on a sunday
An enormous I-don’t-think-so-honey to the person who drove past around 13:00 blaring Mariah’s All I Want for Christmas is You whilst I sat reading in the sun on my balcony. Cut it out. It’s far too early for that.
I mean this so seriously, England desperately needs a November holiday like Thanksgiving to give people:
a) hope
b) but also a more appropriate start date for the Christmas szn.
Labour, if you’re looking to do something popular for once, why don’t you give us a BH in November?! We’re all deprived on sunlight and running ragged by the middle of the month, and it would be such a boon to morale.
One of the reasons Brits are so miserable by mid-November is that they love to be heat martyrs, each of them playing a smug game of chicken against everyone else to see who will be the first to turn the heat on. They will happily boast that they haven’t touched the thermostat yet, even when their windows are etched in lacy frost and they endlessly wax poetic about how much they love their heated blanket. Whilst it is true that heating one’s home is unnecessarily expensive in this country and it’s genuinely appalling that so many people can’t afford to keep their home at a safe and comfortable temperature, I implore those who can to please stop moaning and just turn on your fucking heat. It will make your life so much happier, I promise. (I’ve consistently had my heat on for weeks and while my mental health isn’t anything to shout about right now, my body temperature is very comfortable, my houseplants are thriving, and my laundry is drying beautifully.)
There is no relief sweeter than the end of a washing machine spin cycle. I didn’t even realise I was clenching my jaw, but now that it’s over and I’ve relaxed, all my teeth feel loose.
Something that is very puzzling about cat ownership is that it’s almost impossible to find information about how/why long-haired cats have different kinds of nails to short-haired cats. I can see with mine own eyes that they are different in terms of shape and materiality, so why is this so difficult to find information about on the world wide web?!