The Stupid, It's the Heat

[rejectomorph]

Around two o'clock in the morning it finally got cooler outside than it was in the house, and the air conditioner had not cycled on for at least fifteen minutes, so I began opening windows. I got them all opened except the two big ones in the living room when the thing I'd been watching on television came back on, so I sat down to watch another segment, after which I would open the last two windows and switch the HVAC from air conditioner to fan.

Alas, it was not to be. I fell asleep before completing my task, and woke up about half past eight this morning in a house still hot, with early heat streaming in the windows I had gotten open, and yesterday's heat still trapped in the living room by the windows I hadn't opened. It was too late to turn on the fan or open the living room windows, so I began closing the others, and while I was doing so the air conditioner came back on. That means it was 82 degrees in the house by then, which is where I have the thermostat set. It's going to be hot all day, and I won't get cool again until late tonight, or more likely early Sunday morning.

The sky is still partly cloudy today, though not cloudy enough to shade us from the sun. Later, perhaps, the clouds will thicken again, as they did yesterday, but only to once again prevent the night sky from drawing the day's heat away. June has become July, July will probably become August, and August will most likely become Hell. I'm really hating summer a lot this year. I really hope I don't die this summer. I'd much rather die after a few weeks of pleasant weather— late spring, before it turns hot, or late fall, before it gets too cold. Heat stroke and hypothermia must be among the two worst ways to die.

Something odd has been going on with my eyes. When I go outside for a while and close my eyes against the glare, then return to dim light of the house everything has a slightly greenish cats to it. It's most noticeable in things that are white. When I came in awhile ago my white toaster looked quite greenish, as did the white shade of a lamp in the living room. I have no idea what is causing this phenomenon, but I can't imagine that it's a good thing. I should probably get an eye exam. But not in this weather. The air is about two degrees from causing my hair to burst into flame. That would be a lot worse than having my toaster look like it had been caught in flagrante delicto with a lime.

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[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

The heat has moved into Seattle. TWC is showing over a week of mid-to-high 80s and then by Thursday low-to-mid 90s. For Seattle, now, that's some serious heat. Thank goodness I bought the rolling a/c unit, which kept us at about 78 degrees in the living room all afternoon. My bedroom's hot, but I'll hope for a breeze off the Sound to keep me cool enough to sleep. Next weekend, though, I may have to figure out how to nap on the love seat till my bedroom's livable. Thanks, Arizona. :(

Oh, the green tint after bright sunlight is worrisome. I hope when you're able to get out to get that looked into, it's not due to something serious.

[saltdawg.livejournal.com]

I have a similar reaction to the transition from outside to in Green tint and everything, and my eyedoctor tells me that my retinas are in good working order. I've always it had though, and in your case it's a change. Maybe it's a change for the better?

That's why I've always been so sensitive to the need for good sunglasses.

[rejectomorph]

The cooler nights are the best thing about summer on the west coast. Unfortunately, we don't seem able to rely on them being as cool as they once were.

[rejectomorph]

My eyes seem to be picking up the color from the landscape, which is now almost entirely green except for the brown patches on the lawn and just a few white flowers. Maybe the trees have sneaked some leaf DNA into me with their pollen. If I start growing bark I'll worry.

[saltdawg.livejournal.com]

Groot!

[rejectomorph]

Heh. Well, at least Groot is kind of hot and probably gets laid now and then (I'm assuming that at least some of his bark would become pliant and lose its abrasiveness when damp.) At least it wouldn't be as bad as turning into one of those ugly triffids.