52/237: Overcast, Underwhelmed
Oct. 15th, 2025 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rejectomorphOver the weekend there was a browser failure which kept me offline for some days. It's been resolved, for now, but I don't want to think about it anymore. Exhausting.
This is the third gray day in a row, but we've gotten very little rain despite the persistent clouds. So far the apartment has managed to hold onto enough heat that I haven't had to turn on the furnace, but I strongly suspect that tonight will bring an end to that luck. The high today is 63, and it will get colder soon, while the apartment is holding at 70 for now. Overnight it usually loses at least three or four degrees this time of year, and I find my aged bones need at least 67 degrees to not make me miserable.
I'd hoped to hold off until November before firing up the smelly beast, but that probably won't happen now. Oddly, if I could hold out one more night I'd be in the clear for at least nine more days. We're going back to sunny skies and highs in the seventies, with the autumnal weather delayed until the final week of October. But I'm actually feeling rather chilly even now, and I'm pretty sure I'll be using that thermostat not long after sunset today.
Oh, the browser drama is over for now, and without a reinstallation. After a nap Tuesday afternoon I opened Opera and then remembered it wasn't working, but had to make a quick run to the bathroom (as the browser isn't the only faulty piece of equipment I deal with anymore) and when I got back several minutes later the damned thing was actually loading pages. So in the end it did sort of fix itself, I guess. I just had to leave it alone long enough. I'll try to remember that lesson if it misbehaves the same way again. I wish my deteriorating brain and body could be dealt with the same way, but alas they just continue to fall apart when they are ignored.
Speaking of which, I need to fix some dinner soon, or I'll end up cooking in the middle of the night again. Less fun than it sounds. No fun at all, in fact. At least not for me. I'd just as soon eat a bag of Cheetos. Good thing I'm all out of those.
This is the third gray day in a row, but we've gotten very little rain despite the persistent clouds. So far the apartment has managed to hold onto enough heat that I haven't had to turn on the furnace, but I strongly suspect that tonight will bring an end to that luck. The high today is 63, and it will get colder soon, while the apartment is holding at 70 for now. Overnight it usually loses at least three or four degrees this time of year, and I find my aged bones need at least 67 degrees to not make me miserable.
I'd hoped to hold off until November before firing up the smelly beast, but that probably won't happen now. Oddly, if I could hold out one more night I'd be in the clear for at least nine more days. We're going back to sunny skies and highs in the seventies, with the autumnal weather delayed until the final week of October. But I'm actually feeling rather chilly even now, and I'm pretty sure I'll be using that thermostat not long after sunset today.
Oh, the browser drama is over for now, and without a reinstallation. After a nap Tuesday afternoon I opened Opera and then remembered it wasn't working, but had to make a quick run to the bathroom (as the browser isn't the only faulty piece of equipment I deal with anymore) and when I got back several minutes later the damned thing was actually loading pages. So in the end it did sort of fix itself, I guess. I just had to leave it alone long enough. I'll try to remember that lesson if it misbehaves the same way again. I wish my deteriorating brain and body could be dealt with the same way, but alas they just continue to fall apart when they are ignored.
Speaking of which, I need to fix some dinner soon, or I'll end up cooking in the middle of the night again. Less fun than it sounds. No fun at all, in fact. At least not for me. I'd just as soon eat a bag of Cheetos. Good thing I'm all out of those.
