crazy weather courtesy of the volcano

so the past few days it's been clear out, bright blue sky, beautiful, light from around 4:30am-10:30pm or something like that, and all the snow on the roads, sidewalks, and parking lots and everything has almost completely melted

then the volcano erupted.  It's snowing really really hard out right now, and the temperature went down a few degrees, and it's darker outside

Tommi (my boss) called me this morning on skype (and woke me up) to tell me not to worry too much about the volcano affecting my flight out in late May.  He studied geology in college, so was going on for about 15 minutes about what effects the volcano should and shouldn't have on us here.  I don't remember most of it as I was only half awake, but I do remember that he said that the volcano ash that was thrown up into the atmosphere would normally be blown northwest, but for some reason the strongest winds right now are blowing southeast, which is why the ash has covered Finland.  I didn't connect that volcanic ash with the weird weather until I left work to grab lunch and the weather was so weird.

crazy crazy weather

oh, and i forgot to mention...when i left for work this morning it wasn't snowing or anything, and i didn't think to check the weather report since it's been clear so much lately, so don't have my waterproof coat with me...gonna be a fun walk home this evening :P


Oh, don't know if I already posted this or not, but I am officially done with all of my studies for my undergrad work.  YAY!!!!!

Oh, and Rachel, I asked one of the student tutors if he knew a place where I could get my measurements taken and he said he'll try and find one, and if there isn't one here, I should be able to find one in Turku when I visit there next weekend.
Can't wait to get back!