...I wasn't planning to wait 4 months, but it looks like I still am - the blog has to be on summer holidays until I am not.

Breaking the silence aka 4 months of adventures in one post.

Harooo!

Yees, taken how I so excitedly wrote that I could have my thesis ready in only one month here, it is funny that I now say that I haven't written so long, because I have stillll been busy with finishing my thesis. And maybe it reflects a bit the re-made priorities that I described here, and suggests/examplifies that yoga and me are indeed not the perfect match in this driven and efficiency-focused world. Yet, in fairness, the thesis project in itself experienced many difficulties and rearrnagements and I, meanwhile, undertook many other exciting adventures, so the thesis is also not the only reason that I've temporarily grown apart with this blog. (And yogaing and focusing on happiness in general, rather than just filling a lot of duties, is not the only reason why I haven't finished the thesis, so i'm sticking with the re-made priorities ;)).

I am still finishing the thesis and will dedicate an entire post on all what I've found out, once its done. In relation to that, as well as my life's other recent developments like the start of my internship, I have also thought more of the arrangements of the health science/industry and myself within them, and I would like to write of that too when the time arrives. 

But meanwhile, since I am ill this week and at home and since there indeed has been long silence in blog, but not in life, I will post a little, picture-filled update of whhatsuppppp :). So, with no further ado - a picture-overview of the first four months of 2017 in life of Kirsi.

After good and long Christmas time with friends

and family :D

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the new year started how all best years are meant to start - with Miili. Even with quite a lot of Miili :). 

Before other duties started calling again, I also managed to make some more great jokes with mom, with whom its always fun :D.

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I also demonstarted to her, how to have a two in one holiday - be happily home with family, but on the same time also spend time under palm-trees with boyfriend

After a happy reunion with everyone at Wageningen, we travelled to Copenhagen, where Luka could spend a lot of time with two sweet and very well-behaved midgets

and since we were so sweet, then Luka treated us to Danish Italian sandwiches and cake, which we so appreciated

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We travelled together with Katerina, who was visiting her best friend Angeliki, but forgot to take pictures :(. Here, they are having good time with us outside of the photo

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We also met Helen, who is already well-known in this blog as a star-runner, both in team-sports and survival runs, a talented young scientist and an amazing birthday-supriser. But again, we forgot to capture the moments for later virtual proof.

When the Copenhagen adventure was done, we returned to Wageningen, where sweet young Buck turned 24 and we celebrated with cake

and ice-skating :)

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On the following week, our already experienced road-trip team travelled to Leiden, so that I could discuss a possible internship at immunometabolism at LUMC with my potential supervisors. We were all very exited

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In fact, evrything on that day was so amazing, that I decided to accept the internship immediately. Then we were even more excited and even fed birds and read books in the middle of the street.

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Then followed February and March, during which Luka supersuccessfully finished his thesis and an additional course, while me and Katerina continued wroking hard and met for wine-evenings much less frequently than we would have liked to, and then worked hard not to talk of theses; but no-one took photos.
Almost before we could notice, it was already mid-March and it was time to leave the containers (after 5.5 years for some of us ) and move to Leiden. It was strange how dear these odd little-selfcontainers and their inhabitants had become from since I moved there only (already?!) 1.5 years earlier. But surely, Wagningen deserves its high reputation at sustainability and the friendships formed there, will be sustained well and with care.

Leiden is very very beautiful and we felt at home almost instantly, even just by the looks of our first guest and the closeness of sea it suggested.

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And the seaside, which turned out to be only one pretty 10-km bike ride from our home, was so beautiful

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After a week in Leiden, I went back to Wageningen to give the final presentation of my thesis. This went very well, and I could also get a good burst of laugh when noticing the meanwhile-developments of our cleaning ladies:

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In addition, I could strech toes, catch breath a bit at good old familiar surroundings

and I received my favorite ever pack from mom for my birthday the following day. Of the day I again forgot to take pictures, but it was the calmest birthday that I've ever had, with breakfast lasting until late lunch, a bought cake and no curls, which all perfectly fitted my new more grown-up (yes?:)))) being.

When finalizing the last things of the thesis report, often at odd hours between internship and sleep, the new appartment in Leiden lets me observe the prettiest sunrises

while enjoying the best coffee, which I can now make at home, thanks to our great Wagneningen-found Italian buddy Leonardo, who left me his old coffe machine. And like with good things ever - it turns out, the older the machine, the better the coffe :). I am not quite as good at making coffe as Leonardo was, but I think that the machine helps to compensate for my own relative inexperience, so me and the machine together make quite an amazing coffe-making-team :). 

We have also blessed in our home with a big Easter egg fight. My house-wife skills caused laughter for days when I super enthusiastically managed to color a bunch of originally white eggs to the color as if I had just bought brown eggs

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But no doubt about it, Luka and his Master Warrior Egg are the champions of this years "egg beating". Here, the happy champion

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That what happens in Wageningen does not stay in Wageningen was shown by our second guest here, who was Akhil :). And while the appartment awaits for the next visitors and future adventures in real life, it also already updates me that all is alright with them.

Here, for example, it can be seen on the bedroom wall how me and Katerina are having wine, while Sarah on the same time, is enjoying life in New-York.

Or, I can turn the side and enjoy a while in Paris

or, as it just turned out (:D) go to balcony and observe what seems to be a very extensive/intensive wedding party :D

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So by the looks of the first guest and by the artwork in the apartment, it really looks like this place was already waiting for us. In addition, and most importantly, we also both really enjoy our internships and are happy with our decisions. While further description of the internship and my future plans must await for another post, I can already show, that I am learning great truths of life:

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And with this, I would like to finish my update. Already reached today's date anyway, so no more is possible. However, as ever, I am much looking forward to all that may come and I am also not planning to wait another four months until the next blogpost. Enjoy and have fun and live the life to the fullest! 

My bestest regards,

Kirsi