How exactly are you supposed to dress for temperatures ranging from 5 to 28 Celsius?? Seriously ... I need to know! I imagine layers are the key, but still, it's not an easy task. Yet this is something I'm being faced with all this week.
I started my third prac on Tuesday (with Monday being a public holiday ... more on that in a moment), and I'm doing this one at a little school in Ipswich. This involves travelling west about an hour and a quarter each day, ending up a fair way inland ... with slightly wider temperature ranges than are usual here by the coast.
This morning, I believe it got down to around 5 degrees. We had a late start today, and I didn't get to school until around 8am ... but even then, it was COLD. I wore a skirt in anticipation of forecast highs, and at around 8am, I nearly froze! It was soooo uncomfortably cold. I really needed long pants and closed in shoes.
But then, by lunch time it had warmed up and apparently reached 28! That's not just warm, that's approaching uncomfortable up here with the added humidity. At least I was dressed suitably for the heat - the teacher I was with was in tights and a long sleeved top.
Such crazy weather to try to dress for! I just can't work out how best to approach it. Why can't Mother Nature just pick a season and stick with it?? My wardrobe would really appreciate the simplicity.
Meanwhile, Monday's public holiday. It was Labour Day in Queensland. Same holiday every year. Not a "real" public holiday ... one of those convenient ones usually only recognised by banks, schools, government departments and offices. A fabulous excuse to go shopping or catch up on any number of tasks.
Not this year though! Suddenly, someone, somewhere, decided that it's a fabulous year to stop opening on Labour Day. And suddenly, with no warning or announcements, everything remained closed. Not even the supermarkets were open! How ridiculous is that!?
It's not like it's a serious public holiday. There's no religion attached to the holiday, no national celebrations or time for remembering past heroes. It's just an excuse for a day off, like the Queen's Birthday holiday or the Ekka holiday. For those in relevant industries, it's a great opportunity for making a bit more money thanks to penalty rates. For the rest of us, it's a long weekend.
Except for this year, when we received no notice that nothing would be open!!! I drove around in circles trying to find somewhere to buy a notebook ... and ended up at the local IGA with the entire population of my local area. Insanity!!
In more convenient news ... tomorrow is a public holiday in Ipswich! So I can at least have my convenient catch up holiday tomorrow, with everything near home being open as usual. Got to love that!