IT'S SO BLOODY HOT. This is stating the obvious for a lot of you, I'm aware, but we don't really "do" hot here in Britain. Which is sort of surprising, really, because I can't remember the last time we didn't have a blazing hot summer with seemingly daily news reports proclaiming it to be the "hottest day since records began" or something along those lines.
The reason we don't really "do" hot here in Britain is that air conditioning is seen as a luxury rather than a necessity, but I'm really starting to think we're getting to a stage where that needs to change. And it is changing in some areas; most new cars these days seem to come with air conditioning, which is great, and portable air conditioners (such as the one we have in our bedroom after finding last year's heat intolerable) are much more affordable than they once were.
It's still hard to deal with, though — particularly when you go to those places that don't have air conditioning. You know, like outside. It's surprisingly difficult to spend a whole day without going outside at all, even for someone as socially inept as myself, and thus it's nigh impossible to have a day where you're not exposed to the bastard sun at all.
I've had a bit of a headache for the past few days and I'm pretty sure the heat and/or the sun is to blame. Thankfully both the gym and my office have air conditioning, so my exposure is pretty minimal. I kind of wish we could all just hibernate until the autumn though.
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