take out the trash post

[As in, dumping a lot of disparate thoughts in the one post... thanks to the West Wing for the name.]

(1) It finally rained! After about 3 weeks of 38 - 40 degree heat (approx 100 farenheit), the humidity has broken and it is raining in The City. I'm so excited... partly because I wasn't able to get my air-con fixed for tomorrow's drive so if the humidity and heat hadn't subsided I would have been screwed, but mostly because summer storms are probably my favourite thing about summer. I love the fresh smell of newly-rained gardens, and the way the rain washes away all of the sweatiness. I love the way all of the dry, seemingly dead, native plants perk up and go green over night from soaking up all the yummy rainy goodness.  I even love the blackouts caused by rain hitting dust-covered power lines. I didn't love not being able to find an umbrella this morning, thanks to item (2), and so now I am sitting at work very damp. But apart from that, the weather today is truly joyous.

(2) I am almost done with packing. My room still looks a fright because there is stuff strewn everywhere, but I'm doing a mercy dash to my parents tonight with stuff that I will "come back for later", ie probably never remove from my old room ever, so that should ameliorate the situation. Also, no matter how effectively you pack (and this is my 5th time in 6 years) you always end up with one of those "random shit" boxes full of whatever was left behind after you neatly categorised, wrapped and packed everything else. Mine will probably be made up of dirty washing, bobby pins, and various electrical cords.

(3) I'm procrastinating at work today, even though the sooner I get my office packed the sooner I can go home and finish the house packing. Maybe I've just become habitual procrastinator. Maybe I'm just in denial. Who knows? I've decided I'm going to write a nice email to the members of The City office, because after all I've been working in this office for 18 months now and I've grown very fond of many of them. Not all, because then I wouldn't be me, but many. I certainly won't miss having to deal with Senor Grumpypants on a regular basis... at least not in person anyway.

(4) I'm out and about most of the next week - moving to G-town, working most of the weekend, and going on a work-related road trip to have a meeting with one of our groups and to collect affidavit evidence from members of another. I've made a concerted effort to blog at least once a day since I started this thing and it will be weird for me not to blog for a little while. Am I an addict already?

(5) I'm driving to G-town tomorrow. And still don't 100% know how to get there. I mean I think I remember from the last time I drove up (albeit as a passenger) but that was over a year ago now. I'm sure it is one road all the way, but I need to double check which one. I should probably get a map book.