I'm not sure anyone else has mentioned it so I'll just write it here for the record.
IT'S SO HOT.
By the time this blog is published, the UK temperatures will have cooled. That's what the Met Office says, anyway. As I write this a day or so beforehand, however, that is not the case. It is 10.20am, the house is filled with thick, hot air, and my face is slick with sweat. SEXY TIMES.
My brain doesn't work well when the temperature nudges the mid twenties so the current state of affairs (34℃ right now) is taking the piss. After finishing this post, I'll spend the day dabbing myself with a wet towel, drinking multiple iced waters, and trying to find the energy to tell the internet that Leeza McAuliffe is Branching Out is available now. The struggle is real.
Or, I can do that here - Leeza McAuliffe is Branching Out is available now. Woohoo.
Over the past week, I've signed a few copies for people - always the biggest thrill - and heard from others who are reading it. THANK YOU. I'm nearing the point where I can stop thinking about this book and empty my head. By mid-August I'll be totally done, but even now the promotion is dying down a bit. And then? ONWARDS. To filling my head with the next book!
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| The Young Royals. I'm now an expert on the Swedish monarchy and elite boarding schools. |
I've just binged Young Royals on Netflix, which was more in-depth and interesting than its high school romance blurb indicated. I'm also in the middle of Dolly Alderton's Everything I know About Love. I know it's good because it's one of those books that I wish I'd written. Yesterday I finished Murakami's memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, and next in my personal readathon is Sathnam Sanghera's new release, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, his George Michael biography. It's all go, culture wise.
Food and Drink
I can't lie, it's been leaves. A bag of supermarket salad leaves, with a few extra bits thrown on top. That's been the extent of my culinary output over the week. I've also discovered that if you get a tin of skinless, boneless sardines in olive oil, and pan fry 'til crispy, they jazz up the aforementioned leaves no end.
A touch more effort was made on Saturday when we invited people over for a BBQ. It was still leaf based, but with added meat, bread rolls and sauce thrown in. Simple. At some point I'll be up for leisurely hours of kitchen pottering. Today, I'm focusing on keeping cool and picking at bits from the fridge.
Father's Day involved a lovely day trip to the seaside. My brother and I did a parental visit to their coastal home and we all enjoyed a reasonable breeze. That can be the only reason I found myself eating a roast dinner that day. I also caught up with a mate for a drink in a hospital cafe which was lovelier than I've made it sound. Then on Thursday, I did a cinema double bill. Purely for the aircon on the hottest day of the week, I sat through Supergirl and Scary Movie. Neither of those films would appeal during cooler times but as it turned out, they were good fun and my overheated self felt calmer for an afternoon.
Right then Temperatures, you've made your point. We need to crack on and get our routines back. Silly season is over, do you hear me?
And now, as we look around us on this Monday morning, it seems my stern words have worked. YOU'RE WELCOME everybody.
Have a lovely week, folks.
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