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Diary of a Brisbane Summer
(by a Pom)
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! 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 30 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 and humidity is taking longer that I expected.
October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3days 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 shit. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody 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 $450,000
house and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It
cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity
makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate
this stupid place.
November 8th:
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's
radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soaking 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 arse was on fire. I lost
2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my arse.
Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.
November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and
sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and 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 place? Water rationing will be
next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the
bloody pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 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
house payment to bail my arse out of jail for assulting the repairman.
Bloody Brisbane. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live
here?
December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are f**king kidding
aren't you?
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