Long time no write

It is almost a month since the last post — apologies, I’ve been extremely busy with my company, churning several offers every week. Some of them have been already fruitful, and others are still in the loop. Hopefully this would be a busy spring, in a positive way.

Besides work keeping me busy, boys have been sick last three weeks. Not continually, but first Niilo for four days, then Aapo a few days, and finally both during this week. Sanna was sick, too, and I haven’t been in top-notch condition, either.

Anyhow, we had an excellent trip in early March — I managed to prepare slides to a conference talk that I held a couple of weeks ago, and still squeezed some time for skating with Aapo.

There was a free ice skating school in Polvijärvi on Saturday, and Aapo attended. He was really eager to join the company, but unfortunately the pace of teaching was a bit too much for him. We decided to leave after half an hour. He learned to skate backwards, though. Sanna, Aapo and my parents went to skiing, too, and my dad taught ski skills to Aapo. Huge improvements in short time; children are so fast learners, as long as they want to learn something.

We left Polvijärvi early on Sunday to have time to wash clothes, and prepare for the forthcoming work week. The next weeks went in haze, writing a load of quotations and taking care of sick children…

The future looks a bit brighter today, boys should be able to go back to kindergarten on Monday. Sanna’s mother came to help us on Wednesday, and she’s been invaluable — I and Sanna got today some time off and went to shopping. I’ve also managed to read a whole book during the weekend, and it’s just Saturday evening now. I could get used to this.

The next weeks are hopefully less hectic, as there are more people off due to Easter holidays.