Why Fear of Discomfort Might be Ruining my Life!
Hi! 
Just a quick update today.
First of all I simply want to say I'm really thankful
and also surprised how many people still seem to read my LJ.
After all I don't update that often anymore, so I REALLY appreciate that you guys still read it and that you even care and comment!
I can't even express how thankful I am for that! :3
Now some random things:
I just stumbled upon this blog entry a while ago and thought this is exactly about me: Why Fear of Discomfort Might be Ruining Your Life
Of course, it fits for many people, but it fits PERFECTLY for my current situation.
(Not sure if I should call it a "current situation" as it has been going on for a few years now
... *sigh*)
Anyways, it's an interesting read!
*Click to enlarge
A photo of today's thunderstorm.
It's soooo hot this summer! Much hotter than usually. Even hotter than the claimed "hottest summer 2010"! It's crazy! And it's only getting worse from now on!
They already confirmed that it's the hottest summer in a VERY LONG TIME, even hotter than in 2010.
Today's thunderstorm was a few hours long and intense with lots of lightning and frightening loud thunder. It was extreme!
Also, we had a few tornado warnings here in Kansai recently. The last one was yesterday, but as far as I know no tornado came.
Rainy season was pretty short compared to usually.
That might be the reason why the frogs this year aren't so bad. It's absolutely NOTHING compared to last year! And it's not because I got used to the noise!
Others confirmed that it's much more quiet this year (maybe less frogs)!?!
In other news, I spent the last few days and today my WHOLE DAY OFF (aka Sunday) to plan my summer vacation.
I HATE HATE HATE planning so much!!! Had to do a lot of phone calls just to be told that there are no vacant rooms etc.
Had to book a few flights, rental cars and a lot of different accommodations.
I'm still not completely finished, but almost.
I'm not completely satisfied with the outcome as I had to book accommodation I usually wouldn't, but as everything else was full, I had no choice and I might not get a rental car for one of my destinations, so I have to bear with walking or cycling in the unbearable heat! :/ ....
I decided to visit Okinawa again. This time I'm trying to visit (almost) all of the Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki, Iriomote, Hateruma, Hatoma etc.) and Yonaguni.
As it's high season - and I also have not much to choose from, prices are EXTREMELY high! This is yet another super expensive vacation! (T___T)
I just really hope it's worth it because as you might remember my last trip to Okinawa was NOT!!!
2 weeks of rain .... and we had to re-schedule our trip (which was much more expensive than planned) due to bad weather and ferries that got cancelled. *sigh*
To give you just one example:
Photo Credit for the good weather photo: Janine Ippei @ Flickr
And in the picture above it was still an OK weather.
Often it looked more like that:
Oh well, let's just hope for the best! ^__^;;
I'm off to drop into my bed now.
Can't believe that I spent a few days and the whole day today on planning (and I'm still not finished!!).
My eyes hurt!
Hopefully I can relax a little tomorrow and then FINALLY write a post for my blog again. That one is slowly dying without me taking care of it.
Just a quick update today.
First of all I simply want to say I'm really thankful
and also surprised how many people still seem to read my LJ.
After all I don't update that often anymore, so I REALLY appreciate that you guys still read it and that you even care and comment!
I can't even express how thankful I am for that! :3
Now some random things:
I just stumbled upon this blog entry a while ago and thought this is exactly about me: Why Fear of Discomfort Might be Ruining Your Life
Of course, it fits for many people, but it fits PERFECTLY for my current situation.
(Not sure if I should call it a "current situation" as it has been going on for a few years now
... *sigh*)
Anyways, it's an interesting read!
*Click to enlarge
A photo of today's thunderstorm.
It's soooo hot this summer! Much hotter than usually. Even hotter than the claimed "hottest summer 2010"! It's crazy! And it's only getting worse from now on!
They already confirmed that it's the hottest summer in a VERY LONG TIME, even hotter than in 2010.
Today's thunderstorm was a few hours long and intense with lots of lightning and frightening loud thunder. It was extreme!
Also, we had a few tornado warnings here in Kansai recently. The last one was yesterday, but as far as I know no tornado came.
Rainy season was pretty short compared to usually.
That might be the reason why the frogs this year aren't so bad. It's absolutely NOTHING compared to last year! And it's not because I got used to the noise!
Others confirmed that it's much more quiet this year (maybe less frogs)!?!
In other news, I spent the last few days and today my WHOLE DAY OFF (aka Sunday) to plan my summer vacation.
I HATE HATE HATE planning so much!!! Had to do a lot of phone calls just to be told that there are no vacant rooms etc.
Had to book a few flights, rental cars and a lot of different accommodations.
I'm still not completely finished, but almost.
I'm not completely satisfied with the outcome as I had to book accommodation I usually wouldn't, but as everything else was full, I had no choice and I might not get a rental car for one of my destinations, so I have to bear with walking or cycling in the unbearable heat! :/ ....
I decided to visit Okinawa again. This time I'm trying to visit (almost) all of the Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki, Iriomote, Hateruma, Hatoma etc.) and Yonaguni.
As it's high season - and I also have not much to choose from, prices are EXTREMELY high! This is yet another super expensive vacation! (T___T)
I just really hope it's worth it because as you might remember my last trip to Okinawa was NOT!!!
2 weeks of rain .... and we had to re-schedule our trip (which was much more expensive than planned) due to bad weather and ferries that got cancelled. *sigh*
To give you just one example:
Photo Credit for the good weather photo: Janine Ippei @ Flickr
And in the picture above it was still an OK weather.
Often it looked more like that:
Oh well, let's just hope for the best! ^__^;;
I'm off to drop into my bed now.
Can't believe that I spent a few days and the whole day today on planning (and I'm still not finished!!).
My eyes hurt!
Hopefully I can relax a little tomorrow and then FINALLY write a post for my blog again. That one is slowly dying without me taking care of it.