Sorry to let off steam (literally!) but in the absence of moaning at my better half (away at work - although I've already grouched to him on the phone tonight) I want to come on and grumble about being too ***ing hot. I know all you folks in the US of A and Down Under are laughing at us with our paltry 30C/85F degree heat as you stand on parched cracked land in 50C heat (well, Australia and New Zealand will be standing on parched, cracked 50C land in 6 months time), but this is BRITAIN for goodness sake and this is not what we're used to!
Things I dislike about this current heatwave:
- not having aircon, either in the house or in my car
- not being able to get into said car after 11am for fear of melting/suffocating/hands welding to steering wheel
- not being able to move at more than dawdling pace due to again melting. Cycling downhill with elbows out to air armpits is current favoured mode of transport but I live at the top of a hill (in York, 'hills' are all relative, it's a slight bump)
- a morning run? no chance! Weekend hike in the hills? Think again!
- getting fed up with going to the loo all the time due to consuming gallons of iced water. Bored of drinking water.
- would rather like a hot drink once in a while but guess what - it's too **** hot!
- Cuddling OH makes me too **** hot (for wrong reasons!)
- not sleeping properly, cause it's too **** hot...
Things I like about heatwave
- have not worn socks in about 3 weeks - less washing (although ironically great drying weather)
- ice cream (not on fast days!)
- cooking less - salad and a slice of cheese is now a meal
- er... struggling now.
I don't like to appear like a typical british moaner (and we do like a moan, don't we) but I feel like I'm the only person in the country who isn't enjoying this weather. Don't get me wrong, a bit of sunshine is all well and good (up until about 23C) but this is going a bit far. I know that this time last year it wouldn't stop raining and then we had the coldest march on record etc etc and all the weather folks stand there each day trying to make the forecast interesting (when all they really need to say is 'it's going to be ****ing hot again, people') but, in British forecast convention, sunny weather is always A Good Thing and rain is Bad (no matter how much we'd all benefit from some at the moment) - notice they always say 'risk of showers' and 'promise of sunshine'. Bring on Autumn, when I can actually get on and DO things in reasonable, BRITISH weather, that's all I can say. You foreign folks may mock us but I like my 4-seasons-in-one-day, sleet-battered, fish-and-chips-in-the-rain weather, different every day. You know where you are. Sort of. When it's hot every day we don't know what to do with ourselves, what to talk about. It gets a bit tedious saying 'hot again, isn't it?' to the neighbours...
Anyway I've had my say and I shall leave now, to attempt to sleep again in an airless room and plan my move to the Outer Hebrides...
oh, and I fully realise that, whilst we get mocked for grumbling that it's too hot, there are other nations waiting in the wings to mock us for grumbling when we have a bit of snow, too. Canada, I'm looking at you...
OK and breathe, Rant over...
Things I dislike about this current heatwave:
- not having aircon, either in the house or in my car
- not being able to get into said car after 11am for fear of melting/suffocating/hands welding to steering wheel
- not being able to move at more than dawdling pace due to again melting. Cycling downhill with elbows out to air armpits is current favoured mode of transport but I live at the top of a hill (in York, 'hills' are all relative, it's a slight bump)
- a morning run? no chance! Weekend hike in the hills? Think again!
- getting fed up with going to the loo all the time due to consuming gallons of iced water. Bored of drinking water.
- would rather like a hot drink once in a while but guess what - it's too **** hot!
- Cuddling OH makes me too **** hot (for wrong reasons!)
- not sleeping properly, cause it's too **** hot...
Things I like about heatwave
- have not worn socks in about 3 weeks - less washing (although ironically great drying weather)
- ice cream (not on fast days!)
- cooking less - salad and a slice of cheese is now a meal
- er... struggling now.
I don't like to appear like a typical british moaner (and we do like a moan, don't we) but I feel like I'm the only person in the country who isn't enjoying this weather. Don't get me wrong, a bit of sunshine is all well and good (up until about 23C) but this is going a bit far. I know that this time last year it wouldn't stop raining and then we had the coldest march on record etc etc and all the weather folks stand there each day trying to make the forecast interesting (when all they really need to say is 'it's going to be ****ing hot again, people') but, in British forecast convention, sunny weather is always A Good Thing and rain is Bad (no matter how much we'd all benefit from some at the moment) - notice they always say 'risk of showers' and 'promise of sunshine'. Bring on Autumn, when I can actually get on and DO things in reasonable, BRITISH weather, that's all I can say. You foreign folks may mock us but I like my 4-seasons-in-one-day, sleet-battered, fish-and-chips-in-the-rain weather, different every day. You know where you are. Sort of. When it's hot every day we don't know what to do with ourselves, what to talk about. It gets a bit tedious saying 'hot again, isn't it?' to the neighbours...
Anyway I've had my say and I shall leave now, to attempt to sleep again in an airless room and plan my move to the Outer Hebrides...
oh, and I fully realise that, whilst we get mocked for grumbling that it's too hot, there are other nations waiting in the wings to mock us for grumbling when we have a bit of snow, too. Canada, I'm looking at you...
OK and breathe, Rant over...
in fact I've been praying for rain! I'm in the middle of exams so stuck in my room with my head in books cramming as much information in as possible. I can't even work outside as I live in a concrete jungle with no outdoor space!
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