Bought The Ticket to Indo!

WHOOOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

I CAN'T believe I'm really going back to Indo again. I bought the ticket today. R2 said that "Just buy ittttt" HE HE HE HE HE HE...so I'll be there for roughly a month ('coz I have to make sure I leave and go back on a weekend so that R2 can drop me off and pick me up in Rovaniemi HE HE HE HE...). He can't go with me 'coz he has to work.

So I'll fly to Indo on October 31st and fly back to Finland on November 27th.

YAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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Anyway, about the training...found out today that the cleaner in the hotel is taking a seven-week-holiday starting this Friday, so I'll be doing her job for at least 7 weeks. Found out from my BIL that I could cancel this whole training thing if I wanted to (but that meant that I'd get some punishment - not getting any benefit for dunno how long).

Well, I'm going to try my best to stay here until my training contract is over BUT I'm NOT going to force myself to work beyond my limit. That means I'm not going to accept any overtime during this tiring physical part of the training. Doing overtime is fine if it's office work (but still I'm going to DEMAND free time afterward 'coz I'm not paid salary), but I just can't handle cleaning from Mon to Fri if I have to do overtime. No way, thank you very much.

Yesterday I felt like I wanted to collapse after I got back home...today I guess my body has slightly adjusted to it. So we shall see how far I can go with this training. But right now the only thing that keeps me going is that if I can handle it till 3 months, I'll get enough money to replace this ticket money that I've spent HE HE HE HE HE HE...

Anyway...I'm going to blog-hop only during the weekend, OK? Hope you're all well. I'm going home, MOTHERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR he he he he he he he he he he he he he he...

P.S. I guess Mom's so worried about me, so she even told me to just quit this training. I told her "not yet 'coz I can still handle it" he he he he he he...

P.P.S. One bad thing about cleaning hotel rooms is that my hands SUFFER. They're SO dry and chafed that right when I get back home, I have to put so much baby lotion/moisturizer and olive oil and then put on my gloves (R2 laughed out loud when he saw me with the gloves in SUMMER!) to keep them moist. :-))))

Infertility Myths

Before I start this post, I just want to let you know that I've finally received the copy of my training contract. I'll start on Monday and it ends on October 19, 2009. I'll be working for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week (at least she said in the beginning it'd be 5 days a week - well, if they ask me to do overtime, I'm going to demand compensation in terms of taking some time off 'coz they're not paying me any salary). So I'll be so busy after next week he he...Oh yeah, my job includes cleaning the hotel and office work.

OK, now on to the infertility thingie (mind you that a couple is considered infertile after trying for a year). Yesterday went by bike to the health care centre in the morning after fasting for 12 hours (I brought some chocolate to eat after the test was done). They took 4 vials of my blood. I think they also took some blood to determine whether I was diabetic or not ('coz I told the doc that I'd never taken that kind of test before). We'll see how it goes. I think they want to determine my hormone levels by taking my blood.

I'm rather tired of meeting old school friends in Facebook and hearing some of them them say, "Come on and have a baby soon" whenever I tell them that their kids look cute (as if having a kid is solely based on their efforts). Not that I misunderstand their good will in wanting us to feel the joy of parenthood 'coz they've felt it...but still after hearing it again and again and again, it just feels like hearing a broken record...so I decide to write this post.

Let me take some excerpts from Infertility Myths article:

THE FEMINIST MYTH

“We are in control of our reproductive lives. We can determine when, where, and how we will conceive and give birth.”

God gives us wonderful freedom to make many choices, but we must never forget that ultimately we are not in control of our reproductive lives. God is. “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain . . . Sons are a heritage from the Lord . . . “ (Psalm 127 NIV).

THE STRESS MYTH

“Infertility is caused by stress. Try to relax. Take a vacation or a cruise.”

Infertility is seldom the result of psychological factors. In 90 percent of all infertility cases, infertility specialists are able to determine a physical problem. According to Resolve, the national infertility support organization, “Psychological stress is more likely a result of infertility than the cause.”

On the other hand, I totally appreciate all the effort and support I've received until now. If any one of you wants to read this long article, I've also found a great one here:

Infertility Etiquette

Weekend Photos

Before I start, I just want to let you know that I signed the training contract today, though there were no dates or how many hours per day/week on it. I asked her about it, but she said that she'd add them later. Weird. Had it been a real job contract, I wouldn't have signed it without knowing my working hours, but since it's only a training contract, if there's something wrong on the paper, I'm sure the unemployment office won't accept it. Before I can start, the unemployment office must accept it first and then send me a copy of it, but I THINK I may start the training next week for around 3 months. So I'm gonna be busy again! :-D

On Saturday we helped my in-laws cover the strawberry field with a net. While doing so, a hare scurried away from one of the corners. It jumped so faasssttttt to the neighbour's field ha ha ha...

Here are the pics...


Next pic: FIL was putting some poles so that it'd make it easier for us to pick the strawberries later on.


Next pic: Notice the yellow clip on the net? Yeah...MIL, R2, and R2's brother had to put clips on the net all around the field to make sure that it stayed there.


Here are some other things that my MIL has grown.



Below is a pic of ruohosipuli or chives. The greenery next to it was the place where we planted potatoes a while back.


A close-up pic of the flower he he...


Next pic: I have NO idea what flower this is, but it's VERY tiny he he he...





A close-up pic of the flowers in the above pic:



I just LOVE LOVE LOVE these Tiger Liliesssss...every year I'm tempted to take pics of them he he he he...


OK, time for me to blog-hop...