago while we were taking her dog out. And the laughter just followed me all the way home!

It's been an interesting start for the year. Last week I helped my mom pack ALL her stuff and saw more fabric than necessary for a lifetime. I helped her move her stuff to the new location where her store is opening this Saturday. After her move was done we moved Ybi's stuff from his work space back home. 4 moves in 2 months...little too much!

Last Saturday I saw a childhood friend I haven't seen in over 15 years. We used to be best friends and then life interrupted. We lost contact but last summer she sent me a friend request on FB. She was visiting her family from London and wanted to go out for drinks. I gotta admit, I wasn't sure if it would work out and was thinking about canceling the whole thing few hours before she was due to arrive but didn't and I'm glad I didn't. We had a blast even if Forssa isn't exactly the party mecca of the universe! We went from one pub to another and back and then got tickets to go to bar 54...age limit 18 so we were 12 years older than most people there. Didn't know anybody and didn't stay long. But let's just say that it was a fun night and I got a reminder that'll last me for awhile why I don;t drink much and/or often! I was in bed the whole Sunday, had a terrible headache the whole day and couldn't eat anything till 6pm! When I did get my appetite back I could have eaten a cow though! Anne left around noon and I went right back to bed. We promised to stay in touch and hopefully once I have some money I can go visit her in London! It's been...7 years I guess since the last time I was in London so I'm due! Maybe I'll go see William and Kate getting married!

In other news, I got a job teaching little kids the wonderful secrets of english language! I'll start as soon as all my paperwork is done and can provide a criminal background check! As far as I know that shouldn't be a problem so soon I'll be seeing more kids than the law allows! I'm also thinking about signing up to become a gay advocate and as such I'd go to schools to talk about being gay and maybe help some poor teenagers to realize that it's not such as bad thing to be gay. I know I could have benefited from seeing a real life lesbian/lesbian couple when I was a teenager to realize that they can lead a normal fulfilling life as well and that it's ok. I am seriously afraid of speaking in public and in front of big crowds but at the same time I feel like I should do something. Plus the training is free and would get me in touch with my community, both in Finland and in Forssa...if there is a community to be found in Forssa.

I was also thinking about going back to school. Crazy, I know. But there's a supply chain bachelors program in Forssa which could be great addition for my previous educations... I'm just not sure I can pass the entrance exam math, chem and physics tests! I think I could do it in maybe a year and a half if all my engineering studies would be credited for me but it's also a full time program which would mean that I couldn't work. And now I NEED to work. So it's out.

My head is still trying to understand what happened last year but slowly I am trying to make plans for myself. Adjusting to the change is very difficult but I'll get there.

That's it for now...Later!