I’m back up in Darwin.
My flight was the last one out of the Melbourne Qantas terminal last night. We were also delayed half an hour. There were nice tail winds to take some time off the flight. I got to the hotel at 2:30 ACST (Or 3 am AEST)
This means I got to bed at about 3.15 this morning. Or 3:45 if you’re using Melbourne time.... (This is a thing - whenever you're up here you have to clarify what time zone you're talking about - heaven hiep if you have a colleague in Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide during the wet season - one country, five time zones).
I’m trying to look at things from a positive point of view.
The gee-whiz-you-beaut Neck pillow that I bought the other week allowed me to have around 2 1/2 hours sleep on the plane. I got to work at 9 am and I was reasonably compos mentis. My body didn’t feel too bad, thanks to the neck pillow.
However…
The Darwin crew were coming back from a long weekend, as they had Show Day on Friday. The air conditioning is not on in the office during this time. We're used to turning up on Monday morning to a hot office.
I arrived to start work at 9 am. Not bad for just under four hours of sleep.
Oh, and did I tell you that Darwin is in the middle of some unseasonally humid weather. Instead of it being lovely and dry, it's wet and sticky. It feels like the Buildup, which normally occurs from late September to December. When I walked out of the airport yesterday morning, the lure of the Uber was strong. It was hot and sticky.
Regardless, the office, at 9 am, was stiflingly hot.
Another good thing. The room I normally work in has its own, independent air conditioning unit, normally set somewhere between fridge and freezer.
Outside of this smallish office, people were wilting.
You could hear the air conditioning trying to work, but it was failing miserably.
There was also a big wigs meeting in the room from 9-11. We had to wilt out with the rest of the office.
They started to send people home. It was about 35 degrees in the office according to people's trackers.
Normally, when you go into the un-airconditioned toilets, they're a few degrees warmer that the office area. Today, we went to the bathrooms for respite.
I believe the job has been raised to have the air conditioning fixed. (Having the aircon break down is also a regular occurence)
I'm also happy I got a seat in the air conditioned part of the office after the management meeting was over.
And as for the humid weather, well, it's heated up the pool a bit. Rather than being almost too chilly to swim in, I got 30 lengths in after work.
And back in my room, I'm starting my 100 push-ups challenge.
10 days. 100 push-ups.
Yeah,,,, nah..... Too tired tonight. It's been a long day.
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