It’s definitely here. The last few days have been so hot. It’s odd to think that only a month or so ago I was putting the heating on every night. It’s regularly hitting 30’C and I’m just so glad it has not been humid with it. If that happens.... when that happens, I will not be happy. I seem to be having about three showers a day and wearing clothes a lot less than I used to. Worst of all, there were maggots in my rice.... When I first arrived here I bought this huge bag of rice that is still only have emptied. Today I noticed that there were a couple of moth-like flies hanging around it and so I peeked. Seems I haven’t been  keeping it closed tight and somebody obviously laid some eggs. It wasn’t crawling but I emptied the whole bag into the sink, filled it with water, and I drowned a couple more flies and in my washing I picked out at least 5 maggots. I think I will have to keep a better eye on that. The good thing about the weather is that my washing is dry in about 20 minutes. I’ve packed my duvet away though. Won’t be needing that for a couple of months.

Completely un-weather related, unless it is, in fact the Summer of Love I think I may have found the perfect girl. Unfortunately, it was through the Japanese pen pal website, so naturally she is half way across the country, but her profile and pictures have really struck, if not a chord, then a whole guitar riff with me. Her personality just shines through. She seems intelligent and independent, but silly, open to other cultures and the modern living, but in touch with traditions she’s a nerd but beautiful, everything from cute to sexy. However, with past experiences in mind, I am very skeptical about the situation so we’ll see.  I’ve just never been struck by someone so much so quickly before. So much so that I would write about it in my blog. I don’t do that, any more than Hitler did equal rights volunteer work. So maybe he did it once.... hmmm. There’s a Family Guy sketch....