Getting in Tune

As of this Wednesday, I've been in Finland for a month. It's kind of funny to think, it feels like it's been so much longer. I still don't really miss anyone from the United States, I mostly miss not being able to talk as much as I usually would. It's always awkward starting a conversation in English because I know everyone would much rather speak in Finnish. It doesn't help that I keep forgetting English words...

Despite that, I've made quite a few friends here. I don't think I can spell any of their names properly, that is if I remember their names, but it's nice having people to talk to (or, people to listen to talking in Finnish). While most of them have been girls, I'm not really complaining. It was nice, in my P.E. class I was sitting out, watching the others play Pesäpallo (Finnish Baseball) there would always be someone who would come over and ask if I could understand what was going on, and we'd talk for a bit.

Pesäpallo, by the way, is much more interesting than Baseball. Not that I ever really liked Baseball anyway, but just look it up on youtube, you'll see what I mean (or maybe you'll try and revoke my US citizenship).

I got my first package from my mom this week, she sent me a US flag, which I proceeded to use as a blanket. I'll admit, it made me feel a bit like Evel Knievel or something, but I'm just not sure where else to put it after reading that I'm supposed to burn it if it touches the ground. It's kind of funny though, I went to Turku with Aiti and Kaisa (My host mom and sister) and there were US flags on good amount of the clothes. I couldn't help but laugh, it's like in the USA when you see something with Paris or London, I bet people from those places see that and wonder why anyone would buy that if they hadn't been there.

Here are some pictures of my room, just as I promised.

My bed, complete with my flag.

I have my own TV and sound system... and look at all of those CDs and records.

This is where I am now. There's Lucky, the stuffed travel-monkey.

This is the poster on my new door. It's wonderful.

So, I'll leave you with that. I need to mentally prepare myself for not only my first train ride tomorrow, but one that will be completely in Finnish. Well, at least I get to hear people speaking normal American English afterward, which I'm not so sure I can do anymore considering the amount of "Finglish" I've been hearing.
Moi moi!