Oh summer, where aret thou?

As the title suggests, summer is still greatly waited up here. She showed her best already in the first weekend of May, but the rest of the month it has been cold, gray and miserable. Every morning the temperature has docked down close to 0, and a chilly breeze from the Baltic sea blows a lonely walker over. And it's supposed to be summertime already??

Kids got off school last week, and the weather is what it is... it's sad. Because when I was still in school, all the summers were hot, sunny and lovely. There was no rain, no sorrow and no boring moments. Or at least that's how I remember it! ;) ;) Isn't it amazing how selective our memory is?? ;) Oh well, enough of that. We survived the rainy Ireland - so this slight chill is nothing! After all, I'm stuck in the office all day long - so greyer the weather the better! ;)

Last weekend we celebrated my little brother as he graduated from high school. He also got great news just a day before his graduation, as he was accepted to the military band. And few explanatory words on that: in Finland we have a compulsory military service for all the guys. Of course if you don't want to have anything to do with the military, guns etc. there's an option for a civil service. The service lasts 6-11 months, depending on the "line" you're in.
Anyhow. There naturally are many different lines of service you can do, and the band is one of them. Due to the musical nature of the service it's seen as an easier way of completing this mandatory duty - and thus it's very difficult getting into the band. Actually my big brother did apply for several times and never got in. He's a professional musician today - and served in civil service as he didn't get into the band. But our baby, Rasmus, did get in - and he'll be signing in in January for 9 months of service.

Slow pace has continued in work - but it's all about to change from next week on. The charts for september and october will be opened on monday and tuesday, and thus we'll be booking those months campaigns starting then. And since people are leaving for their summer vacations soon, we'll be in a slight rush too. Thus I get to contribute in the buying process - and apparantely there'll be quite lots of it too! I'm unpatiently waiting for those days, since this idleness is really starting to get on my nerves...

But nothing much up here... we're still the Eurovision song contest winners - and if we're to believe the previous prophecies there is life in Mars and Hell has just forzen over... (those were just few of the things that Finnish and international "experts" had labeled as being more likely to happen than us winning the Eurovision E-V-E-R!) So, now you know; for a hot vacation, go to Mars - and for a ski-trip, head down to Hell. ;) ;)

Hard Rock Hallelujah!!