This blog seems to get one post a month, time is just flying by. Here in Enland today is not a public holiday, if people are drinking that is purely because it is Friday. We do have an extra holiday - Bank Holiday - on Monday but it is nothing like a Finnish Vappu!
A lot has happened since my last post, we (me and my kids) went to Finland and spent couple of weeks there over Easter. It was lovely to see friends and family I have not seen for a decade. We got to experience the rapid melting of snow, one moment there was mountains of snow, the next it was almost gone. Now I am planning to go again in late July so that my kids can see the Finnish summer (which they have not experienced in 12 years). I can hardly wait!
I feel that my life is getting a bit easier, teenagers are growing up and there are less drastic life or death moments. Maybe one day I can live my private life without anyone bringing sudden changes to it. Sounds boring, but after what I have gone through, even the most boring life will be too full of happenings.
Maybe, just maybe it is finally my turn, I have supported everyone else in their lives, and now, come hell or high water - it is my turn. I am planning a career change, not immediately but maybe within the next 2 -3 years. My current profession has truly run its course and I would like to try my hand on new challenges, put the experience and skills I have gathered over the hard years in positive use. I might even be able to help someone see more clearly when they are weighing up their options in life.
I would like to wish a really good Vappu for everyone!
