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I have posted 150 entries so far - including this one - so it's quite a jubilee. 🍾🥂

After a terrible night's sleep, I woke up like someone pressed by a 16-ton weight. I can't sleep in a sauna. Anyway, I prepared my usual breakfast, cinnamon pancakes. After devouring the nosh and helping Ági with her MacBook, I moved my headquarters to the balcony and finished the lesson plan. I hope Ági and Roya will find the class engaging.

I prepared lunch, fish fingers with rice and tzatziki, and once we munched the meal, we were ready to take Abby to the "dog-sitter". We wanted to know if she was compatible with this new situation. We want to spend a couple of days in Austria, and right now, it is impossible to travel with Abby. Even the slightest change in her daily routine makes her nervous, so a new location would certainly mix the neurons in her wee mind. We feared how she would behave, but she took the "get-to-know-the-others" well. She wasn't the centre of attention or the most active dog in the pack; however, her performance convinced us that she would be alright there for a few days. We can take a short holiday uninterrupted by whinging, moaning, and leash-pulling. What a relief!

The weather has changed today. The sky was rather cloudy, and the afternoon brought rain, which was just as well due to the scorching heat that dried the land, the soil was arid. I've just received a "Severe Weather" alert on my phone claiming a raging storm nearby. It ought to be true as the neighbouring town has just disappeared from the horizon while the grey clouds ascended over the village.

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