Fire alarm and the Pori Jazz Festival

There was this fire alarm in my work building today. There was no fire, though. The alarm just went off and I was like "oh, what is that horrible sound" and then I was like "oh, it must be an alarm of some sort" and then I was like "oh, I think I'm supposed to get out of the building". Then I took my keys and my phone and got in the hallway and started exiting slowly along with other people. The weather was nice outside so I did not mind waiting outside till they turned the alarm off. A kind of nice break to the day. If there had really been like a fire or something I think people should have acted faster. Like me too. And like am I supposed to close the office door or keep it open when I leave. I really don't know.

The weekend was really nice though I felt kind of busy all through it. Well not when I was at the concert having a picnic all day. That was really relaxing. But otherwise like before the concert and sort of afterwards and on Friday and Sunday too. I guess I just didn't have enough time to do all the things I wanted to do and see all the people I wanted to see. Like yesterday as I was going to sleep I noticed that I had not seen my big brother and his wife at all and I wanted to see them. Just with all the other things I had to do it totally did not cross my mind on Sunday, which would have been the only day I could have seen them. Weekends are just too short sometimes (or actually probably always).

But yeah. On Friday we had our class reunion. Only the nicest people arrived of course. I didn't really want to see any of the not so nice people anyways. It was just me and my sister as we had guessed. :) I did see two other nice people who were in the class during the weekend so it was almost like a reunion. Actually as me and my sister were going to the school we were hoping that no-one show up as we really just wanted to go eat at Grilli-Pori and go to the Jazz Street. And well after we waited for a few minutes, went around the school just in case and took a reunion picture, that's exactly what we did. Friday would have been nicer had it not started raining when we got to the Jazz Street but it was ok since Saturday was really sunny and otherwise perfect. And what would the Pori Jazz Festival be like without rain? It's just like part of the atmosphere really. Like going to the Jazz Shop to wait till the rain ends. It's like a tradition.

Saturday was really nice as I said. We had a nice picnic with good food, good company and perfect weather. We even got tickets for 40 eur (original price 60 eur) so it all worked out marvelously. And if the weather and the concert weren't enough, afterwards we went to a party at a friends apartment and had a great time there. The best part was that loads of friends from high school, that I had not seen in ages, were there. It was really nice to see them and find out what was going on in their lives. And going to the Jazz Street with them felt great since it was "just like old times" even though the dynamics of the group have of course changed. Me and my sister's IDs even got checked at the gates. It's always nice to be mistaken as 8 years younger. :) I hope to see the same people more often in the future, though with us living in different places it might take so organizing. Maybe we should try to arrange a pre-Christmas party like a few years back.

But it's Monday again and I have to get back to work. Another week of working on the article. And then one more and I'm off to Zurich for two weeks. And then the summer is almost over but no use thinking that much ahead. I just have to enjoy it while it lasts. Hope you do too.