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After another cold night - it was +9°C in the morning - I was more cautious when I took Abby for her morning walk. I wore my winter socks and hiking pants and wasn't short of the fleece jackets either. But the walk was shorter than yesterday because Abby did her business as fast as possible.

Today was the first in a long time that I could buckle down to study. I reviewed Charlette's previous lesson and collected all the words that needed attention. It really was a soul-warming experience for me. I suspected how much I'd missed studying, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed finding my way back to studying. It made my day.

When Ági's lesson was over, we jumped in the car and drove to the grocery store to buy the needed things. We got so peckish in the store that we had to stop at Burger King and buy junk food to fill our bellies with. Even though they say fast food is terrible for your health, we can't help but treat ourselves to it occasionally - meaning once in a blue moon.

The afternoon went by quickly. Apart from taking a 40-minute walk, we could only watch two episodes of Doctor House. We very much needed this little day-off kind of sort of thing today. But the dark clouds are gathering above my head. The DIY storm is approaching. There are three more important tasks I must complete this year. Two of them are about the inner part of the house: painting the office and the little hall. The latter is a tad complicated as I need to remove the mould from the walls first and paint them afterwards. The last one is the railing in the front garden. I must grind and paint the staves and install the handrail on the top of the fence. It doesn't want to cease.

The weather is interesting. The mornings are cold, but the afternoons are still warm enough to wear only sandals and shorts with a T-shirt. The weather forecast predicts a cold front for Sunday and Monday, but the weather will pick up and get better and better day by day, so next week will be warm. This kind of weather is quite odd around this time of the year in Hungary. Not that we mind it, no, it's just that the climate is changing that frightens us.

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