Fire drill

Look, it's Kristina - the girl who never updates.

On Tuesday we had a fire drill at work. It was a rather ambitious one. We'd all received an e-mail a couple of days earlier that we should expect a fire drill in the near future. When we had just come back from our weekly meeting the alarm went off. We took our jackets and started walking to the exits. Various people ushered us in different directions telling us there was smoke on the bottom floor. (Because we were ushered we ended up taking the long way out which took at least five minutes.)

We ended up in the conference room where there was a fire escape that everyone and their sister was lined up to climb down. Someone said "If this was a real fire we'd all be dead by now."

We got out and assembled on the soccer court. It was muddy and wet and people grouped together by company. After a while the fire department arrived. They asked who was in charge and if anyone was missing. Some other people called out that Ulrika was missing and the fire men went back into the building. We stood there for about twenty minutes and chit-chatted a bit. I asked the computer department if they had any back-up, should the building be destroyed and they don't! So if the actual computers are destroyed, that's it! Someone joked that the group president was tired of the housing problems and was going to blow the building up for the insurance money. :-)

Ulrika came out eventually and told us that she and a few others had been asked to stay behind to see if anyone would miss them! Yikes! It was a good thing they were missed!

The head of the drill and some other people came and talked a bit. He said everyone were out of the building in five minutes and the fire department who got the alarm at the same time as us had arrived in seven minutes. Apparently, they're going to look over the safety protocol soon and will do another drill in a year or so to compare the results before and after the changes.

He said the most important thing is to know how to get out, who is in charge of the building and if all the members of your team have gotten out. He also told us the scenario of the fire drill:

A disgruntled customer attacked the building with a home made bomb! Lol! He said the terrorist scenario is more plausible than the electric malfunction one.

When we got back to our desks, my coffe was cold. :-(

What Kristina has been doing over Ascension

Wednesday night Malin rearranged the kitchen to make room for the freezer. It looks really nice, and freezer, yay!

On Thursday I painted two cabinets in the kitchen. It was a total bitch. I had totally underestimated the amount of work. The results were less-than-professional but that's still a huge improvement from before. *feels accomplished*

In the evening Malin and I went to the supermarket where we did our huge monthly shopping. I left messages on Rickard's cell phone congratulating him on the baby.

While painting I found that the old radio station Bandit that Malin listened to a lot when whe met seven years ago was back. They played two Metallica songs & 1979! I showed Malin in the evening and she got ecstatic about it. Of course, the first song that played after I'd turned it on was Enter Sandman, so she was happy. Then they played Live, her other favourite band and we were sold. We've been listening to the station all weekend (and they play the fucking Smashing Pumpkins! Yay!)

On Friday I went into town for my second gym instruction. I bought my stomach bulk-fiber-thingy (the kind I'm supposed to eat for the rest of my life) at the chemist and then I went to the gym. The instructor went over the program with me a second time and taught me how to set the machines just right so I know how to do it on my own next time. Yay!

I then went to Duka to finally use the gift certificate that I got from my aunt Inger. I bought a heart shaped baking tin, a knife rack, an oil spray that dispenses very tiny amounts of oil over a large surface, a wooden ladle and a very nice glass bowl. All of it were things I've wanted for a long time or really needed.

In the evening we got a mirror wall from Malin's co-worker and then we cleaned the apartment. Finally all the chores were done!

The rest of the weekend we've just relaxed, watched TV & DVDs, listened to music & talked & baked & eaten nice food. We had a super-big BBQ on the balcony last night with all the lanterns lit and drank cider. :-)

Now we will eat more BBQ stuff. Yay!