A week with me: Thursday

5.30 am Jordan wakes up again from the end of his bed. I give him a pacifier, put a blanket on him and hold his hand until he falls asleep. I can't get back to asleep anymore and I start scrolling through my phone and writing my blog.

7.58 am Jordan wakes up so I get up.

8.10 We eat breakfast. Jordan wants to eat green apple because that's what I'm eating, but when he tastes it, he scrunches his nose and spits it out. He does this a few times and it looks really cute.

8.45 am I put a pair of Jordan's pants in the quick wash and dry program of our drying washing machine, because we've run out of clean pants again. We never seem to buy enough pants. Of the morning activities, soap bubbles are still the favorite, we also listen to Cha Cha Cha many times and read Jordan's favorite book Bunnies! a couple of times.

10-10.40 am I feed Jordan before we leave for Jordan's circus class. The pants are finally ready and we are late.

11.10 am We are 10 minutes late for the toddler circus class, but fortunately they started late too. Jordan loves the circus classes! We started when he was a baby and it is definitely his favorite activity. Jordan giggles at almost everything throughout the class, an absolute favorite today is the trampoline. Of course, I can't get a single small smile for the pictures, so you'll just have to take my word for it that he loves it there 😄.

12.05 pm The circus class ends five minutes late and even though I thought I was fast, when we are in the pram, I realize that it is already 12:05 and I should be in Kamppi for a blood test at 12:10.

12.35 pm I give Jordan to Eerikki in front of Huslab. Eerikki leaves for home and I quickly run up to the lab. Just as I sign in, my name is called and the nurse tells me that they were late too, so all is well!

1 pm Jordan is sleeping on the balcony when I come home and Eerikki is on a work call. I continue my blog post.

2.45 - 5.30 pm Jordan wakes up from his nap and I give him food. We play and read and I do some cleaning up with Jordan in the baby carrier. We listen to Cha Cha Cha many times... At 4.30 pm Eerikki finishes work and I start my evening off! Thursdays are usually my weekly night off, as I mentioned in a previous post, Eerikki's weekly night off is usually on Mondays. I received a spa gift card from Eerikki and Jordan as a Women's Day present, and I have booked a facial treatment at St George Spa for the evening.

5.40 pm I leave for St George spa, but when I get there I realize that I don't have my bathing suit. The list of things I had to bring is fairly modest: underwear, socks and a bathing suit, I manage 2/3 of this. I wonder if I should go home and get a swimsuit or go buy one at Forum, I decide to go to Forum.

6.20-8.20 pm I get to the spa, now with a bathing suit. I go swimming and visit the steam room a couple of times, the spa also has a wonderful cold water pool. I shower before the treatment and relax at the lounge, eat some fruit and nuts and wait for my treatment to start. I've only been to St George's massage before, but I'm happy I decided to try the facial this time because it's also excellent! In terms of experience I'd say it was the best one I've been to. Of course facials with ultrasound and other devices are more effective. The staff is very friendly, as usual. St George spa is my favorite, as when you book a treatment there you get to use the spa area, so when I want something nice for myself I book a treatment and spend half an evening there.

8.40 pm I arrive home. I had planned on spending the rest of my night off playing on my computer in the bedroom, but I end up deciding against it. One of our friends has come to watch the Kärpät-Koo Koo game with Eerikki, and I end up hanging out with them and Jordan. Jordan is happy that we have guests, he gets bored easily if he's home just with us. I try not to take it personally 😅.

9.15-10.40 We do our evening routines and Eerikki puts Jordan to sleep, I browse ideas for future yoga classes on my phone. Eerikki suggests that we watch an episode of Mandalorian, we've been saving new episodes, but I realize that I can't stay awake for anything anymore and I fall asleep almost immediately. Good thing I did, because we're in for quite a night…