I got my passport!!

Today in the mail came my passport! I was so excited! It makes everything seem more real! I will be leaving in around 6 months, which isn't really that long. I am able to get my drivers license next week after having my permit for 6 months, and that time flew!

Ah, I'm just so gosh darned excited!!!!

I wish school wasn't as hectic as it is though. I'm just overwhelmed with all the assignments and tests on top of thinking and planning for college. I sort of have to do everything early since I will be abroad for my senior year. I mean I'll be able to apply to my colleges while I'm over there, but I need to go see colleges and at least try to apply early while I'm still here. It's just hectic. Especially having to take the SAT and probably the ACT. Yuck! I took the SAT last month, and I get my results back this week. Hopefully that went well...haha.

Well enough about school...lets talk about Finnish! Hah. Well.... I think that maybe my skills are getting a wee better. I hope? It's kind of difficult though. What confuses me is that there isn't any prepositions in the sentences, instead they are added on to the end of the word. For example if you add -ssa onto the end of a word it means that something is located in, at, or inside of something or someplace.

Example:

Opiskelen Suomessa -- I study in Finland.

Conjugating the verbs too is something I haven't really tackled. I think once summer comes I'm going to have more time to focus on learning the language, since school keeps me busy enough.

Here is some really beautiful photography of Finland I've found: (They are all are from http://www.maion.com/)

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