This week I am supposed to let Ruge know whether I want to extend (correct?) my contract. So finally I had to I make up my mind, and I´ve decided to return to Finland in July. If I´d have all the time and money in the world I would stay. But I want to get a teacher´s certificate in Finland, in order to be a "qualified" teacher, and need to study didactics or (pedagogy or whatever it´s called) during one year to obtain that. So one more year studying full time at a uni in Finland, which means that I have to save some money.

In addition, the life I have here in Venezuela right now is kind of a temporary arrangement. What I mean is that I can´t imagine living a life like this for a longer period of time. One year is long, but still I knew from the beginning that it is one year, in other words a limited period of time. And when I say that I can´t imagine "living like this" for a longer period of time I mean: not having enough money to be independent. Don´t get me wrong, I am happy here, but my life is limited in a way that I don´t feel comfortable with. I don´t have enough money to meet people whenever I want to, or go to the movies or have coffee with friends etc. Of course I do meet friends, and see movies and have coffee, but very randomly and only if somebody is kind enough to offer me a ride. And most of the time that kind person is José.

So I´ll return to Finland in July, graduate, find a job, earn some money, study one more year and then see again where I want to go and what I want to do. Tell me please that I´m doing the right thing.