Sunshine

Over the past 4-5 days, Glasgiw has had weather not seen since last summer - 5 days of lovely warm bright sunshine, and cloudless skies and associated heating up. The difference between night-toime and daytime temperatures at the moment is only about 6C.

And if there is one thing that fells me like an axe, it is humidity.. It has been better the past 2 days, but last week was killing me - waking up with a sodden T-shirt from sweat, the going to work for more of teh same etc. It w as crazy. Thankfully my body seems to be making the necessary adaptations, but I astill drinkibng 5 litres of fluid a day.

However, there has been more sitting in the park enjoying the sunshine this year than I ahve managed before., and I am (dare I say it) even starting to develop a suntan. My memories of past Ednburgh Festivals involve warm sunny afternoon as welkl, so hopefully I can develop a sun tan to at leat look like I might have had an interesting sumemr before I emet up with teh rest of my year group in September to see the oens who have spent 4 weeks in St Lucia, or Australia, Texas or Malta etc.

Living life to the minimum?

Today set me thinking. Painful so soon after exams I know, but anyway.

Seeing the pics that Rach posted on her Facebook about sunny beaches and fireworks made me realise just how you can spend ages of your life only noticing what you are doing and failing to notice the world around you.

Sunday and today I achieved very little beyond the basic activities of life. I spent half of yesterday afternoon, despite the sunshine, and warmth in the flat tidying up and watching the F1. I spent yesterday evening packing for my week away, and then had a long lie this morning on another sunny warm day.

I'm not saying i could or should have climbed mountains, forded stream or followed rainbows, but I could probably have worked through some of my 'To-Do' list, or gone for a walk, or down to the seaside, or met up with some friends.

I guess what I am saying is that the weather puts me in a very positive mood at the moment, despite the exams uncertainty, and I should relish it, use it and take advantage of it to live life, and enjoy the world around me and do some life affirming things this summer - hopefully with a car.....if I can sort out the money

"Sunshine and revision all over me"

With apologies to Semisonic for the title.

I was with a group of friends on Saturday evening and we were discussing general stuff and someone was saying that she was off to a wedding on a beach in a couple of weeeks. The beach is in Fort William. This set off a discussion on the weatehr in May.

After about a minute, one person said "Of course it will be hot and sunny. It's exam season." and today, the first full day of exams at Uni, there was brilliant sunshine and it was very very hot - 19C according to the BBC.

Tomorrow promises to be very similar, in fact it won't drop below 20C for teh rest of the week, even despite some rain on Saturday.

So yet again a hot sunny exam revision season!