Okay, yes, I didn't really have any vacation - I started working on the 3rd of June and I'm going to stop on the 6th of September. And yes, admittedly, I spent about 75% of my waking hours asking whether the customers would like their shoppings wrapped (cellophane or gift bag?) or not. But, still.
I had a list of the things I really, really wanted to do - let's see how well I could hold on to some of my expectations.
- At least one festival!
Sadly, no. I meant to go to Qstock or Flow Festival in Helsinki, but then the situations changed and that meant no festivals for me. But I attended the Brass Week in Lieksa in July? Does that count?
- At least one night spent not-sleeping!
Oh boy, yes. The night before my great Helsinki-trip. We went to the train straight from the bar and perhaps it wasn't such a hot idea after all. But I regret nothing! We had great time - even if we were almost psychotic from the exhaustion and we just wanted to lie down on the pavement and die.
- Big parties with my friends!
Well, of course.
My good friend T is making some kind of a drink here. I have no idea of the quality of the drink, but I bet it was delicious.
- Many new books, many new pictures.
Okay, so I didn't exactly ace the book-part: during the three months, I read only seven new books. And yes, seven is not many for me: I usually read seven to eight books per month. This summer I just read old Stephen King novels over and over again (as if I hadn't read them like ten times before).
But hey, a gold star for me for the pictures! I took pics like crazy.
As you can clearly see.
- Swimming before work, swimming during the night.
Wellll, earlier on the summer, yes. But I've gotten so lazy this year, I didn't really bother with the "swimming before work"-part.
But hey, I took pictures anyways, so.
- Oulu! Lots of it!
Oh God, yes. The one thing that kept me sane during the hectic work months was Oulu. I visited it couple times a month, and every visit was more glorious than the one before.
This pic is from May 2010. We were hanging out on a hill close to my apartment. I was creeped out by the bugs, but I guess the ladybirds were kind of cute.
- Picnics! Barbeques!
Oh, yes.
These pics are also from May. I really enjoyed the picnic, even if I didn't eat anything and I was pretty tired the whole time and it was really, really hot. But for some reason or another I liked the afternoon in Ainola and likewise, I dig the atmosphere of these pictures.
/end of part one!
