Diary of an Alice Springs Summer (by a Pom)
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:46 pm
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Alice Springs!! Now
this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see
the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.
September 30th
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and
rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another
scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used
to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.
October 15th
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though.
Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up to
the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and cat
crap. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant friggin blow dryer!! And it's hot as
hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman charged
$200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $300,000 house
and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th
It's 38 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost
$500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity makes the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid friggin
place.
November 8th
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
friggin throttle him. Friggin heat! By the time I get to work the car's
radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin friggin wet, and I smell
like baked cat!!
November 9th
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the black
leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my friggin butt was on fire. I lost
2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my friggin
butt. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried butt, and baked cat.
November 10th
The weather report might as well be a friggin recording. Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny. Hot and friggin sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2
damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.
Doesn't it ever rain in this damn friggin place? Water rationing will be
next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the
friggin pool. Even the palms can't live in this friggin heat.
November 14th
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 41 today. Now the air-conditioner's
gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you
today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail my butt out
of jail for assaulting the stupid idiot. Friggin Alice Springs! What kind
of a sick demented friggin idiot would want to live here?
December 1st
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are friggin kidding!!!
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Just got transferred with work into our new home in Alice Springs!! Now
this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see
the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.
September 30th
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and
rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another
scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used
to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.
October 15th
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though.
Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up to
the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and cat
crap. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant friggin blow dryer!! And it's hot as
hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman charged
$200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $300,000 house
and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th
It's 38 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost
$500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity makes the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid friggin
place.
November 8th
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
friggin throttle him. Friggin heat! By the time I get to work the car's
radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin friggin wet, and I smell
like baked cat!!
November 9th
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the black
leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my friggin butt was on fire. I lost
2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my friggin
butt. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried butt, and baked cat.
November 10th
The weather report might as well be a friggin recording. Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny. Hot and friggin sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2
damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.
Doesn't it ever rain in this damn friggin place? Water rationing will be
next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the
friggin pool. Even the palms can't live in this friggin heat.
November 14th
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 41 today. Now the air-conditioner's
gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you
today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail my butt out
of jail for assaulting the stupid idiot. Friggin Alice Springs! What kind
of a sick demented friggin idiot would want to live here?
December 1st
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are friggin kidding!!!
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