I am finally here. And it feels so good.

Yesterday went well, all things considered. I slightly regret putting money into changing my ticket to Paris because in the end, my original flight took off with just 40 minutes late, which would have been manageable, but better safe than sorry and I think I saved myself a great deal of stress with this strike business. So I made it to Roissy Charles de Gaule airport quite early after a somewhat difficult flight. You see, I always pick a window seat. That's how I like to fly. This time was no exception, except that when I boarded there was a woman in my seat. She explained that they gave her the seat next to mine but since she had a baby with her she couldn't have managed. I didn't mind so I sat next to her. The baby was the cutest thing ever. Huge blue eyes and soft blond curls (I couldn't help but wonder if my own baby would look like that, but that's unlikely because I'm pretty sure all my genes will beat my SO's ) and so damn friendly. He didn't cry once, and kept smiling and laughing at me and reaching for me and grabbing my hand and my newspaper. Eventually he fell asleep and his mother wanted to use the bathroom so I held him. At the end of the flight I asked her for his name and... she said the name of my own father, which is somewhat crazy because it's a pretty rare name. The whole baby thing made the flight bearable, though I had a horrible headache that ibuprofen didn't stop, I was very uncomfortable and the food made me feel queasy (next flight I'll definitely not eat on board.) But I suppose I should stop complaining, eh?

Once at the airport I managed quite well. For one, the border policeman didn't even ask me questions before he stamped my passport, and my suitcase didn't burst open as I had feared it would. I didn't bring too many clothes with me but apparently the gifts were too much. I also brought like 30 CD's because if I'm going to live with my SO I might as well get them out of the way now! Anyway, I found a nice spot for me to sit and browse the internets in peace until it was time to check in. A little warning to people who might fly into CDG in the future: it's being partly renovated so there might be a terminal change and you might get a bit confused because some areas are closed.

Second flight didn't go too well. My headache got worse, I felt pretty nauseous all the way through, my legs hurt from sitting, and the landing was pretty difficult due to the weather. I'm complaining again, am I not? I made it there safely and that's all that matters. I'm sure you all know that feeling when you're in your SO's arms and it really feels like home. I really missed that, and him, so much. On our way out I saw a couple hugging and kissing, and they were speaking English, so I'm guessing it was another half-Finnish LDR couple. It was so sweet.

It was late when we got home, around 00:30, and my SO had to work in the morning. We exchanged some gifts (mainly foodstuff, because that's how we are) and I found out he baked me a cheesecake. How adorable is he? It's a bit of a tradition for him to bake me one when I get there (I never had cheesecake before I came to Finland the first time, so I'm still not over how good it is) but I always ask first. And this time I didn't and when we were talking online when I was in Paris he mentioned he needed to bake some bread because he didn't have any and didn't want to buy some (is there anything this man can't do?) and I said too bad it's too late for cheesecake, but I did tell them I was joking and didn't want him to go through the trouble. But he did. <3

I was so exhausted I told him we should go straight to sleep and not to expect any action, but when we got to bed, well... haha. I love him so much.

He left me alone this morning to go to work and I could finally get my things out of the suitcase and put them to order, and then I cleaned the whole place and now I'm waiting for him to come back. The weather's not so bad, overcast and cold (3°c currently) but at least it's not raining. We're supposed to go ring shopping, but I doubt we'll buy anything today. Then we're going to my favourite restaurant in Helsinki (Morrison's) which offers the best burgers I've ever tasted. We had a very light lunch in anticipation because it's very difficult to finish our plates there. And I already know he'll order his burger without fries and then eat all of mine <3 Can't wait for him to come home already.

Yeah, I'm just happy.