Twitchy feet

Also called restless legs syndrome. I have it. I've had it since the growth sprint when I was only 12-13. I grew 20 centimeters (7.9 inches) in one year.

After that I've been suffering from the restless legs on and off. Since they changed my meds last fall, it's gradually gotten worse and worse... and this weekend, I stayed up all night (sun-mon) because my legs just would not stop moving and cramping and twitching. Those who have ever had this problem know how horrible it can get.
And I think anyone can image the feeling when you've tried to sleep for 8 hours, laying on your bed, staring that the ceiling because they sleep just won't come. As soon as you close your eyes and start to fall asleep, the legs give a twitch and you wake up with a start. You become such a nervous wreck at the end of the night that you don't even try to fall asleep anymore, you just wait for morning to come so you don't have so suffer anymore.

So... I called and booked myself a doctors appointment and went there yesterday. He was foreign, so we had some trouble getting the issue understood (most doctors here in Finland are foreign these days because it's cheaper to hire foreign doctors than Finnish ones.). In the end, after a lot of discussing that I found rather pointless (telling everything that was NOT helping me to sleep, like stretching, walking and massaging my legs), he understood my problem and:
they are gonna change my medication, AGAIN!

This medication (Moclobemid) should be a lot less horrible to change than the last one (Efexor). But still, I am worried, because with a new medication comes new side-effects, and the ones I've had so far had not been all fun and games. Plus this medication I have now has been utterly perfect if you don't count the restless legs... but it's gotten so bad that I get about 4-5 hours asleep during a "normal" night, so it cannot go on like this. =(

So now I wait while the doctor negotiates with my other doctor and they together decide what meds to try next, wooooot. In a week I should know and be able to start the switch, again.

On other news, I love my "workplace"! =D

'A'

I was in a friends birthday party last weekend. It was the first (ever) official gathering where we were as a couple with my viking in front of his friends. It was also the same party where we had met exactly two years ago! Our friend Masa's birthday party. ^_^ It was a fun night. The hosts had made all sorts of incredibly delicious food thingies and there was punch too. And my friends said and did some weird stuff that borne some hilarious moments. XD
Eda was so happy to see us dating (she was there when me and my viking met two years ago but had no idea we were together until we suddenly kissed in front of her) that she giggled and screamed a little. Hihi. *^_^*
And Umi came there, knowing that she would finally meet my Viking, so she sat at the table and with a loud voice asked "So, where's your viking?" (actually calling him "the Viking", ahaha) ... He was sitting right behind her and looked a little... funny. XD Umi was bright red when I pointed out that he was right there.

Ktiraam stopped by at the party too, but because she had to get up really early the next morning, she left early too. And in the end I got so tired that I came home at midnight, got a lift from a couple who were going home too. ^_^ I haven't been in such a big party in a long time, it was really fun. My Viking stayed there until the very end and went home to have a proper hangover. I didn't have that either, even when I did drink pretty much of that free punch. ^_^

Aaaaaaaand it's the international 'A' week.
I'm not gonna preach about religion here, because I think it's everyone's choice what they believe. I just wish everyone would study all sides of things and then decide, not just blindly believe something they were told to believe.
I lost my faith in any gods for over 14 years ago and during the last two years have become a skeptic on all pseudo sciences too. Life, nature and the world are wonderful and incredible without any need for a higher power. ^_^
...And that is why I made this for my facebook page:

With the wonderful quote of the physicist Lawrence M Krauss ♥

And without a quote ^_^

"Normal" life

Work started last week. It's only two days a week, but it feels like a lot since I haven't been at work for almost 5 years. So far I've been knitting and making Easter decorations. It's been fun. The place is really nice and calm, there's never a crowd or hurry, I love that. And we get a free meal at work too.

I dyed my hair today. I hadn't planned it, but when my mom asked if I'd dye her hair and as a pay, she'd buy me a hairdye of my own, I agreed. So now I'm a blond again. I had started to turn into the "mousy" colour almost all finns are, this grey'ish-brown-blond.

Then, we went on a walk with mom today, to a flea-market and the library, walked for an hour and half... and at one point I thought I saw a friend of mine at the street. She was wearing a big scarf around her face (it was really cold and windy) so I couldn't be sure, but she looked just like my friend. So I started to grin at her and stared... and then walked closer and realized that no, it wasn't my friend after all. OMG I was so embarrased, ahahahah! She must have been so scared, a crazy grinning woman staring at her. XDDDDD

Today I was a bit bored, didn't have any plans or ideas what to do and didn't want to watch TV, so I made a test make up. My sisters daughter (12 years old) asked me to do her a make up to a school play where she's playing a mermaid.

What do you think? Mermaidy enough?

Oh yeah, and I got my new (fourth) tattoo a week ago. I'm a little hesitant about posting pictures of it online, because if someone likes it and wants one just like it... I don't want that to happen. XD I made the image just for myself so... agh, when it's completely cured, I will take some sort of photo of it.

It's a tribal lion, as a tribute for my oldest (and dearest) plushie. HAHA! XD ♥

March

Samsung Galaxy Mini

First.
Day... of March. I mean. =P

I have a new phone. This one. I love it, love it, love it, love it! With it came a 2Gb memory card so I can put photos and drawings on it and listen to music too. And it has a touch screen, which is really cool but also kind of freaks me out sometimes. XDD

The clock radio. Simple and
cheap, but working.

Today we (me and Ktiraam) went to buy stuff to a shopping center a little farther from the center of the city. We'd planned this trip since the beginning of the year. We walked there for half an hour, shopped for an hour... I bought an "armour" to the new phone (a see trough plastic cover) and a new clock-radio because I had no clock... nor a radio. XD Maarit bought a memory card for her new phone and a new cool trashcan to her bathroom.

This is the hoodie.

We took a bus back to the city, went to eat some chinese (Huadu, nommm) and continued shopping for two more hours. I bought a pink hoodie!

Haha. And then we went to eat some ice-cream in our favourite ice-cream place, Ciao. ♥ That's enough shopping for a few months, but they were all stuff I've been meaning to buy for months but just haven't had the money. ^_^

This has been a little rough a week. I couldn't sleep well during the weekend, I had a sort of panic attack or something the first night and the second my dear Viking kept my awake by snoring all night (argh!!) and it left me sooo tired that it took two days to get over the tiredness. Yesterday we went on a 1 hour 45 minutes walk with my mom, so I think I've recovered now.

I still need to clean the house today. My Viking is coming here tomorrow again. And I have a friends birthday party on Saturday. And then I need to rest and relax because on Monday work start.
And on Tuesday I am getting my fourth TATTOO on my left arm! ;D

Something new from the art front. A burlesque
cybergoth inspired faery/demon woman.
... I just really wanted to paint hair! XD