Becoming Cooler

2 07 2009

Hopefully the hot weather the UK has been experiencing (I’m ignoring the laughter of my Texan friends at the moment) will be coming to an end tomorrow to be replaced by the all too familiar sight of British rain.  I have no idea what the temp was today but it definitely felt crazy hot as soon as I stepped out the front door today, and that was before 9am.

Luckily the heat didn’t seem to go to my head and the work day passed without any kind of incident.  I’m still a bit confused though as to why my mornings pass much quicker than my afternoons. Still, one more day and then it’s the weekend.  I’m looking forward to a lay in, in a room that hopefully isn’t at a temperature of 30C.

No plans at the moment except a trip to see Ice Age 3 tomorrow night. Not sure what to expect from it.





Getting Back Into It

1 07 2009

I said I would try and start writing again and after some procrastination and some gentle pushing from some people I’m actually sitting down to write a full post again. Go me!  This would have been yesterday but sitting in the office until 7pm put pay to that idea as it sucked away all my free time for the evening.

The UK is currently in the middle of a heatwave.  Temperatures are pushing 30C which for a lot of the world is a hot spring day. For us it’s somewhat of a crisis since the British don’t cope with heat well.  The awesome thunderstorms this causes make it almost worth it but they have been somewhat lacking around MK recently.

Work is going well.  We’ve been busy recently but it’s slowly winding down for the summer when people are traditionally on leave and the office is a little quieter. I’m pushing for promotion (and the pay rise it brings) and have some work to complete in order to achieve that and prove my worthyness.  Hopefully I can have that done by the time Autumn comes around because….

…. In other news I am currently going through the process of buying a house.  The pay rise would come in handy for making the mortgage easier to pay.  So far the process hasn’t been too bad. There’s obviously been the inevitable drain on the bank account for legal fees etc and plenty of forms to fill in but nothing horribly complicated.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it continues like that. I would hate for anything to fall through right now.

I think I may now go and complain about the heat some more…. however as a cooling final thought, July 1st means we’re halfway to Christmas :-)





Tropical Storm Hanna

6 09 2008

I’ve never really paid attention to tropical storms and hurricanes before but since this week has seen them become newsworthy as they line up over the Atlantic I thought I would check out the website of the US’s National Hurricane Centre.

I have no idea if this is normal or not but i’ve noticed that Tropical Storm Hanna will be paying a visit to the UK in the middle of next week…. Could be interesting.





I Sometimes Wonder…

6 07 2008

I worry about that we term as “severe” weather.

The BBC is tonight reporting that a funnel cloud has formed in the North-West of England.  A spokesman for the Met-Office (the UK organisation that issues weather warnings etc.) is quoted as saying,

If the funnel had touched down it would have caused severe damage.

Wow. Sounds serious… you would think.  The spokesman continues,

It could have badly damaged a tree or a shed roof.

I sometimes wonder about these people.