My week..

It started early and didnt start so well..on saturday to be precise..when i slipped and fell on my way home, kwanza just outside my house(damn this winter). I sat there for like five minutes swallowing in the pain then slowly i stood up and limped the rest of my way home. I thought i had broken my leg..but luckily i didnt. So i tried to massage it then took some painkillers and slept coz it was around midnight. The following day in the morning hata i wasnt remembering ati i had umizad my leg the previous night until i stepped out of bed and felt the pain, went to the toilet and by the time i got there, the pain was too much to bear. I took some painkillers and decided that i had to go to hosp. the following day just to be on the safe side coz i felt that something was seriously wrong. Unfortunately, it was on a sunday..which meant that the health centre was not open, and at that point i had to decide whether to wait till monday ama go to the emergency hospital. Anyway at the end of the day i decided i had to do with painkillers and wait till monday to go to the health centre.
On monday early in the morning i woke up and walked to the health center which luckily is about five minutes from where i live, unfortunately since i had not booked an appointment i couldnt see a doctor on that day which meant that i had to either book an appointment for later or see a nurse(thats how the system works in finland!) i settled on seeing the nurse..though i knew there wasnt anything much she was going to do.
By then my leg was swollen so when i went in i showed her where it hurt and she could even see for herself...but this is the most interesting part...without even touching it or anything, she told me to 'keep something cold' which i interpreted as 'put some ice cubes on the swollen part' and 'eat some painkillers'!!!Despite my annoyance at her incompetence(sp.) i had to try really hard not to laugh at her wack english. Then she added that 'see if it gets worse u should go and have some xrays done'. So i walked back home a dissapointed person debating with maself on what to do next. I decided to call my best friend and i narrated to her the whole story about what the nurse had told me and she was beyond herself with laughter and was like 'so you should wait till it gets worse then go to a proper hosp'. She advised me to go to another hosp just to be on the safe side. I went to the emergency hosp and despite the slow services there, got myself treated and the doctor advised me to get lots of rest....which is a good thing because i always feel guilty sleeping during the day when pple are working ama in school(though i dont have classes anymore), so at least i consoled myself ati i cant do much coz am sick!!:-), as if thats not enough, this has been the coldest week in finland this winter, its been snowing and we are talking about minus 15degrees(or more in the mornings and evenings) in helsinki, which, mind u is warm compared to other parts of finland!

The whole week i have been resting and healing but on wednesday i had this job interview..its a really good jobbo, something i have been looking for a long long time now. Despite my sick leg, there is no way i could call them and tell them that i cant go for the interview, i really needed the job. So on wednesday morning i went for the interview..u should have seen me trying really hard to walk normally despite the pain because i didnt want that manager to see me limping lest she decides am not in good physical condition to start working..ama ask why am limping which meant i would have to explain to her in FINNISH, i do speak finnish but some things i have no idea how to say them in that language. I was being interviewed by three pple, i understood some things they asked and at some points i was completely floating..but it went well and i went home optimistic. I had to call today to find out what their decision is.
Which i did and the lady went like 'what do you think the decision is' and i told her i think its positive so she said 'ooh, u are optimistic, well congrats..u got yourself a job, when would you like to start?'I was soooooo excited for a moment i forgot all my finnish but after recovery i told her i can start on monday. So on monday am starting a new job, a job that has a lot to do with my career, something i have wanted for a long time and a well paying job..thank God for that.
Despite the sick leg, and all the sleeping during the week i feel its been a fruitful week in that i got a job-which is a big step ahead.