Out and about

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 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah :) how are u doing today?


I've had a blast today, my shy style. In the morning/midday we went to look for a new sofa from multiple second hand shops. Didn't find one yet. Then we went to do some quick grocery shopping, or basically just getting few mangoes and some börek. At home, Suttis was on his full energy trying to come out of his vivarium so I let him to come roam on the floor like usually, and then after we had our börek and rest a bit, we took him outside for the first time! Oh my gosh he is so adorable! He tried to climb on a tree, dug a hole, walked on the grass and on the sand road and was having good time. I love my husband, he does these silly things with me like taking our tortoise to the park. Alhamdulillah. I think we all just bonded more.

Now they sleep again, Suttis went straight to sleep under a pile of hay when we came home and has been there sleeping since. 




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It was a really warm day :) alhamdulillah. The summer is just around the corner. There's this old poem in Finnish about the birds which appear the closer the summer is. I've seen the "half month of" finch and "little bit from" wagtail, now just waiting to spot the "not a day anymore of" swallow. Many of the birds we see here in summertime move away for winter, they just come to enjoy the beautiful Finnish summer and fall in love in here and make some little birbs. Nature is so diverse and detailed, ma sha Allah.

I got to go out without a jacket and it felt good. Tomorrow might be a bit colder though. We'll see. I need to go take my injection. If the weather is good, I can hang out outside while waiting to get to go home. Then I need to go do groceries because now I'm just too lazy to go. I love how we all, me, hubby and the ninja turtle, are introverts, needing different levels of recovery time. I think I'm in the middle, as I need time for myself if I do too may things a day, but I won't bury myself in the bed either. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I just am happy of my personal progress where there's a possibility to maybe still do a third thing :D

 


 


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But I guess the third thing I will be able to do is wash the dishes.. so talk to you later dears. Have a nice week and remember your sunscreen!


Aisha

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