A Humid Monday.

An uncomfortably warm start to the week.

I suppose yesterday's deluge of rain has much to do with it. Gosh, it came down in buckets and just for good measure I decided to leave the washing on the line. No point taking it down as it wouldn't dry inside the house either. Better to await a sunny day. And today it was so sunny and warm that by lunchtime the soaking wet clothes from yesterday were dry as a slice of old bread.

Driving into town today took me back to my time in South Africa. The hot summers spent glued to the seat of one's car. Aircondition was still a luxury in vehicles and of course used up more oomph and petrol. No, window had to suffice but as I said, many a time getting out of a car meant peeling one's clothes of the seat of the car. Well, today felt very similar here in Oberwart.

The traffic added another level of irritation as they are working on one of the busiest stretches of roads in the city ( the one leading to the national highways ), resulting in that bit of traffic being rerouted through an ordinary road in town for the next few months at least. Yikes, not used to seeing big tractor trailers hogging that road. Must remember to avoid Monday mornings as understandably those are the days when stock gets replenished.

To add insult to injury, the local town council big-wigs have not installed a traffic light, nor a temporary traffic circle or even a traffic warden to help those having to turn out of the three main shopping malls. Bad planning and honestly, bad execution. Bob tends to do the manly thing and wait for the gap in order to turn onto the opposite side of the road ( the one we need to use to get home ) but I can't be bothered and therefore go with traffic to use an unused parking lot a hundred meters further along to turn around. Thankfully that saves me from having to wait for a gap on both sides of the road. 

Today was and still is so humid because of all the moisture evaporating. As we need the rain, I am quite happy to accept these humid intervals, and at least it means that jackets and jerseys are relegated to the back of our wardrobes.

Biggi