The personal profile of Ritva's colleague

[Ritva Paivomaa]

Hello all

I read Ritva's personal profile and learned many new things about a friend and colleague I thought I knew well!

I was born in Lappeenranta many, many years ago, more years than I care to remember. I went to school, studied, became a teacher, married, got divorced, remarried...and have worked as a teacher for more than twenty years now. I enjoy my work, especially the company of my students and colleagues whose energy and enthusiasm never fail to pep me up!

My family is small: apart from my husband and myself there´s just Piki, our seven-month-old Lapphund. Piki is family, but he is also work, hobby, frustration and fun. He is noisy, lively and has more energy than the two of us together. When I lose my temper with him (which is about twenty times a day), he thingys his head and looks at me reproachfully, as if saying, you will make a mountain out of a molehill, won't you?

Rather than training and teaching Piki I often feel I am trained and taught by him!

...but I think it's time to stop now before I get carried away with my pet talk again !

I hope to hear from you.

Best wishes,

Ritva's colleague

[Ritva Paivomaa]

Dear Eeva

lovely to read your personal profile. In a way you took the words out of my mouth - I learnt many things about you, too.

When you were telling about the new member of your family, Piki, it made me think of my life with 'me kids' - particularly, when they were 1-3 year olds.

QUOTE Piki is family, but he is also work, hobby, frustration and fun. He is noisy, lively and has more energy than the two of us together. When I lose my temper with him (which is about twenty times a day), he thingys his head and looks at me reproachfully, as if saying, you will make a mountain out of a molehill, won't you?

Rather than training and teaching Piki I often feel I am trained and taught by him!
UNQUOTE

(I also practised 'quote' command here for the first time.)

This e-communication can be very easy - and very rewarding, too. I somehow think of it as offering an extra dimension to any communication.

Let's see - feel - experience - experiment (with) it.

BW

Ritva

PS. He thingys his head... A new expression? Please tell us.

[Ritva Paivomaa]

I asked my colleague to tell us what 'thingys his head' might mean. I know the answer.

On this site you can't use words that begin with certain four letters. If they appear, some kind of automatic correction programme changes them.

I tried to tell that I felt as if I had been a koktailikirsikka when dipping myself into icy lake where icecubes were floating. I wrote it in English and this is what happened (I'll try it again) : I felt as if I had been a thingytail cherry when dipping myself into ...

So, watch your words!!

Ritva