last week

the captain's home after a week of racing in Sweden. it's so nice to come home to the smell of lasagne baking in the oven. it's always special when he makes lasagne 😀

i also had an interview for the internship in England. the place looked so nice in the pictures that Marco showed to me and Tommi. i'm so excited to do some work experience there for a month. but checking on the visa processing kind of disheartened me. it seems so complicated 😟 my teacher already assured me that they will extend any help that i will be needing for the visa. i just need to hear from the sponsor's side.

at school, we had mittaus on monday. i enjoyed it a lot! on tuesday, Stina was sick. we were left in the mercy of the new school gardener. we were asked to rake the leaves all around the main manor. it started to snow when we were doing the job. it was so cold, windy and snowy. after the first break everyone just wanted to leave. it was cold, yes, but i wouldn't complain much because that's how it will be when we are in the actual field. we have to do the job whatever weather it will be. anyways, some of my classmates left after lunch. we stayed for one more hour to do some math 😜 

we went to the movies and watched fast and furious 8 🚓

Wednesday, trip to Suomenlinna. i went by bus to Helsinki and walked to the harbour. i was there an hour earlier, so i had time to drop by the bookstore!!! it's always a delight to be surrounded by books. 

it was a windy, snowy and cold tour around the island. but we had some good infos about the history of the island and its vegetation. 

thursday was a tough day. we cleaned the perennial flower garden. the school gardener was really strict about the time and getting the job done. phew!! in the car on the way home, we were all so tired. when i got home, i took a nap and it took a lot of effort to get out of bed and go to the grocery store. after dinner, i went straight to bed and woke up to a sunny friday morning.

to end the week, we went to hirvihaara golf course in mäntsälä. we had an orientation about the place, the machines that they are using, grass maintenance, soil analysis, etc. i felt so stupid because there are still so many things that i don't know of and it scares me that my first internship will start next month 😨

i ended my friday with a date with myself, Beauty and the Beast! i love the movie as much as i love the animation. one problem with knowing the animation by heart is to stop myself from singing along with the songs or even saying the lines out loud.