Very Hot Up Here

We have had a very pleasant but sudden and unexpected visit from my sister and Peter. A friend of theirs from their caravanning days has only a few weeks to live so they rushed from Omeo to Rockhampton to see her.

Judy's youngest boy is now here on the coast at Mooloolaba so on their way back they spent 2 days with them and then the last three with us. So things have been pretty busy the last few days.

They arrived here on Friday afternoon for three nights. We had spent the Thursday evening with them as well when we had a great meal at a local Curry Restaurant to celebrate my birthday. We enjoyed too much to drink and numerous swims in the pool throughout their stay with us.

On Saturday we visited "Dick Smith's" where they bought a laptop (i3, 320GB Drive, 4MB Ram for less than $700). Their current laptop wasn't working so well and Judy believed this was a great chance to buy a good one have me set it up for them. I think they are very happy with the outcome. Needless to say I had a ball doing it all. The photo shows Judy with the new laptop, Peter and Trish sheltering from the heat inside with the air/con on!

It has been very hot here with temps in the low 30's and high humidity. Not pleasant at all! We had the air conditioner on all yesterday afternoon to escape the heat. A thundery change is due this afternoon to cool things down. The pool has been a popular spot but even it is above 30 degrees right now and doesn't 'freshen' you up any more. Though it is a great spot just before going to bed!

Right now it is almost 10:00 am and the temperature in our small sheltered back yard is approaching 37 degrees and the humidity is 70%.

Judy and Peter headed off this morning for the cooler weather of Omeo in Victoria!

I will need to do some serious home brewing over the next few days to get supplies back to normal! The couple I did the computer reformat for early last week rewarded me with three cans of brew so I have plenty of brewing 'supplies'.