Summer: Over for another year?

I think summer’s over for this year. Not only has the sun been rising later and later and setting earlier and earlier everyday, there are other signs:

• 5am feels different to how it’s felt for the last three months or so. There’s a slight chill in the air and snuggling under the doona seems like a good idea.
• The birds are getting up later. I think they must wake up with the sunrise, and, as the sun is rising later, so are they. I miss the sound of cockatoos, doves and the occasional kookaburra when I wake up. (No we don’t live anywhere rural, but we’re lucky enough to still have enough trees around for birds to have places to roost and feed.)
• Somewhere in the middle of last week, it suddenly cooled down. We went from a humid maximum temperature of 35.2°C (95.39°F) to temperatures in the low-mid 20s (20°C = 68°F), and with the occasional light cool shower.
• Baubles the Cat looks very fluffy at the moment. She usually looks slightly scraggly (is there such a word? Think ‘sweaty cat’*) in mid-summer heat and fluffs up as it cools down.
• I’ve felt the need for a jumper some mornings. And my usual summer wear around the house, the traditional Malaysian sarong, is starting to feel a bit drafty.

Oh well. I always find it amusing how much we (I) bitch and moan about the weather when there’s absolutely nothing to be done about it.

An aside: Lately I haven’t been playing any games at all. No WoW, no Civ, nothing. Not entirely sure why. This is probably a good thing, in some ways. I might see if I can start to use my evening time for more reading and writing. I need to fit in all the work-related writing I’d like to do, somewhere.

*Hooray, Internet! There is such word: see this definition.

Categories: summer, work-life-balance