The HEAT

Have to admit i'm really rather enjoying it, I don't like being cold, do prefer hot and don't seem to be finding it as hard at work as some of my colleagues, depending on which site i'm at it's either sort of mangable hot temp or air con on over drive so you have to go outside to defrost. The drive home especially is rather melting but fortunately my sister has the kid's paddling pool up so I have taken to going there. Tomorrow though they'll be out so if I go I either drive home drenched or do garden change which would be rather visible so will have to see just how hot I am, perhaps I could fit in their wendy house to change ?


Otherwise my mother reports that Sainsburys had no lime juice and very few icecream and is very unimpressed, it's almost like she hasn't already got half a dozen boxes of icecream already in the freezer!

But more seriously do take care everyone and take it a bit easy.

I grew up in Texas so having air conditioning was a must when we moved here. Lucky, my realtor found a flat with A.C. so I'm good at home but, going to work has not been fun lately.


The wife and I are heading back to Dallas next week and the high is going to be between 37 and 40C. So that's going to be fun.

Hate it.

I have a big re-draft of a play due Monday and I feel like I'm sweating over my laptop that may burn through the desk it's so hot.

Meanwhile in the day job a big refurb of the department 3 years ago put aircon in the consulting rooms, where typically 1-3 people sit, and all have windows. But failed to put any in the reception area where approx 40-50 people congregate and there are no windows. And obviously make the staff where a uniform that is both polyester-tastic and not heat friendly. (A suit, who makes people wear a f***ing suit).

DYING.

You've probably seen teenagers around the place with a big, white 17 or 18 emblazoned on the back of a hoodie? If you look more closely, the white you can see is, in fact, all the surnames of the kids in their year at school, printed inside the big number. On the front of the hoodie will be a school logo where the left breast pocket would be. For secondary school kids this has gone on for some time, most of them having to purchase 2 - one when they reach 16 and many go off to college and another when they reach 18 and leave after A levels.  

Well, seems to be a new thing, but the primary schools have now got in on the act. The hoodies are made to be given as a reward after SATs (so before the final, torturous half term of primary school) and the kids love to wear them - they can choose from a myriad of colours - as it shows the lower minions they are kings and queens of their establishment and do not have to listen to anything requested of them by their chiefs. Do. Not. Mess.

And yes, I totally blame Trump.

And Lin Manuel Miranda.

I miss the snow.

I feel so ill. I work in a shop but while there is a AC unit that official works it doesn't actually do anything because my company have decided to have a floating ceiling in my shop which basically negates the effectiveness of AC in this weather.
The shops also made of glass (in a station also very glassy) which means the sun beats down and through the shop. I basically work in a greenhouse with no plants. Of a morning when I get there 6.30 to process the delievery which is left on the shop floor. There is no air at all in the shop. Every morning it feels like I am sufficating trying to do the delievery. Because for the hour or so we have to lock the doors because the manager sets up the tills and what not. So when customers finally enter they are greeted currently by bright red sweat betty. Bet it REALLY looks great. So I am just getting this constant tiredness, headache, nausea, no energy and I physically can't drink any more water. I know I have a sun issue because If I am in the sun for even an hour I will get a headache. But the constant heat is now my biggest problem.



At home I dont have the luxury of air con and I am sure my one fan I have is going to give up soon.

This year/warm spell has led me to realise I only own clothes suitable for the winter months. My wardrobe almost solidly consisted of jeans and jumpers with the occasional dress thrown in, ohh and the vast majority was black! Had to go out and buy a load of playsuits and a few more dresses just so I had something to wear which wasn’t going to cause me to faint or sweat it out far more than I desired.

This tweet made me smile. Only a little over a decade to wait until early 2030.  It reminded me, and many others, of the old joke about the man ordering a car in the USSR!

I can't help thinking we're setting them up for disappointment in later life. My university graduations were no-where near as exciting as all that lot!

36 forecasted for the East Anglia by the end of the week 🌞 ☀️ 😓

Most of you wouldn't survive a summer in Spain. It is HORRIBLE right now where I live, and I'm not even in Southern Spain. I thought I was gonna die today coming back from work at 3pm.

I'm getting through so much sun lotion. Not because I'm sunbathing (ugh), but just so I can drive anywhere without my arms turning crispy.

Does anyone else find themselves holding the steering wheel like one of those desert lizards that keeps switching from one pair of legs to the other?

I'm wondering if suicide would be a faster death than waiting for the heat stroke... (Yes, I live in East Anglia.)