Mild start of winter, the brand-new air-con, waits for its day

昨日、家にエアコンを取り付けてもらいました。え、今までなかったの？と驚かれるかもしれませんが、パースではエアコンのない家は結構普通にあるのです。夏はうちらにとってほんとに暑くてたまらない日は毎年３日くらいだし、冬は１階はガスストーブ、２階は暖房無しでもしのげていました。でも今年は、カレンダー上まだ秋である５月の半ばがマジに寒かったので、これでは冬が思いやられると、軽い財布を振り絞ってエアコン導入を決断しました。ところが、６月に入って連日25℃近くまで上がるマイルドな日々。まあ、人生こんなものでしょうね。

We have had a new air-conditioner installed yesterday. You may be surprised at that we hadn't had it by now, but in fact there are many households without air-con in Perth, as there aren't too many unbearably hot days or cold days here. However, this year mid May, although it wasn't officially winter yet then, we had freezing cold days. That really made me fear for the upcoming winter and brought to the decision to squeeze out some money from my light wallet to introducing this expensive device. However! Now we are having mild winter days of 25 degrees. I didn't have to hurry at all..