Happy Boiling hot Thursday! If you’re in the UK, how are you enjoying the heat? Aside from not sleeping properly and waking up feeling really quite ill, I think the sunshine has put me in a really great mood. I hope you’re all coping with the heat a lot better than I am, I turn into a big wimp at times like these!
I am so glad however, that we’re getting such a nice summer this year! Here are some of the other things that have made my week sparkle:
* Air-Conditioning! – This heatwave that’s suddenly hit the UK this week has been a bit of a nightmare for me, I keep waking up completely dehydrated and feeling terrible, but the air-con in the office has made all the difference, to the extent that I actually want to go to work in the morning! It’s far better than staying home in the ridiculously warm house!
* Writing – I appear to have finally recovered from the dreaded writers block, and I’m so glad of it! Writing is one of the best things in my life at the moment, it gives me the sense of achievement and accomplishment I can’t get from my so-simple-a-trained-monkey-could-do-it day job.
* Summer Clothes – I spent a few hours yesterday sorting through all my clothing, putting the heavy winter sweaters in a box under the bed and making room for lighter, summer clothes. Now I may actually be able to find what I want to wear!
* O2 – I called them this morning to ask about the costs involved in upgrading to an iPhone. They told me the prices, said it isn’t in stock at the moment and that since I’m out of contract now they’d reduce my monthly bill by £15 a month. I’m glad I called!
* Lollipops! – I use them as a diet food, yes, really! They last for ages so they stop me snacking on far higher volumes of equally as sugary rubbish, so it actually works out far healthier to just eat lollies!
* Other: knowing that so far *touches wood* the airshow I’m going to on Saturday won’t be rained off, more energy drinks, afternoon naps, relaxing in the living room with a laptop and the curtains closed because it’s the coolest room in the house, fruit juice ice lollies, huge salads, stretching, drinking tonic water without the gin, wearing huge cotton circle skirts and feeling very girly.
What’s made your week sparkle?
Also loving the heat but having to work to adjust to it. iPhones are great I’d be lost without mine.
Lollypop diet! I love it! I’m a fan of sickeningly strong chocolate mints actually. You can only eat one or two, but they kill the sugar craving.
Yey it’s nice to get out of writer’s block, I think I’m managing it myself!!!!
For me, TILT:
- Sunshine, shade and not having to do any work!
- Paris! Je t’aime!
- Citron presses on shady street cafes
- Shopping in amazing sales
- Reading whatever I want in grassy squares
- Cheesecake (homemade only)
- Overexpensive purchases which are fabulous and result in me only being able to eat porridge for the next month (must be good for weight loss!)
OH and I should put also
- kind strngers paying for taxis
- passing the GDL with flying colours!
Air conditioned shops! I love them too. I like the heat also though so it’s nice being able to walk in and out of them. Also, elderflower cordial! I’ve been drinking loads of it lately since I had to buy some for a sorbet I made. It’s really nice with blackcurrant cordial too.
The heat here in London is crazy! But I’m making the most of it – eating icecream and drinking pimms! Alas I miss aircon while I’m on holiday though
The humidity is tampering with my sleeping patterns too! I much prefer the traditional rainy English weather.
It’s strange that I waited so long for summer, yet now it’s here, I anticipate winter again and all those christmassy, snuggly things. n_n