Wet and cold

It's been a very wet and dim day today. It rained heavily whilst I was picking my kids up from school. Yuck, I hate getting into a car all wet: I hate it when the windows steam up - does anyone else have the same trouble that I do with de-misting windows? I never know how to adjust my temperature and fan speeds - is it better to blow cold or blow hot? The aircon sorts it out pretty quick but it can get too cold in winter to have that on. One of life's little conundrums...

Aside from the weather, several things at home have taken up my thoughts and some of my time. A shed clear out at the weekend required a couple of trips to the dump. I hate going to the dump. I hate filling up my boot with stuff, especially when spiders can run off and hide in my car. I'm not a huge fan of creepy crawlies, as you can tell. The washing machine has been spraying water on the floor behind the box it sits in. So our kitchen floor is very damp underneath the lino and we can't use the washing machine until the new tube is fitted - another little job for me.

I've been playing a lot of music on my iPod. Getting into tracks in my collection that I haven't heard for a long while. It's funny how your memory of certain tracks places them above others until you go back and listen again. My tastes have certainly changed quite a bit over the course of fifteen years. What's more noticeable for me now I have iTunes is how much easier it is to listen to a wider selection of songs by not having to select a CD each time, now I can just rely on iTunes to select tracks for me. I love the serendipity of hearing a John Lee Hooker track just before an In Flames track. I love loads of styles in music so I could never restrict myself socially to one interest group. Although I do like the baggy trousers and dark colours of the metal followers but those styles wouldn't suit me.