happy holidays (if you have any)!

it's christmas time again.

on friday markus took the train back to germany after his 10-day-visit. it was great to see him again, but now it's also nice to have some peace and quiet. I felt like a single mother of two once in a while, when "the boys" talked about films, comics, music and "men's stuff". and trust me, almost everything has something to do with a film, comic or song.

it doesn't feel like christmas at all. I'm used to having all the exam stress just before christmas and the holidays just for me, my family and friends, but this year is different. today I read some history and one pile of 9 piles of copies that I need for the exam at the academy of fine arts. I'm also planning to study some on the 25th and the 26th, but as you know, plans of this kind tend to change rather fast...

there is one thing that I'm very excited about. my present for harald. I've thought about it for weeks and I can only hope he'll like it. he's been trying to guess what it is ever since I told him that it's too late to wish anything on thursday. I'm glad I can finally give it to him tomorrow.

tomorrow will be quite an extraordinary day in many ways. I'll take my camera with me to harald's mum and then try to take lots of pictures as many things will be different from what I'm used to in finland. in addition, harald promised (or threatened?) to sing 10 christmas carols...

I wish you all happy holidays!