Summer teaser and more

We had a brief hint of summer this past week when the temperature rose past 32C…I think it was about 34C where we are, which is probably about 91-92F.  I went for a 6km walk at a park that day and wore my walking sandals and managed to get blisters on my feet. I should know better than to do something like that but I thought it would be cooler for my feet. I will do better next time. Anyway, it was warm enough that the house got really warm and I ran the air conditioner for the first time this season. Then it went back to wintry sort of weather on Friday and those windows we opened left the house feeling quite chilly. I didn’t close them again since they have key locks and it’s likely we won’t stay cool for too much longer.

I had a follow up visit for my colonoscopy with my doctor yesterday. I wasn’t quite sure what type of plan it might be but it seems I’m to see a dietician who specialises in IBS. I know there is a diet called FODMAP that was developed at Monash University here in Australia but I hadn’t looked into it so much until I knew for sure this was the problem. Anyway, the gp told me her daughter saw the dietician and with dietary changes her daughter has worked out which foods are triggers. It seems like I will be on some sort of elimination diet to start with and will add foods back gradually.

Coming up this week is Game Fanatic’s birthday when he turns 22. Which reminds me that Lego Lover will be 18 in a couple of months. So weird to think of all this.