Hot or cold

It's been hot for the past week or so and I don't usually enjoy it much at all; it's typical March weather here though so the heat wasn't unexpected. It's not stopped my nephew and I doing what we'd planned and his visit here for a holiday has been a resounding success so far, which helps me tolerate the heat a little more. He's a cool kid, fun to have around and he always makes me happy.

My nephew, @mrbonkers, lives in the tropical north of Australia where it's hot and humid year-round.

They have two seasons: the wet season, which is the most hot, humid and wet six months of the year, and the dry season which is less wet, hot and humid...although it still rains a lot and is hot and humid in comparison to where I live. The whole northern area (the tope end) of Australia is tropical and for those who live down south like me it can be pretty difficult to get used to it.

It's the same in reverse and coming down here where it's not perpetually humid comes as a bit of a shock to the system for my nephew and he's complained that it's cold on occasion. Bonkers!

With it being so hot we've taken advantage though and have been to the beach a few times and had a lot of water fights in my garden at home.

It's really quite amusing how much fun a kid (and his uncle) can have blasting each other with water guns, the hose and buckets while running around like a couple of idiots. I also find it amusing when he starts complaining about being cold...despite it being not cold...and the fact he wants to continue swimming or water fighting all the same. Kids huh?

I've had a blast with him, there's nothing quite like the laughter and giggling of a little kid having water fights in hot weather, and the time we've spent at the beach playing catch, swimming and building sand castles as the sun sets has been so great also.

He'll be gone soon enough and that's going to make me pretty sad but he's still here at the moment and the fun hasn't stopped, not will it, no matter if it's hot or cold.