Think cool

I have been feeling very hot over the last couple of days. I'm finding the weather this late August to be very hot and humid. I'm breaking out in a sweat constantly and of course, as I have said before, once I get too hot I find it very hard to cool down. On Friday night both James and I kicked off the duvet, which is very unusual for me because I kind of like the security that a covering makes me feel. Yesterday we went up to the west end and had lunch in a new wee restaurant in Byres Road. It used to be called Antipasti but it closed a while ago and has reopened as Charlie Rocks, a gourmet burger joint. Burgers are not my favourite food so I had the steak sandwich which was very nice indeed. David had a burger of course; I keep telling him that he should write a book called "Burgers of the World what I have eaten"! He pronounced the presentation excellent, the burger good, but the roll slightly dry. He is a real connoisseur of burgers! James had fish and chips - he just can't resist fish and chips - and pronounced it satisfactory. On our west end trip we also got David's hair cut and went for a walk in the botanic gardens, always a favourite of ours. But the whole trip I felt hot and sticky, except when I was in Charlie Rocks which was pleasantly cool, another point in its favour. Yesterday evening James and I went to the cinema to watch "Ted", a film that Ally and Cat went to see last week. We invited Ally and Davie but Ally didn't want to see it again and Davie said that it wasn't appropriate for him to watch it with his parents! When we saw it I understood what he meant! I loved the film, it was so funny and quite outrageous, and while not a classic, it made James and me both laugh a lot and we left the cinema still smiling. We have decided that Jack is the "Ted" character in our lives! Another warm night, then James wanted to go for a walk this morning so we went over to Strathclyde Park and walked around it as we have done many times before. However, like yesterday I found it very hot and humid and I was really sweltering. I was a bit grumpy to James during the walk because I felt hot and bothered, and I apologised to him at lunch time. I have decided to start my Happiness Project. I made a spread sheet with my first set of resolutions, which mainly concern energy and marriage, and James tidied it up and printed it out for me. I will give it a try. I asked James if he wanted to make it a joint Happiness Project but he looked at me with rather a lack of enthusiasm so I will go it alone just now. My spirits have picked up after an afternoon in my hammock reading and planning my project, and I will try to take the advice that James proffered to me on our morning walk; "Think cool!"