Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 15 March 2024
It is month from last zoom lesson with Paul. Time truly flies. I haven't been casting for one week now. I'm not really happy about that. There were multiple reasons why I had break for one week.
We have been still really busy at farm and I had some dinners to cook etc. Days are getting much longer, so I would have daylight still. It has been more like that I am really tired. Winter has been enormously tough, which is good but now I think my feets and some other muscles want to give up.
It is still one week to go and then it will slow down a lot. Thursday I had plan to have short session but weather made it tricks and my plan was rebuilt. I had one hour time in the middle of day, which was new thing. Unfortunately heavy snowing and sleeting started with insane wind. So I really lift my hands up on front of Mother Nature, I drop the idea about casting.
Friday I have dinner to cook in the evening and there are preparations to do for that. Last weekend we went see reindeer races in Salla, I drove Saturday after group to see how our reindeer will do. It was worth to drive, he made to semi-finals and got so good time that he is now in premium league on coming weekend. Track is 1 km/ 0,62mi and time have to be under 1.19,50 to qualify highest level. Rimppakinttu did 1.19,263, so we are proud of him.
Last weekend he did all the way to B-final in 1.div and placed second on that. Great performance especially when there was some action on the way, falling drivers on front etc. Coming weekend first race in premier, interesting to see how he is doing there.
He seems to have enough cup points so week from now he could be able to run BIG finals in Inari. If he will, we will go to see that with Satu.
Weekend looks to be cold again, but end of next week good, so there looks like good change to have training again. Wednesday will be last really busy day.
So one more week around reindeer rides etc, after that it is laziness if not practising.
Have a nice weekend!
Mika from Finland