Thermal Expansion

Everything (except water) expands as it gets warmer. Dubai is no exception. In winter, on weekends, I can walk to the post office at noon and check my mail. In summer, the distance to the post office has expanded so much it is an impossible journey for a pedestrian. So I haven't checked my mail since May.

The local hypermarket, in winter, is right next to my apartment. Now, it is so far away, I try to buy enough that I won't have to go there again for at least a month (but then I eat all the food I've stocked up on, and have to go again after a day or two, but reluctantly, and, of course, I can only waddle).

In winter, Deira is close to Bur Dubai. Now, it's as far away as the moon. Not the earth's moon, some other moon.

So I'm not getting much exercise, but I am gaining weight, i.e., expanding with the heat. And wishing winter would come.