Sizzling Summer

We are having a sort of heat wave in the dying days of summer. Temperatures are the highest they have been all summer into the 3 digit range. Today has been the hottest yet, over 101 fahrenheit, but I wouldn't really know, having been in the office all day. But you feel it when you tried to go to sleep. It is uncomfortable and then I cave in and run the air-conditioner for a couple of hours till everyone is asleep and then turn it off. The electricity bill will climb soon enough when winter comes and this house gets freakishly cold.

You can tell the days are getting shorter. Now I have to turn on the bathroom light in the morning to use the bathroom when I did not have before the threesome left. And it is dark by 8:00pm.

It has been more than 2 weeks since Mom, Ah Yee and YY left and the house seems empty without them. The kids are back to school this week but I did not go to the registrations. Work in the office is very heavy with a lot of project deadlines looming and all kinds of issues to solve. Still it is challenging and interesting.

I have not written much about what we did in summer. There was so much going on that keeping a journal seemed like a thing that could wait. And before you know it, it's been a month or more and you wonder where the time went.

And we have been looking around for houses to rent. The lease is almost up and we are very tempted to move. The landlady wanted to pass the increase in interest rates on her mortage to us but I resisted and she relented because I think in her heart she realises we are probably model renters. So we went looking and saw some very nice houses. No decisions yet. Gotta weigh the pros and cons but time is running out on us and we must decide soon.

I have a large sleep debt so this is going to be short. Hope I will have the energy one of these days to write about the busiest month I have had in a while. So until then, adios.

Finally

I am arisen from the deep vale of silence. It has been a long time, not for want of things to write about but from lack of bandwidth. It has been a really busy month or so on both home front and on the work front. But I love it. Better doing lots of things and finding lots of challenges than idling away what little is left of my sojourn on mother earth.

The month that mom, my aunt, YY were here were heaven, pretty much. So nice for once to have people take care of me, make sure there are always warm meals waiting, a clean home to come back to and conversation droning on in the background. Wish these kinds of times never have to end. We made two roadtrips, both exciting in their own ways. Will try to find time to verbalise them here but not now. I am bushed from a very hectic week in the workplace and it is getting late. So adieu and I'll be in touch.