Ken notices that a big delivery truck has parked on their driveway and the driver is unloading a huge box.
- Kaarna!? Have you ordered furniture or something?
- I’ve ordered nothing!!!!
- They must have a wrong address then, I’ll go out and see…
The box really has Ken’s name printed on it. Kaarna says:
- What the heck is it? The box is big enough for a human to fit inside!
- It’s too heavy to carry inside. We must open it here, Ken says.
Ken opens one side of the mystery box and for their surprise JuhaSusanna ( Check Instagram: @juha.susanna ) crawls out! She gets up on her feet and says:
- Yes! A box big enough for a human, but not just any human! The one and only persforsmance artist, me! I’m alive and well! The Finnish Post is actually not as bad as they say! Could you help me with the luggage, please?
Ken is a bit confused, but says:
- Wow… Welcome to Melukylä! This is quite a surprise! You’ve chosen peculiar means of transportation!
First thing JuhaSusanna asks for is the toilet.
- My pee jar and my poop bucket need to be emptied. Luckily I didn’t have to spend any more nights in the box! I ran out of food this morning.
- Gross! Kaarna gags, but JuhaSusanna just laughs:
- Anything for a good persforsmance, don’t you think?
In the bathroom JuhaSusanna notices Kaarna’s artwork on the wall and thinks that together they will create some great stuff!
Kaarna is panicking.
- She came way too early! It’s still two weeks until Christmas. Is she going to bunk on our sofa all this time?! And I don’t even have Mari to escape to!!!
- I can entertain her, if you feel uncomfortable. I’ll take her sightseeing.
JuhaSusanna arrives from the bathroom:
- What’s going on here? She’s so artistic! This is a powerful performance art, let’s watch her interpretation!
- It’s just a regular autistic meltdown. Don't pay any attention to her. Oh you dear city girl… don’t you have woollen socks?! Kaarna will borrow you a pair.
Ken leads JuhaSusanna to the crafting room and says:
- This is our warmest room, but woollen socks are still needed. The floors in these old houses are always cold. You can decorate this room for Christmas if you like.
- Sweet! I’m so good at decorating, JuhaSusanna rejoices.
- I’ll make you a bed here on the sofa and clear out some space for your personal stuff.
Then Ken leaves her to unpack before dinner.
In the evening JuhaSusanna checks all the plushies in the cradle and chooses a sleeping buddie.
- What have you done to deserve those handcuffs? she asks from the ass, who can’t give her answers.
She crawls under the blankets and decides to wake up really early to turn this room into a Christmas wonderland.
When JuhaSusanna wakes up, she starts to go through the Christmas ornament boxes and Kaarna’s and Ken’s crafting materials.
- Heyyyy, these are the drawings from the art club of Ihmeellinen Pieni Maailma fair! My own drawing is here also!
- These should be on the wall!
She's proud to present her decoration project to Kaarna and Ken.
Ken doesn’t know if laughing at this disaster is allowed, so he tries to hide it in happiness:
- More is more definitely!
Kaarna has never been good at hiding any feelings, so she breaks into a laughter.
- Hidious! Look at your mannequin Ken! This is just hilarious! And all those Maris dressed as elves! I’m dying! Fucking awesome work, JussuSussu! So ugly that it’s good!
Then it's time for breakfast.
Ken asks if JuhaSusanna would like to go sightseeing and visit a place with an oldfashioned Christimas spirit. Well of course she does.
Meanwhile at home Kaarna can do her work without anybody disturbing her.
But the mess on the desk disturbs her anyway.
Ken takes JuhaSusanna to Hiljan Piha's Christmas event.
The log buildings are really old - the main house was built in 1804.
Here people can feed the animals, buy creations of the local crafters and enjoy the delicious and traditional Christmas porridge in the cafeteria.
When they are leaving, Ken asks for JuhaSusanna’s opinion and she says:
- It was all fun except for that donkey who almost ate me!!!!! Countryside can be super dangerous!
Snowing continues all night and in the morning the sight outside is pretty astonishing.
- My poor little drunken elves! Kaarna laughs.
There’s no question about today’s workout.
The routes through the yard must be shovelled right after breakfast.
After the most important paths are done, Kaarna starts to dig out the elf house.
Suddenly JuhaSusanna storms out shouting:
- One persforsmance artist to the rescue!!!
She has an efficient technique and together they are able to save the pre-Christmas party of the elves.
Kaarna has agreed to take JuhaSusanna to visit Mari, so she can give her the Christmas gift.
Kaarna feels extremely uncomfortable doing this, but when Mari starts to make coffee, she sets the table out of an old habit.
JuhaSusanna’s constant blabbering makes it easy to just fade out on the background. Her talking is a messy stream of random thoughts.
JuhaSusanna insists that Mari opens the gift right away and since Mari is going to spend the holidays with her family in Tampere, she agrees. The less things to carry in train the better.
- This hoodie is gorgeous! So soft and well made! Of course I recognize the artwork of @ttmpelko_creations and the excellent craftmanship of @nanolandia55. Thank you so much!
I don’t have a gift for you, Kaarna whispers to Mari when JuhaSusanna is already putting on her clothes.
- I don’t have anything for you either.
- I think we should talk.
- Definitely. After the holidays, yeah.
After the visit Kaarna needs a lot of alone time. She thinks about her relationship with Mari.
- This break hasn't been that bad. My life's not worse without her. Do I really need her? Do I really need anybody?
To be continued!