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Not long to go now
I was thinking only a couple of weeks back that it seemed coolish for almost summer. Today the temp almost reached 42^C, so I don't think I'll say that any more.
This past week I've been building up strength, pretty well back to what I like to call normal. I get the second shot tomorrow, when thankfully it's "only* meant to reach about 35^C. Today I hauled self out of bed early, for a day off, to go stock up on supplies. A lady stopped next to my transport and opined that it was much too hot for a bike! Yes, well, it's that or I don't eat. Or pay somebody an extra $10 or whatever it is to drop it off, and then I don't get to choose my fruit and veg.
I spent last weekend doing an extra thorough house clean because of my rental inspection on Tuesday, so lucky my energy was improved. No problems there, fortunately. The agent didn't spot the gnawed marks on the bottoms of the doors, done before I realised I'd have to keep the rats out of that area altogether. I got some whiteout that was the same colour as the doors to conceal it. Little sods. One of them has even chewed off the soft plastic part on top of my computer mouse, so it's more fiddly to operate it. Why? Just why? They've left it alone all these months and suddenly it's delicious.
I have survived another check at work, and seem to be back to normal standards, despite the handicap which their damn AI system creates. That means the intensive observation eases up, so the stress does also.
Yesterday the trouble was getting to work, since "an incident" caused the trains to be halted between Bayswater and the city. So I rode the train two stations and then had to hang around for a bus. I don't know how many trainloads of commuters were decanted at Bayswater before they got the buses going, but it was a lot. The trains have been suffering technical problems for days, so this was just the cherry on top.
If I'd realised how bad it would be, I might have gone home for the bike, despite the heat and me not quite being up to par yet. So, major inconvenience for possibly hundreds of folks, because someone decided peak hour yesterday was the time to jump in front of a train, and traumatise one more driver.
I moved away from where the mobs went and located a bus that was not a rail replacement bus but headed to the city, so the train person said. What she did not add was that it would trundle around every twisty little suburban street between embarkation point and the city, so it would almost have been faster to use the bike. A push bike. Just glad it wasn't today, I guess.
Not long now before I go on leave.
This past week I've been building up strength, pretty well back to what I like to call normal. I get the second shot tomorrow, when thankfully it's "only* meant to reach about 35^C. Today I hauled self out of bed early, for a day off, to go stock up on supplies. A lady stopped next to my transport and opined that it was much too hot for a bike! Yes, well, it's that or I don't eat. Or pay somebody an extra $10 or whatever it is to drop it off, and then I don't get to choose my fruit and veg.
I spent last weekend doing an extra thorough house clean because of my rental inspection on Tuesday, so lucky my energy was improved. No problems there, fortunately. The agent didn't spot the gnawed marks on the bottoms of the doors, done before I realised I'd have to keep the rats out of that area altogether. I got some whiteout that was the same colour as the doors to conceal it. Little sods. One of them has even chewed off the soft plastic part on top of my computer mouse, so it's more fiddly to operate it. Why? Just why? They've left it alone all these months and suddenly it's delicious.
I have survived another check at work, and seem to be back to normal standards, despite the handicap which their damn AI system creates. That means the intensive observation eases up, so the stress does also.
Yesterday the trouble was getting to work, since "an incident" caused the trains to be halted between Bayswater and the city. So I rode the train two stations and then had to hang around for a bus. I don't know how many trainloads of commuters were decanted at Bayswater before they got the buses going, but it was a lot. The trains have been suffering technical problems for days, so this was just the cherry on top.
If I'd realised how bad it would be, I might have gone home for the bike, despite the heat and me not quite being up to par yet. So, major inconvenience for possibly hundreds of folks, because someone decided peak hour yesterday was the time to jump in front of a train, and traumatise one more driver.
I moved away from where the mobs went and located a bus that was not a rail replacement bus but headed to the city, so the train person said. What she did not add was that it would trundle around every twisty little suburban street between embarkation point and the city, so it would almost have been faster to use the bike. A push bike. Just glad it wasn't today, I guess.
Not long now before I go on leave.