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Captain's Log - 2024
lighter:
Ugh....the heat at the lake house has been treacherous! Sent the 26yo helper home with a headache then noticed I was overheated later while scrubbing back porch. I'm glad you don't have to go into the heat, Amber.
::Sending B continued patience, strength and healing::.
sKePTiKal:
Wondering this morning if there are any practical considerations to trying to clean house naked? Yes, it's THAT hot - when you can't take enough clothes off. Even inside, even with the AC crankin'.
All the plants are suffering from lack of rain. Yes, we've watered. But it's not the same. MIGHT get some rain this aternoon/evening.
Round 2 of studio work will be commencing end of this week, weekend. Baseboard & window trim; my roman shades are in transit from Guangzhou, of course. Probably a slow boat... but it will help to have those west windows covered, with the AC in the studio. It's $10k to replace the AC unit.
B takes off this morning; he's spent a couple days OCD'ing all his stuff & packing. Probably won't be back till end of August, Sept 1.
Hol & C are spending an awful lot of time together at the Hut - altho the studio has had a couple wild nights too. He's been working most of the days and she's been off doing her stuff. So, they're getting comfy with the arrangement.
My new glasses should be in this week.
lighter:
Hopefully C's presence means S is out of the picture.
Drink icy beverages and get naked if it helps, Amber.
Lighter
Hopalong:
Weird memory from writing health books:
I was surprised to learn something that applies to iced beverages, too. The example was about warm baths before sleep EVEN IN HEAT. A research doc explained:
What happens is that the bath raises your core (most important) temperature, and when you get out your body goes to work to lower it again. So you are cooler for hours after a hot bath even when it's hot outside.
That's why you sleep better in summer if you're a warm+-bath-before-bed person. Likewise, a hot bath before bed in winter feels great during, but afterward your body goes to work to lower your core temp again to a cooler temp. So probably in winter a room-temperature shower is best before bed. Or switch it to mornings.
Generally speaking in extreme weather, neutral temperature drinks likely let your body do its temperature-regulating thing more easily.
Then again, Amber, all the WORK you yearn to do in hot weather sounds like something one could just...not do? Happy to offer lazy-day tips on request. LOL.
And I very often don't practice stuff I know I could. It was just interesting to learn that tidbit and it stuck in my head.
hugs,
Hops
sKePTiKal:
Fancy that: my glasses have taken almost a month to come in. I'll check on them again today. I cancelled my haircut, because in another 2 weeks, maybe - possibly - the bangs I'm growing out won't still require barrettes to stay out of my eyes. Eng of August, my hair should've grown past my shoulders again. I don't have any burning desire to have long hair again, except it's different.
It's been weird this time, that B is gone. I am struck by how easy it is to start depending on a person who is always there.
To be continued. These two are back in and I forgot my coffee.
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