Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 28 November 2025
Last weekend we had again long days with reindeer work. Daylight is getting shorter yet it doesn't mean that my days are short. Sometimes you get feeling about driving 100 mph and then there is suddenly wall and you hit that. We are now close to hit that wall. Then you are totally out few days.
As days are shorter my days has been around 14-16 hours. If you ask what I was doing which day, I can't really remember, all the days are more or less same, just different place. I do know that on last Friday tree hit me on nose while gathering reindeer with ATV as I have still reminder on nose. That what's happens when you stick your nose everywhere.
Eye is okay now but I got some news which I didn't like. Well I kind of knew that already. Doctor said that I should use contact lenses as less as possible, I had small wound in eye and now there is scar which can open again because contact lenses could rub it.
There are different solutions with glasses, I'm fine with most of them. One option is to have surgery that they fix my eyesight which would solve all the problems. Until that I have to go with glasses and get some special ones for ATV, which will do most of other reindeer work also.
I have some meat delivery on hand which means driving there and there. It has been some practise now as I have been driving reindeers home during late evenings.
So I should slow down before hitting that wall, that's why I head to Sweden today. I will delivery meat, yet main reason is have some snooker games and time away from farm.
Now I have to run, there was heavy snowing last night and trails needs to be fixed before first guests for season.
Have a nice weekend,
Mika from Finland