Tammikuu on ohi - January is over!

Yritan paivittaa tana vuonna ainakin kerran kuukaudessa, tieda hanta lukeeko naita monikaan mutta on ainakin jonkinlainen "loki" mita selailla vuoden lopulla. Tana vuonna on NE synttarit ja olen ajatellut etta pitaisko sita tehda jotakin vai ei. Tavallaan olis kiva juhlistaa 50-vuotispaivia, toisaalta ne saattais olla ihan kiva unohtaakin. Hmmm.... mietintamyssy on kaytossa!
Minulla on roppakaupalla suunnitelmia taman vuoden varalle - nyt olen jo kayttanyt kuukauden enka tieda riittaako aika kaiken tekemiseen. Edessa on ainakin:

• tyon uudelleenarviointi, mika tarkoittaa sita etta JOTAIN on tapahduttava tana vuonna, uusi tyo, uudet tehtavat vanhassa tyopaikassa, jotakin......
• taloudellinen tilanne PITAA parantua, 8 vuotta kuralla on ihan tarpeeksi kenelle vaan
• kuntoa TULEE kohottaa, viela ei voi jaada kiikkustuoliin ihmettelemaan

Jos oikein reippaaksi ryhdyn niin saatan jopa alkaa viikottain suunnittelemaan ja kirjaamaan aktiviteetteja tassa omassa blogissani.

Kaikki on viela mahdollista, vuosi on vasta alussa!

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I am aiming to update my blog at least once a month this year - whether anyone reads the postings I do not know - at least I will have a "log" of what's been happening to me when this year ends. This is the year for THAT birthday and I have been pondering whether or not I should do something. On the other hand it would be nice to celebrate the big five-o but then also it might be a good thing to forget all about it. Erm.... thinking cap is in use!

I have a bucketful of plans for this year - now already a month has passed, might not have enough time to do everything. The main plans/tasks/aims for this year are at least:

• rethinking of work, which means that SOMETHING has to change, either I get a new job in a new workplace OR new job role in the old workplace, but seriously just something has to change.....
• financial situation HAS TO improve finally, 8 years in red and poverty is enough for anyone
• fitness HAS TO be improved, it is not yet time to stay put and start knitting

If I get really brave, I might start updating my blog weekly by jotting down my activities and plans.

It is all possible, the year is still fresh and crisp and new!!

Synttarit - Birthday

Vuosi on mennyt pelottavaa vauhtia ja taas on kasissa keskimmaisen synttarit. Naista lasten vuosipaivista on se haitta, etta on erittain vaikea olla hyvaksymatta omaa vanhenemistaan jos lapset alkavat olla samassa iassa kuin mita itsesta tuntuu!

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A year has gone by at a scary speed and it is again the middle one's birthday. These birthdays are detrimental to my ignorance of my own ages as one cannot really have one's children to be older in years than what one sees oneself at!

Synttarit! - BIRTHDAY!

Eilen oli kuopuksen synttarit ja pitihan se kakku tehda (ja syodakin). Mietin aikaa 16 vuotta sitten kun olin laitoksella lasta hakemassa - oli uskomattoman kylma ja luminen talvi. Menin sairaalaan tapanina kun piti paivaa ennen leikkausta olla osastolla ja kaikki oli varattu ja jarjestetty valmiiksi pari viikkoa aikaisemmin. Kavelin hamaraa, kynttilanvalaisemaa kaytavaa pitkin, joulu tuntui olevan lasna jopa sairaalassa. Koputin toimiston ovelle ja esittelin itseni. Hoitaja taivasteli etta ei taalla ole listalla ketaan sinun nimistasi, oi etta mitas tassa nyt, kaypa istumaan hetkeksi. Hienoa, ajattelin mielessani, tama tuntuu alkavan erinomaisesti. Loytyihan se sitten paikka majatalossa ja seuraavana aamuna kun minua karrattiin leikkaussaliin, kavi ilmi etta eihan sita ollut varattu (kun eivat tienneet minun olevan tulossa) ja hieman selkapiita karmi kun kuuluttelivat radioon etta oliskos nukutuslaakaria jossain. Ei siina mitaan, loytyi leikkuri ja unimatti, vauva saatiin ulos ja kaikki hyvin - paitsi koska joku ei ollut varannut paikkaa minulle, ei ollut myoskaan papereita tilattu (kas kun tama oli eri sairaala tyystin kuin missa kaksi ensimmaista olin saanut) ja siksipa eivat myoskaan varautuneet seurauksiin. En niihin minakaan tassa muuten puutu kuin etta henkikulta oli hiuskarvan varassa hetken aikaa, onneksi poika oli terve! Siis naita kaikkia tuossa eilen mietiskelin - kakkua laitellessa.
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It was the youngest's birthday yesterday and a cake had to be made (and eaten) -of course!
I thought of the time 16 years ago when I was in the hospital for the c-section that had been booked and arranged for the day after Boxing Day. It was an extremely cold and snowy winter.Walking down the candle-lit dark corridor to the office I felt the presence of Christmas even in the hospital. I approached the nurse in the office and introduced myself. The nurse checked the list and stated that I am not on the list, oh dear, what now, oh, wait in the corridor for a moment. Great, I thought, this seems to be going to plan - not. Well, in the end they found a place in the Inn for me. Next morning when they were wheeling me to the Operating Room, they were constanly paging for someone to anastethise me. And operate on me. To everyone's relief both were found. There were some hairy moments before the happy ending, see, when someone had not done what they should have done when the place allegedly was booked for me, they had not ordered my notes either (this was a different hospital to the one I had had my first two) and hence they did not have all the needed info about me. For a while it was touch and go but I will not delve into those moments in this blog.
Luckily the baby boy was healthy and all ended well. This kind of thoughts I had whilst preparing the cake for my son's birthday yesterday!