Not to state the obvious (twice), but it's really fuckin' hot. Today it hasn't been quite as fuckin' hot as it was yesterday — it was literally difficult to breathe in the outside air (or lack thereof) in the middle of the day yesterday — but it's still not at all nice.
For some reason, certain people are bitching and moaning about other people — those from countries where air conditioning isn't a cultural norm (because it wasn't needed in the past) — expressing discomfort in the extreme heat we're dealing with. Specifically, there seem to be a lot of Americans mocking Brits for finding temperatures of nearly 40 degrees Celsius quite uncomfortable. And this, in turn, leads to a lot of stupid arguments. Just, y'know, stop it. Accept that this is a particularly unusual situation, and that this leads to people struggling.
I mean, clearly this is not a normal situation, or a sustainable one. It's been so hot today that most of our freezer appears to have spontaneously defrosted, despite the fact it's still on and seemingly working. It's been so hot today that if you put a bottle of frozen water in front of a fan in an attempt to cool the air a bit, the ice becomes water in the space of about five minutes.
I am grateful for the fact that, a few years back, we got a portable air conditioner for the bedroom, because without it I feel like it would be literally impossible to sleep right now. I have spent a significant portion of today in the bedroom — thankfully, I am in the middle of doing some QA testing, which I can do from the bedroom — because the rest of the house feels barely habitable right now.
I feel for the poor cats. They're clearly finding the heat quite difficult to deal with, and are both spending quite a lot of the day napping in areas they find to be nice and cool. They're getting plenty of water, and they're coming to spend time with us in the bedroom when the air conditioning is on, though; they both know the sound of it, now, and very much seem to enjoy sitting right in front of a nice blast of cold air.
The sun is going down, so hopefully things will cool off a bit from here. It's supposed to cool down a bit tomorrow, but what we really need is a great big thunderstorm. That would be lovely right now. But there doesn't appear to be one imminent just yet. Here's hoping one comes along soon, otherwise we'll be spending the whole weekend in the bedroom!
On that note, I'm going back to the air conditioning. Stay safe in the heat, all of you!
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