G'day, folks.
Linda, enjoy your break. The hairdresser and manicures tomorrow sounds like a great time together planned.
Sharon/LDM, sounds like a busy day planned tomorrow with the big game. I hope it goes well.
Sharon/WO, Christmas parties already? I suppose I can't talk, I've got one next weekend...
I've been getting some sun time over the last couple of days. I didn't get to the beach today - mother in law rang to let me know she was getting the bus to the shops, she needed to go out to get medications. That bus trip would have been hot, bumpy and hours long. So I stepped in and offered to drive her to "the mainland" in my air-conditioned car. As it turned out, it was a good thing, because the pills she desperately needs are out of stock everywhere and we needed to get the pharmacist to ring the company and fix the problem for us. We dropped difficult child 3 off at the speech pathologist's while we were out, dropped inthere on the way back. difficult child 3 has some exercises to do.
We got home in time for me to cook an early lunch before going to the beach but by the time we were finished, the clouds were gathering and the storms were looming. I spent a bit of time sunning myself on the deck, I'm starting to get a bit of tan already.
Then the storm hit - spectacular. Finally a particularly large thunderclap signalled the rain, but only for a few minutes. I went out to see if I could get wet, but the path was barely damp, the rain gauge was completely empty. There had been a short burst but so brief you could see the individual raindrop splashes on the path. It was all dry in minutes so I went back out for a bit more sun time and Vitamin D. Then there were a few more light drops, so I went back inside.
It was 37 C today (that's body heat), it's cooled down to 32 C here now (almost midnight). That is as cool as it will get. Tomorrow will be another scorcher. I had a cool shower earlier on, I'm sitting here in a thin cotton nightie with the fan blowing.
Maybe tomorrow I'll get to the beach. The trouble is, tomorrow is Saturday and the tourists will be in. Nowhere to park!
I'm not sure if the Catastrophic Fire Danger rating still holds tomorrow. The storm this afternoon being mostly dry, it set fire to some houses on the other side of Sydney as well as lit a number of fires.
The weather is on the night news as I'm typing this - hottest day since those bad bushfires (38 C) and Catastrophic rating. There were choppers overhead today, I remember, as we drove through the bush. It's been really hot today.
They say it will be cooler tomorrow, but even hotter than today, on Sunday. And Sunday is when husband & I (and difficult child 3 & mother in law) will be in Wollongong, out in the heat. I've promised to be there. Pray for rain, folks! That will cancel our obligation for Sunday! Either rain, or pray for not such hot weather.
I know I wanted it warmer, I prayed for summer over our winter, but not quite so much of it!
Oh well, time for bed.
Enjoy your Friday.
Marg