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That was unpleasant. And exhausting
Jan. 9th, 2013 11:20 pmBut hey, no bushfires in the are so at least there was no smoke or worries about evacuation. I'll take that as a positive.
The cat was Not Impressed with us since we wouldn't let him outside to get heatstroke or a heat-induced asthma attack. He wandered around the house, wowling and yowling in complaint for quite some time. Mum did manage to shut him up for a while by retrieving the cat carrier from the garage and putting it by the back door. Cat took one look, retreated to the living room and stayed very quiet for a few hours.
The Boyo managed fairly well with his Polar collar. The cooling mat I'd bought for him earlier at not insignificant cost finally got some use as cooling blanket. (Even with the mat being noticeably cooler and softer than the tiles, where does the dog lie? Yep.)
As for me, I stayed up as late as I could, so I could try to sleep through the worst of it. The house was hot and stuffy but bearable when I got up (and significantly cooler than outdoors) and I thought we were managing well - until the power went out around 10p.m.
Not very surprising but OMG. Seconds after the fans stopped moving the house went from 'uncomfortable' to 'stifling'. (Plus, I was distracting myself by reading a fic online and I was very annoyed to be cut off in the middle of it.) Even lighting candles felt like adding too much heat. Being able to retrieve two paper fans from my room was another reminder of why Putting Things Away is a good thing. I then took my cue from The Boyo's collar and soaked a hand towel in iced water and draped it around my neck and shoulders.
Mum gave up pretty quickly and went to bed but since I'd been asleep all day ... well, I was grateful for two things. Buying an ereader cover with a light and the ice Mum had bought. Yes, I did wind up taking an ice bath after all. I dumped the ice and melted ice in the bath, ran a bit of 'cold' water in (which was warm enough to melt the ice immediately so I couldn't use much) and then I had to sit on the edge of the bath and cool myself off in stages because if I'd tried to sit in the bath right away, I think I would have sent myself into temperature shock.
Eventually I lay down on my bed with a cold towel draped over me and passed out. It did not feel like sleeping. I came around about 1 or 2a.m. when the power came back on (a trill of bright chirps from the electronics and the blissful whirrs of the fans) then conked out again. At some point the dog needed to go out. But really, I was out of it. About 5a.m. I woke up, noticing the change had come through and got up to open windows, enjoy the cool and try to get my head to stop aching. Also finish the stories I'd had open in tabs.
And today I slept in lovely 27C weather. Tomorrow should be the same. And Friday and Saturday ... look to be like yesterday. Two days. In a row. *whimpers* It's not even mid-January. I don't know how I'm going to deal with this.
I WANNA MOVE TO THE MOUNTAINS.
P.S. I promise I won't spend all summer talking about the weather.
The cat was Not Impressed with us since we wouldn't let him outside to get heatstroke or a heat-induced asthma attack. He wandered around the house, wowling and yowling in complaint for quite some time. Mum did manage to shut him up for a while by retrieving the cat carrier from the garage and putting it by the back door. Cat took one look, retreated to the living room and stayed very quiet for a few hours.
The Boyo managed fairly well with his Polar collar. The cooling mat I'd bought for him earlier at not insignificant cost finally got some use as cooling blanket. (Even with the mat being noticeably cooler and softer than the tiles, where does the dog lie? Yep.)
As for me, I stayed up as late as I could, so I could try to sleep through the worst of it. The house was hot and stuffy but bearable when I got up (and significantly cooler than outdoors) and I thought we were managing well - until the power went out around 10p.m.
Not very surprising but OMG. Seconds after the fans stopped moving the house went from 'uncomfortable' to 'stifling'. (Plus, I was distracting myself by reading a fic online and I was very annoyed to be cut off in the middle of it.) Even lighting candles felt like adding too much heat. Being able to retrieve two paper fans from my room was another reminder of why Putting Things Away is a good thing. I then took my cue from The Boyo's collar and soaked a hand towel in iced water and draped it around my neck and shoulders.
Mum gave up pretty quickly and went to bed but since I'd been asleep all day ... well, I was grateful for two things. Buying an ereader cover with a light and the ice Mum had bought. Yes, I did wind up taking an ice bath after all. I dumped the ice and melted ice in the bath, ran a bit of 'cold' water in (which was warm enough to melt the ice immediately so I couldn't use much) and then I had to sit on the edge of the bath and cool myself off in stages because if I'd tried to sit in the bath right away, I think I would have sent myself into temperature shock.
Eventually I lay down on my bed with a cold towel draped over me and passed out. It did not feel like sleeping. I came around about 1 or 2a.m. when the power came back on (a trill of bright chirps from the electronics and the blissful whirrs of the fans) then conked out again. At some point the dog needed to go out. But really, I was out of it. About 5a.m. I woke up, noticing the change had come through and got up to open windows, enjoy the cool and try to get my head to stop aching. Also finish the stories I'd had open in tabs.
And today I slept in lovely 27C weather. Tomorrow should be the same. And Friday and Saturday ... look to be like yesterday. Two days. In a row. *whimpers* It's not even mid-January. I don't know how I'm going to deal with this.
I WANNA MOVE TO THE MOUNTAINS.
P.S. I promise I won't spend all summer talking about the weather.
