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Hot Weather

I had never experienced true hot weather until I moved to Melbourne. It has been 6 years now, and while I have managed to cope better with temperatures in the low 30s I absolutlely crumble when it gets above 37 and am a basket case when it hits 40.

Yesterday and today it has been in the mid 30s. I was supposed to do gardening but did not survive outside for very long. So what to do - too hot to do any work outside, nothing to do inside except mope and my favourite cafe closes in 30min so too late to go out for a coffee and a read of the paper.

I hate those days when you have a plan but it is foiled by the weather. Maybe in six more years I will be able to get out and do stuff on a hot day, but for now I am afraid I will continue to be parked in front of the air con hoping for a cool change.

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