It's hot. It's Summer. It's always been hot in Summer, but I do believe that it's getting more fierce and prolonged.

There seems to be an old addage here of not drinking enough fluid and doing extensive sporting activities during the middle of the hot days.

Where I came from, during the middle of Summer, they requested (at at school, demanded) that we do not go outside and play during the hottest parts of the day, 10am-2pm.

To be fair, the place I come from is quite a bit hotter than here, but with the humidity here, the damage can be quite similar.

I think it's time to put Gaman asside and start doing what current thinking and current science is saying is best.

Until next time...

This morning was another new experience for me.

As a parent here, there's plenty of things that I have to do that I haven't done before.

This morning was road safety. Helping the kids across the main road on their way to school.

I did the best I could. :)

Until next time...

I know I've had posts here before about the weather and how the weather forecasting service isn't really doing that good a job of pretelling what the weather will be like....

But honestly, do they have to be this bad?

For at least a week now, even the evening before, they haven't been right about the next day. Is it honestly that hard? I'm sure they have models and history as a guide.

Yes, things are changing, but I don't believe it's changing that much nor that quickly that a model couldn't be revised to accomodate.

I'm proposing that the weather forecast come up with a new symbol. We already have snow, rain, sun, clouds etc but I think there needs to be an honesty mark. Something like a question mark (?) that really just means "We have no idea."

Now that would give us something to plan to.

Until next time...

Yesterday was the start of what I hope is the journey back to fitness for me.

I've started a couple of things that I hope are going to work for me.

1 is a 100 push-up challenge. You start with 45 on the first day and gradually work your way up to 100 after 30 days. Resting every 3rd day.

I've also gotten back onto my bike. Just 30 klms this morning but its a start.

I have touch football this afternoon. It's going to be a full day...

But my arms are really feeling it now. A coffee cup is very heavy...

Until next time....

This problem that I have seems to show itself in the following form.

People always seem to want to argue with me using what I am agreeing with as the basis for their argument. In short, they're agreeing with me and yet arguing with me.

I don't know why but this has happenened on more than a few occasions.

It is the weirdest thing in the world. "So you agree with me?" "No." and then they regenerate exactly what i was saying.

I've started just walking away from these types of situations. I don't need the aggrevation....

Until next time...