One of the hottest days of the year so far here today. But judging by the fact that I was watching a Wimbledon match earlier today that got delayed due to a fan collapsing from heat stress, I'm guessing it is currently even hotter in the UK right now. There is nothing worse than too hot weather. Especially when you don't have AC - something that most people in the UK and the Pacific NW have in common. What is making it worse for me at the moment is that for most of the day I can't leave my windows open, because some nearby building contractors are running a really loud portable generator. Should I say something? Probably not worth it, because any day soon I'm going to be even more bothered by the sounds of fireworks most nights. It's kind of ridiculous round here - most neighborhoods prohibit the use of the fireworks, and there are plenty of signs put up to say as much, but conversely there are still lots of pop-up shops selling copious amounts of fireworks. I thought these were mostly restricted to Indian-owned land, but I noticed today that fireworks were being sold out of a pop-up store in a church car park. Crazy.
