Heat Wave

7 Feb 2016


Hey Friends and how are you today?

Here in Western Australia - well Perth, we are in the middle of a heat wave and it is going to get hotter.  Yesterday was a mild 31c, today it is going to be 40 , Monday, Tuesday 42, Wednesday is going to be 40c, Thursday 39 Friday 36 and Saturday 31c.  So the aircon is on and we will be doing activities inside today, we will go to the beach but not till about 4pm when the sun has dropped a bit because it will be crowded and you would get fried out there today.  I don't understand why people take kids to the beach in the middle of the day when the sun is at its peak ( I have learnt that it doesn't get hotter we move closer to it), especially in a country that has the lovely label of being the skin cancer capital of the world.  Gone are the days of the buff bronzed Aussie, now it is a case of the buff bronzed out of a can Aussie.

Yes we have great beaches and I would love to be there right now - as the cold breeze from the aircon is drifting across my back , my coffee is sitting beside me, yep I can really see why I want to be at home instead of doing the sand shuffle - that is when the sand is so hot on your feet that you run with your knees up so that your feet don't burn or if you are are really talented you drop your towel and shuffle on that till you get to the spot you need to be.
 Then there is the putting up of the sun shade now this involves strategy because if you are at the beach for the day you are going to have to move it as the sun moves across the sky - trust me on this, I managed to forget this even though I sat under my umbrella all day I managed to get roooly burnt ( there are stages of being burnt and rooly is not one that you want), then there is the issue  of food and beverage consumption and how to keep the sand out of it, now if you plan on buying said food and drink you are going to need a pair of thongs ( flip flops) because you will not only have to do the hot sand shuffle  but you will more than likely have to do the White Line Streak - the white painted lines of the car parking bays in the parking lot that are on black bitumen don't get hot.

Now if you forgot your thongs when you got out of the car take a quick se to plan the quickest route to the car only using the white lines of the bays to get thongs to get to the food and drinks.  So now that is all done you can enjoy the rest of the day at the beach, don't forget the suncream, hat,rashie,sunnies, if you see a jelly fish don't touch it cause they hurt and I am sure you didn't bring vinegar and a tub of hot water to take the pain away.  Don't forget to apply your suncream every two hours cause otherwise you end up as red as the wine I drank last nigh - another reason why I am staying indoors on this hot day its close to the fridge and wine!! And before it is suggested I am in no way a lush,sop,wino, three glasses is my limit now with all of that being said I am going to go and have a cup of coffee and contemplate washing the dog - was going to take him for a run before I did it but it got to hot ( that is my excuse is and I am sticking to it!!!!!!)

So while I am sitting here drinking my coffee, I take pity on all of those who are at the beach trying to set up there shade while bouncing up and down because they forgot there thongs and their feet are starting to burn when the dreaded words come out of the mouths of  children - I forgot my floaties, only to realise you now how to do the hot sand shuffle and the white line streak back to the car.

Toodles XXXXXXX