January 30, 2026

Scary lump in the mouth

I was in a complete panic when I noticed a hard lump in my mouth. I've had a bone lump in my mouth for decades, but I had no idea what this new lump was.

I had been feeling bad before, and the stress and fear of course only increased the pain and other symptoms. It was hard to even try to focus on anything when I was so scared.

 


 

I knew I should go to the dentist to get a diagnosis. But if I tried to get an appointment from the student health care, it would probably take many months. I noticed that one dentist here had an offer until the end of January, a check-up for 39 euros. I didn't make an appointment at first and they all went by then. But on Wednesday I managed to get a cancellation appointment for Thursday.

As I had hoped, the new mouth lump is a torus, or a bone lump. Since one of my remaining wisdom teeth seems close to the surface, the dentist wanted to take an X-ray, but I refused. I wanted to get by with that 39 euros. I have now been to the dentist and dental hygienist four times in less than a year! The dentist also complained about my dry mouth. I hadn't noticed that before, but I noticed it now when I had a check-up. Could that be due to the approaching menopause?

 


 

The cold also annoys me, I was afraid I would freeze. I have running clothes, yes, but what about so-called better clothes? I don't have a single polo shirt that is long enough to protect not only my neck but also my waist. It's a bit of a shame that I didn't buy one at Citymarket last year when there was a 2 euro offer.



January 27, 2026

Senseless Domen drama at the Ski Flying World Championships

Ski Flying World Championships, Oberstdorf


Thursday, qualifying


Fortunately, Yle showed the competition, Viaplay did not. My favorite jumper Domen Prevc holds the Oberstdorf hill record. Domen won both training rounds. My other favorite, Andreas Wellinger, was in training but not in the qualifying round, so he did not make it to the German team.

The jury lowered the platform to Domen by three, but Domen still had the longest jump of the qualifying round and won.

Friday, first and second round


"Is Domen Prevc the only one who can beat Domen Prevc in Oberstdorf?" How wrong we were!

Domen was also the best in the trial round with a 21-point difference to the next.

Coach request -5 platforms!! Domen had difficulties in the first jump, a shaky start. Only 204 meters, but still second place after Lindvik. The second jump was only two stages. Domen was in the lead after the first day with 14 points, Ren was second.

Saturday, third and fourth round


Domen won the tailwind test round, 3 stages lower than the others.

Domen had a great jump in the third round, 4 stages lower than the others, almost a 50-point lead before the last round.

Domen won the ski flying world championship by 60 points. His teammates didn't lift Domen up because Domen didn't want to, boo. "Let's save it for tomorrow", wtf? Domen said he wanted to save his suit?

 


 

I didn't see the victory ceremony, boo.

 


 

Sunday, team competition


Wellinger was not selected to the German team.

I didn't expect such drama from the team competition!

While Lindvik was waiting to jump, he complained about something. The reason was revealed... lone skis went down the hill. At first, I thought Lindvik had forgotten to fasten his skis. Did Lindvik make a "Tande"? Then we thought that they had to be a trial jumper's skis. And then the real plot twist... those skis were Domen's! What the hell happened? Was it Domen's carelessness, or did someone throw the skis down the hill? People were shouting sabotage. Even though Domen's spare pair was quickly whisked to the tower, he was ultimately not allowed to jump at all, so Slovenia's chances of a medal were gone. Slovenia claimed in their protest (based on trial jumper's eyewitness account) that someone hit Domen's skis with an umbrella and knocked them down.

Then there was a debate about whether Slovenia would jump in the second round. Out of solidarity for Domen, the others didn't want to jump, but because Domen wanted to jump, they did in the end.

Incredible drama. I laughed even though I should have cried because it was my favorite Domen. And because with worse luck there could have been casualties.

 


 

I was hoping for Japan to win, and fortunately that happened before Austria. A whole new country was added to the group of ski flying world champions. Even without Domen's mess, Slovenia would probably have only finished fourth.

Domen's skis


Fact: Domen put his skis in the wrong place. But the question is why did he do that? According to the rules, there must be a FIS person there who is responsible for holding the skis. But in Domen's case, this was not the case, so he was forced to put his skis somewhere. Because if he hadn't gone to the equipment control, he would have been disqualified.

This is where it happened. The suit control is right before the jump, and after the control, the suit is not allowed to be touched anymore.

 


 

We'll see how this scandal affects Domen, especially in terms of the Olympics. Ever since Domen's season started going so well, I've been hoping for an Olympic victory for him. If that doesn't happen, I'll be disappointed.

This season, Domen would have a unique opportunity to join the rare group of people who have won all five: world championship, world flying championship, 4 hills tournament, Olympic victory, and overall World Cup victory. So far, only one person has been able to win all five, Matti Nykänen.

 


 

 

Ps. best video about Domen's skis

 

January 21, 2026

My first order from Temu

I wanted custom jewelry in memory of my cats, and I was about to pay multiple times the price to middlemen. Just one piece of jewelry like that would have cost more than the entire contents of this Temu order, 8 products, if ordered from elsewhere.

Cotton shirt with my own print


The shirt is cotton as promised, but the quality of the print is such that I don't predict it will last very long. I ordered an Asian size XL, because I often wear size L in t-shirts available in Finland. I want a looser and longer shirt. Well, the shirt is indeed too big for me. That should correspond to a Euro size 38, but it is quite a lot bigger. A shirt with my own print cost 4.24 euros at Temu. The picture shows the shirt after the first wash.

 


 

Two custom cat necklaces


I was worried beforehand that there would be mistakes in the cats' names, but there aren't any. At first I thought the chains' locks weren't in the middle of the chain, but then I realized they had an extension piece. So you can choose how long the chain should be, which is convenient. The price of a cat-themed necklace with three cats at Temu is 3.15 euros. The pictures are of poor quality, sorry about that.

 


 

In an online store that looks Finnish (but isn't actually Finnish) with its name and website address, the price of a three-paw necklace would have been 39 euros (and that's supposedly a 50% discount), in an English-language store it would have been 27 euros, and in Temu it is 4.29 euros. But you have to pay ten times the price to middlemen, right?

 


 

 

Keychain in memory of cats


"I loved you your whole life, I'll miss you for the rest of mine." Unfortunately, the text on this keychain is dimmer than in the Temu product image.

 

 

Heat socks


How are the copycat socks compared to the real Heat Holders? The price at Temu is 4.38e, so you could get three of these for the price that Heat Holders cost in Finland. Let's see how long they last.

Two foldable travel ballerinas


One pair with cat theme, other similar to the ones that fell apart on the last cruise. I gave up ordering the Hello Kitty ones, there would have been more options for those too. Temu has a really wide selection of Hello Kitty products, it's rare to find them in Finland, especially clothes intended for adults.



It feels bad that I had to place an order without any discount code. All the codes I found were only valid in the app. I'm losing money because I don't have a smartphone.

I would never order electrical appliances or cosmetics from Temu. I also want cotton and not polyester in clothes. It's a different matter whether the clothes are actually cotton, even if they promise to be.

I should start a dropshipping business myself. I just need to come up with good products to order from Temu (affiliate link) and sell at a higher price.



Ps. I would have liked to order these Hello Kitty panties, but all the sellers only have one size available, which is not suitable for me. Are these definitely licensed and approved by Sanrio...?

 


 

 

January 14, 2026

2025 Dream Diary: Dead Cats

The first remembered dream of 2025 was of an F1 race. There was an accident, and the commentators commented that David Coulthard had died. What so terrible had happened that they could immediately be sure of death? I didn't want to see it. Later it turned out that his head had come off.

 


 

George Clooney was going to rape me. That's what you get when you watch ER and hate his character.

I was waiting for the bus, but when it came it was so full that I decided not to go. I threw my glass of soda at the bus, and the police followed me. I flew away. While flying, I wondered why I was even waiting for the bus when it was expensive, when I could always just fly home. I hear that flying dreams are common among people and I always thought I don't have them, but sometimes I do.

I was in some city. I wanted to leave but I didn't know where the train station was. In desperation, I squatted down on the street. Then some guy farther away started shooting people with a gun. I ran away, and ended up hiding in the basement of an apartment building with some guys. One of them tried to dig us even deeper into hiding.

My cholesterol was 8. I didn't understand how it could be so high when I don't eat carbs and when my cholesterol has always been good in real life and has been praised.

We were on a ship that was like a combination of Estonia and Titanic, and we knew it would sink. We decided to stay in Stockholm so as not to sink with it. The ship was Silja Line, and its name was Saku. Silja Saku.

I was put in prison in a big and wide tower even though I wasn't a prisoner. At one point everyone else was taken away but I was left. Sometimes I was outside in the rain in a rain shelter but wherever I went I got water on me. I realized that the water was coming from the roof. Finally the tower started to collapse and I thought I was going to die here because there was no way I could get out. But one guy realized that there must be grooves for the water to get out. He, me and one other guy went down that super fun happy slide. That guy even helped me to safety with his hand. The other two of us thanked him a lot for saving us.

In my hometown preparations were being made for a Russian invasion, military equipment was being transported and Hornets were flying low. I went on an evacuation trip with others. In the suburbs, there were people by a campfire, they also turned out to be Russian women in the wilderness. But there were Russian men by the next campfire, one of whom threatened my elementary school friend with a shotgun. I intervened. Then, farther away, there was an explosion or something, and people ran away, something big, maybe a mass of water. Then I was in a cinema watching a film that used the music from Titanic. I started singing the song (My heart will go on) out loud, and the other viewers joined in. Great feeling.

A long dream where a small plane kept threatening to crash to the ground, but it kept changing where. I was afraid it would hit my apartment building, but I couldn't even run away when it kept changing its route. I sometimes went to the basement for safety, but I thought that wouldn't help either.

The cats came back home again. There were two Olivias and two Tabithas, whose fur colors were in all the wrong places. Kali was not visible at first, but eventually she appeared at mealtime. She sat at the table where she sat in real life, waiting for food.

 


 

Ski jumper Domen Prevc had reportedly been caught doing something illegal. He was expected to compete, but he came late and said something about not being able to face his mother now. I left the competition in the snow to run home and destroyed snowmen on the way, receiving complaints about it. The house was a tower block, two elevators and a terrible mess.

My mother and brother said they had bought a Christmas tree earlier. Since I had not seen the tree in question, I assumed it had ended up in the trash. They had already bought another tree and I knew it would also end up in the trash. So I took the tree for myself and headed home. The tree was surprisingly light but seemed plastic. I told my spouse I was leaving the city center for home, but he said he would stay and watch the event at the market starting at two. I was starting to get annoyed that he would see the event but I wouldn't, so I tried to mislead him. Eventually I succeeded, and I headed towards the market to see what time it was. Well, it wasn't even 11 yet. I knew I couldn't wait until 2.

All the cats were in the bedroom waiting for breakfast. I told them they didn't need food anymore because they are dead, but they didn't understand.

 


 

At first I ran away from the spouse of a former social media influencer. At one point I was hiding on a balcony, but someone told me where I was. Other people ran away with me, F1 people, including team principal Eddie Jordan. I have an ace up my sleeve, my dad lives in the building and I have the keys to his apartment. We run away there. There's a renovation going on there. We chat on the couches. A wonderful song, "Stoned in love", starts playing on the radio and I start singing it. In another dream that same night, a burning truck was coming towards me, and no matter which way I tried to dodge, the truck turned towards me.

We were playing Friday with my husband, my spouse was Jason. I became Tommy, and I had to use spray all the time when I went to danger. I went to the exit even though the police hadn't been called and started dancing. My spouse just watched Tommy dance, it indeed is a pretty amazing sight.

Aliens had invaded the earth. We tried to hide from them in the playhouse under piles of clothes and sheets. The aliens peeked through the windows and mistook us for laundry. I decided I couldn't take it anymore and I was going to get out of this dream. But the next night the aliens came anyway, we hid under the beds. I started killing the aliens by cutting off their heads with a knife. There were a lot of aliens and I tried to get other people to help me, but no.

 


 

Worst nightmare ever: I had played Friday for many hours, but I had forgotten to record the game.

A hotel was being renovated during the filming of a TV series. We went to the roof of the hotel for a sightseeing tour. My mother, my little brother and I went. We had to climb up many ladders. We went around the roof, but then my mother saw her former coworker who she didn't want to meet, so we ran away. My little brother and I went, but my mother was left behind. I thought my mother had accidentally gone up the wrong ladder, the one meant for an electrician. I went to look for my mother, but my former coworker kidnapped my little brother. I followed her and got my hand caught in the door just as it was closing. My coworker gave my little brother back.

I was sleeping when we had guests: at least my mother, my little brother and his friend. The latter were still children. I said I wouldn't come out of the bedroom because I was in my night clothes. My brother barked at my clothes through the crack in the door. Finally, my husband took the door handle off the door so I couldn't even leave the bedroom. So I went outside and down the balconies, from the fourth floor. Outside in the yard there was a giant, meter-diameter ladybug that started to tease me, and finally shit on me. I had a heavy phone book in my hand and I threw it at the ladybug, hoping it would kill it. But no, the ladybug came out alive from under the phone book.

I was sleeping and Tabitha brought a toy to the bed. I petted it and said I swear it was Tabitha even though I knew it wasn't. Tabitha left and I tried to say "don't go away" but I couldn't make a sound.

A man accused of brutal gang rape stalked me in nearby town, I was scared. At one point I was in a cafe with a friend, but the owner told us to leave. I asked the owner if he knew the stalker and if he told us to leave, he said yes.

Olivia was a free-ranging cat, and missing. I asked the neighbors if they had seen Olivia. I also told everyone that Olivia had told me that his mouth was sore that morning. No one was surprised or questioned the talking cat, not even me. I had explained to Olivia that then he would have to go to the doctor to see what was wrong with his mouth. Finally, one of the neighbors said that he had seen Olivia far away at Adam (Savage)'s house. There was also an article about Olivia in the newspaper that I had not seen, apparently after the interview. We set off with a group towards Adam's house, and on the way I tried to watch if there was a white Olivia anywhere.

We were on the beach and the water started to recede, so we had to run away from the tsunami. In the end, I was on the roof of a tall building when the tsunami damage was being repaired, including a Statue of Liberty that looked like Lisa Simpson.

 

January 12, 2026

Busy frosty week

Monday

Since it had been a week since my last run, I had to go out into the cold, even though I haven't had time to get a longer padded jacket. Well, it was hot out there, supposedly a frost warning and "only" -13. Luckily I didn't put on a third shirt.

I had decided a while ago that I would get Netflix as soon as the last episode of Stranger Things came out, and I did it now. Netflix has a lot of things to watch, including the latest season of Black Mirror and the second of Squid Game. I didn't know that new seasons had also come out of Alice in Borderland and the real-life version of Squid Game. Will I have time to watch everything in a month?

 


 

I realized something terrible. In the game Hello Kitty Island Adventure, I can be stuck with one day to get through the game. That I'd only need one more day of loan time. That would be pretty bad luck. And it's especially annoying since I made a mistake earlier that cost me two days of progress. I started thinking about the outrageous option of keeping the game for that extra illegal day, and then just paying the library's late fee. Because if I had to borrow the game again for just one day...



Tuesday

Epiphany and the end of the 4 hills week in ski jumping. The moment of truth not only for the hill week but also for Hello Kitty.

In honor of that, I felt miserable. Strain, nausea, heart pounding, breathless.

Domen won the 4 hills tournament. Despite feeling miserable, I had to eat some victory ice cream.

 


 

Then there was a moment of truth in Hello Kitty. When I got best friends with Wish me mell, I thought I would have just enough time. But it wasn't the last quest, but the second to last. So instead of Wednesday, I wouldn't be finished until Friday. So that two-day mistake cost me everything. So I have to borrow the game again because of two days. After 71 days of playing, I would only need two more days of borrowing time.

 

Wednesday

I had to go to the library to return Hello Kitty, luckily I was feeling better. Colette's book The Cat was supposed to be on the shelf in the main library, but of course (again) it wasn't on its own shelf, but on a display table. But I got it! After half a year of obsession, I finally got The Cat!

 


 

Could there be a better start to the year? Domen won the 4 hills week, and I got the book I had wanted for a long time.



Thursday

23 degrees below zero, but I still had to go to Lidl because they were selling a glass kettle. I had been waiting for it to come on sale there. The price was 25 euros, but 5 euro discount on the app, so I had to borrow my spouse's phone.

Good news: Lidl still had sugar-free milk chocolate. Bad news: they are still hidden behind dark chocolates, which seem to be left over.



Friday


Olivia's birthday, so a day dedicated to Olivia. That is, playing cat game Stray.



Saturday


Since November, I had wanted to party in January. Even before covid, I used to go to a bar in January to celebrate a little Christmas and New Year's Eve, I'm not interested in crowds at those right times. I've always hoped that there would be fewer people at the bar in January because of the "sober January" custom here.

And now also because of the frost. The weather forecast first kept getting colder, but then finally got warmer. Well, in the end it was "only" 9 degrees below zero. It's better than 20 or more.

I can't really handle the cold without pants, that is, in a skirt or dress. Once I got cold feet despite wearing wool pants. And if I put on wool pants, it might get hot in the bar.

But because of the bad feeling I had on Tuesday, I didn't know if I would be able to party. Especially since I wanted to drink sparkling wine, which can cause me nausea. Of course, I didn't know if I would catch some contagious disease before then.

And then I noticed on Friday that my spray whipped cream is expired. And that's not all. I hear they should be used within 7-10 days of opening. I've been using them for many months after opening... What's the harm in eating spoiled whipped cream? At least I haven't noticed any symptoms.

At 10pm there was hardly anyone in Gloria, but it did get lively and there was a surprisingly good crowd on the dance floor. A Caipiroska now costs 11.20e at Gloria.

The timing was perfect, and I didn't have to freeze in the cold. When we were going to the bar, we could already see the bus coming when we went to the bus stop, so we deliberately left the staircase at the last minute. And when we were going home, the bus was already waiting at the departure stop in the city center.

 


 

 

Sunday

When I woke up in the morning, everything was going well until I washed my hands in the bathroom. I felt sick and had to rush back to the lying position so I wouldn't throw up.

On Sunday, I was excited about whether Domen could match the record of consecutive podium finishes with Janne Ahonen in ski jumping. Well, Domen's race was a disaster, let's see how it goes from here.

 

January 09, 2026

My lap cat Olivia

Today would be my late cat Olivia's birthday.

Previously, my memorial posts have focused on the beginning of Olivia's life, and her first month with me. When I was thinking about the angle of this post, I came up with this pretty quickly.

I got Olivia in April 2008, and right from the start she came to sleep in my lap.

 


 

But Olivia grew quickly and didn't fit in my lap for many months.

 


 

As far as I know, the last picture of Olivia in my lap is from July 2008. 

 


 

But there was room to lie on me on bed. Olivia and her mother Kali often competed for that spot.

 


 

In honor of the day I will play cat game Stray. And I'm wearing this cat memorial shirt which I bought from Temu.

 


 

  

 

 

Couldn't save you from the start

Love you so it hurts my soul... 

 

January 07, 2026

Four Hills Tournament: Conspiracy theories

Domen Prevc dominated ski jumping heading into the Four Hills Tournament, so hopes were high. But Domen had never even been on the podium there before.

 


 

Oberstdorf


Last year, Domen did not make it to the second round of the competition.

Andreas Wellinger is back to lose again. Domen was second in both practice rounds. Domen won the qualifying round. Viaplay cut the broadcast before the duel pairs were shown.

Domen second in the trial round. Domen in a clear lead after the first round, Wellinger second to last.

Domen won by a landslide. I cheered in both rounds when Domen did not fall. I am constantly afraid that Domen will suffer the same fate as Mika Laitinen did exactly 30 years ago. 

Timi, who finished in joint second place, was disqualified. :( People didn't really like it, they claim that FIS wants a German or an Austrian to win. #justice4Timi

Garmisch-Partenkirchen


In the first second training round, Timi and Domen DNS, should I be worried? I really thought that was the first. Domen had been sixth in the first training round, Timi third. Artti fell and got injured, his Olympics are in danger.

A qualification win for Domen.

On New Year's Day, Domen won everything. Buu to Yle's online broadcast that didn't show the award ceremony. Now I can't even trust that Yle would show it.

Timi NPS, meaning a red card and a two-race ban.

Innsbruck


Dome first and second in the training rounds, Hörl scares me.

Dome 30th in the qualification and Wellinger last to make it to the race, meaning the dream couple still didn't come true. For Austria quadruple victory, no one can do anything to the Austrian mafia. Except that after Wasek's disqualification (fluoride on skis), Wellinger was only second to last, and was faced by his old rival Kraft.

 

"The Polish are ready for the race"
 

Twitter seems to know everything. It was known there that Kraft would never make it in Garmisch, but he would on the other hills of the hill week. And the fact that the only thing that could still threaten Domen's victory is the wind conditions in Innsbruck. +27 points from the wind in qualifying. I decided not to dare to watch Domen's first round jump in the competition, because defeat is completely possible. The tailwind could destroy Domen.

 

"I forgot that I have to brake" 

 

Domen's jump in the trial round was good, is there hope? I finally dared to watch Domen's jump, fourth after the first round, a jump 5 meters shorter than on the trial round.

First win for Ren, Domen second and Embacher third. Top3 within 0.7 points. Domen's lead in the Four Hills Tournament only grew, it is already 41.4 points. Only Domen himself can now screw up the Four Hills Tournament win. That is, to do a Tande, as my spouse has been jinxing all week. (Tande forgot to attach his ski boot to his ski in the last race while leading the Four Hills Tournament)

Domen didn't make it to the top in both jumps, I guess he was traumatized from the qualifying when he hit the wall.

 


 

Domen has an 11-race podium streak. Ahonen's record is 13, and Peter also has 12...

I realized a terrible thing: if Domen wins, I won't see the victory ceremony, because Viaplay is what it is.

Bischofshofen


Domen was second in both practice rounds, losing about 10 points to Hörl, which is 20 points in the race.

Domen won the qualifying round ahead of Embacher and Hörl.

Domen second in the practice round, 1.4 points behind Hörl.

Domen in the lead after the first round. Tschofenig won the competition, Domen second.

Domen wins the Four hills tournament!

 


 

"The last jump today was super tough for me. I had a lot of pressure, even during the inrun I felt: this is for real now. I was like: don’t screw it up."

 


  

 

The victory ceremony I guess I'll never see...

 


 

It's also a shame that I forgot to record the end of the race.

 

The Domenator...