The 7Teenth. Hmm, no, that's a weird way to write the title.

Today.

Today was a pretty quiet day since it was 38 degrees. That's about 100F. So it was kind of hot.

Actually, it's funny. People keep asking me about the heat, how am I coping, does it ever get nearly this hot in TN?? And I sort of laugh inwardly, because I think it gets much worse in TN. We don't have many 100 degree days, but a 100 degree day in Melbourne in bearable because it's not very humid. The nice ocean breeze helps as well. In TN, it's very humid and we all cry.

The flip side of that is that many houses here don't have central AC. Or heating for that matter. It's just seen in many cases as a waste and not needed. So it can still get hotter indoors than I'm used to. But it really hasn't been that bad.

But today was kind of sad heat wise, so we had a slowish day. We did laundry.

That was a semi new experience in that the Porters, along with many other Aussies, don't have a dryer. Another wasteful unneeded expense I think. So I had my first experience with hanging up clothes on the line.

Here I am with my clothes.

And here's an "action" shot.

We eventually went out to go look at some Op Shops. That's short for Opportunity Shops, and they're basically like Goodwill. You see, it seems that since like July or August, I got some hips or something, and now all of my skirts that I've had since I was 13, 14, 15 have stopped fitting me. It's sad. So we went to look for more.

Then we went to Judy's house. Judy is my uncle David's sister. And they had a pool. So we decided it would be good to go. On the way I passed a weird billboard, so I took a picture.

After that, my mom, Pippi and I went back to Pippi's. Pippi has air conditioning! She doesn't usually use it, but a day such as today rather requires it.

My mom ran down to the Fish and Chippery and I had another burger and chips. And I watched Mean Girls, because it was on channel Ten. After dinner, I started typing up these blog entries!

And so there we are, up to date! Hooray!!

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