I joined a choir in Kirkkonummi, a nearby town. Due to the fact that literally everyone in Espoo and the nearby towns is sick, including me, my first experience was a little lackluster. Half of the choir was missing and the half that were there were sick, but not sick enough to miss rehearsal. I was the oldest, most of the girls were around 12-13. Although the choir director was extremely nice and enthusiastic about me joining, being there made me feel a little melancholy. I had missed singing over the summer and it felt good to stretch my voice a little, but singing in the choir made me miss my choir at home. Firstly, I found out after I arrived that it is an all girls choir, and I had taken the male voices in my choir for granted for so long that I had forgotten what it was like to sing in a choir without them. Female voices are beautiful, but I am going to miss the balance that a male voice brings. Being the oldest there was a little discouraging too, but the choir director assured me there would be more high schoolers next week. I used to forget how lucky we are at Chelsea to have such an amazing program, but now it seems that I am being constantly reminded. I am really going to miss singing with all those crazy people in Chelsea. Maybe I will feel better about it next week. Back to the sick thing, what the heck?? Has everyone in Finland caught some kind of plague? Right now my entire host family is sick. Venla is currently throwing up with a fever, Aatu has a fever, I had a fever, now I’m just miserable. Aada is sleeping off her sickness, Jarno was sick, Sari is still sick. Everyone I know at school is sick. Most of the teachers have substitutes. I think we are all dying. If I don’t write tomorrow, it’s because I’m dead. Don’t come to Finland… SAVE YOURSELF.