SUNday - not

Spring is here. Or to be exact it is there. Because it is not physically here. Not in this space, somewhere else, but there. Not here. Definitely not... So Tobi is in Hungary and not only because of the mug that was left outside yesterday. It is warmer there. Spring is there for instance.

We had a sleepover last night. Lili's friend stayed. A ride I can tell you that when two 4 years old girls try desperately to be the boss of the other. Fortunately I have a serious toothache situation (have an appointment for Monday) so the whole thing has not bothered me much. Jen got the fun. But do not worry - about the girls, around four this is just part of the fun. Lili was moaning this evening that she wants to play with Roisin (Rosh-een(could not spell her name for my life)). Yet I am almost wondering if Tobi's absence had anything to do with the sleepover. But I would not think so, after all he seems quite excited about Lili's upcoming birthday (in about a month). So am I, which is a totally new thing. But Tobi keeps bugging me to start going into detailed plans of decorations and budgets etc etc... The aim of the party is to have a whole bunch of kids around and 4 spoken languages in the house. Not a Tobi thing susally.

Jen told me the most interesting thing: This dragon, Tobi, really is just an alter ego of mine. A lot of the personality traits, she says. Well, I don't know about the eating of cats. So I think she is wrong. I hate to eat cats.

Oululainen. This is what we are now. Oulu people although we are not traditional. Nevertheless, it is time to get involved in helping newcomers integrate. So with a bunch of other people we decided to try and breathe some life into one of the oldest of these helping organisations, CHAFF. Chamber of Assistance for Finns and Foreigners. A big promise to a lot of fun!

However, I have my... well, concerns somewhere quite up front: top of my head I can name apart from chaff three fairly large organisations in Oulu that are aimed at assisting foreigners settling and integrating here. All are run by foreigners. And there are another half dozen or so which are the same. I just don't know their names. So, we foreigners struggling to bland in really, will help others to do so? This is a really good one. I will not blame anyone but... suggestions?

There was a monster in the kitchen today. Play kitchen, which is a big clothes hanging wire rack covered with a sheet and packed with cardboard kitchen units and other stuff. Anyway, it would not leave and Tobi wasn't around to get rid of it. Tobi is terribly good at this stuff, although I am a bit suspicious of Lili on this one because before Tobi moved in, we never had any troubles with monsters. It is very considerate of her to try to keep the Dragon busy and imagine new monsters avery other day. So, I think Lili has been on the phone to Tobi (this is a picture isn't it? a dragon with a mobile) about 10 times tonight trying to find out when is he coming. It turned out he could come in 5. Problem solved. He is back in the warm now...

1 thing. Is anyone reading this, really? Drop a comment if you do! a feedback or something. You know, so I know if it is me I am writing for or an actual audience. If I am not aware of the audience I have a tendency to go way off (do with it as well) but helps to know.
about to post I realise that Someone did!!! Thanks!
so what now? 50 more to go?
16 March, 2008 Public