7th of December

Ecuador on my mind

It snowed yesterday. Snow is really beautiful, at least when looking out from the window. When riding the bike to school, snow is not fun. Usually I have gone to school either by foot or by car when it has snowed. But today, I took my bike and rode it to school really carefully. The streets were so slippery that every second of my trip to school I was thinking "try to stay steady, try to stay steady" and I was repeating and  repeating it again and again. The problem wasn't only that the streets were slippery, they were really bumpy also. The result of putting all my attention on concentrating, I didn't fall. Instead, I looked really stupid, because I was concentrating so much on riding the bike that my face looked like I was mad at everyone, even though I was actually on a really good mood.
I went to buy chocolate, and I continued my way to the post office to send them to Ecuador, for my family. As writing the address down, I was thinking about the men, who worked in the local post office in Ambato. The ones I had met every time I went to get a package or a letter from Finland while my stay in Ambato. The ones, who were always friendly and mostly told me that my package or letter hadn't come yet, I should stop by another day. A smile. 
I thought about the postman who would go to my house (in Ambato), ring the doorbell, talk to the microphone, say his name and tell what he is doing behind the gate, which leads to my house, my host mom walking to the gate to get the package and saying thanks to the postman. And after these thoughts, I gave my package to the woman working in the post office and asked her to send it in 1st class. I hope my family will get the chocolates and a card for wishing them a nice Christmas just before Christmas.