Winter as it should be

So I'm in the countryside and I've been here for over a week now. I love it. No big city stress here. Just me, my woman and our four-legged friends (with the occassional guest visits). Yes, I'm talking about dogs, not mutated human-beings. I've been craving for snow and minus degrees since October, and now it turns out winter has been hiding here, in the middle of nowhere. Well, I found Mister Winter and he's everything I've come to expect of him. Cold, charming and white. Being here reminds me of my earlier years in Norway. There was never a lack of snow there. I used to be out playing in the snow for hours with my toys. Yeah, I admit, I don't do that anymore, but it's still lovely to be out in the woods with the dogs while the snow keeps falling down upon us. It's winter magic and I love every second of it.

Now my fiancee's parents house is huge, in fact it used to be a school sometime during the 13th (?) Century. This big house needs to be kept warm as well, especially during the winter. This is where the boring part of winter comes into play. During the day, wood has to be put into the oven in the basement every 1.5 hour or so. This is often a tedious task, but one that has to be done. I have taken it upon myself to do this task to the best of my abilities and with great success! It's still boring though. And no, thankfully this method of keeping the house warm isn't used during the night. During the night and the wee hours of the morning the house is kept warm by an oil burner. If that is the right term. I'm sure you understand anyway. Thank you, oil burner. Without you life here in the countryside would be hard.

Let's talk about school or how it's no longer in my life. Yeah, that's right. Me and nursing ain't happening. I've actually had my doubts since the summer, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway, since I'd already gotten into school and all. Well, turns out it's not for me. The consequense of this? Wel, I quit and try to study something else this coming autumn. No biggie. This, however, means I'm moving from Helsinki in April. Well, at least my stuff is moving. I'll be visiting friends there now and then. The apartment is just way too expensive to keep without any student allowance. I've applied for some summer jobs, so we'll see what happens. I'm going to Norway this summer with or without a summer job. I miss me family.

"but there's no sense crying over every mistake
you just keep on trying until you run out of cake"

Seacrest out.