Hurray! It's raining!

Well, after many sweltering days, it's finally cooling off with a spot of rain. Bliss.

My parents have been camping locally and visiting each day, having moved out of their old house last week. I've been pretty much holed up marking and writing TMAs of my own, but should be free of work by the end of today, at which point I can spend more time with them (whilst we all continue with the renovation of this house). They're moving to Germany in just over a week, so have been working like maniacs to get everything into store ready for a moving team, all in a heatwave, of course. Mum's lost half a stone and Dad was losing a pound a day, but sadly I'm as round as ever (well, I've been sitting around writing essays, so I'm not like to reduce). My single lengthy venture into the outdoors to dig up a number of plants from mum and dad's garden to transplant to ours resulted in a cracking headache and some night-time throwing-up. Needless to say, I don't emerge until the evening, as a rule. Despite this, I come from a long line of people who don't seem to burn easily which is fortuitious, as virtually every sun cream I have tried brings me out in a vibrant red rash. Perfume as an unnecessary added ingredient (even in the creams designed for 'sensitive' skins) is really not helpful. Grumble grumble moan.

Half way through that paragraph, it stopped raining. Oh well, at least the air is cooler now and I can carry on marking in comfort.