Reporting back

[wiseheart]

Sorry for the absence, I had a somewhat odd day yesterday. Not that anybody couldn't live without my daily (boring) entries, I just promised myself a daily update, and I like to keep my promises.

Okay, all right, I wrote another couple of the requested birthday stories, typed them up - and forgot to lock them, so that the recipients wouldn't see them before the party. *ducks* So sorry! It's fixed now!

I also had an extremely long phone chat with my dear friend Evie, which was wonderful.

Today I woke up to find that it must have rained quite heavily while I was sleeping, as the dratted balcony was leaking again. *sigh* But we had strong wind all day, and that means that the wall is almost dry again by now. Of course, the same strong wind also pushed what little heat the extremely inefficient 3 or 4 hours of heating could produce out of the flat, but that can't be helped.

So I decided to do something against freezing and baked a nice little cheesecake, which meant the oven was going for about two hours, making the inside temperature bearable. The silly thing with a concrete building is that it lets in the cold (and the warmth) from the outside through the walls themselves, but with a delay. People were biking along the street in short-sleeved t-shirts, while we were sitting inside in winter parkas. If only they'd let the heating running for a full day to warm up the flat properly, then we wouldn't have this misery; but that would require, you know, thinking.

On a more positive note, I've managed to write two half-chapters (or probably just one-third chapters) to "Sleeping Dragons 5 - The Old Terror" and printed out some background research stuff, so I might be able to do more quality writing in the next days. *fingers crossed* (Unless I got distracted by decade-old entries over at antigwenallies again)

Comments

[meathiel]

Hmmm ... cheesecake!
Good way to warm up the flat! 😁😁😁

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And getting it smell good!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

The weather is blowing hot and cold, dry and wet here, too. I'm glad you got to chat with your friend.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It was a delight. She's such a lovely person.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Cheesecakes - Yum! I've been binging on vanilla ice cream and white chocolate, so have gained a few pounds I didn't need. I have no willpower. btw, Happy Birthday early, I'll be sure to make it to your party.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I hope it will be fun this year again. :)

[wanderingmogwai.livejournal.com]

When I lived in Brooklyn the legal date for turning on a building's heat was by November 4th. Our landlord stuck to that date no matter what the weather beforehand. On top of that the heater, being as old as the building, often broke down for days and once even we went without heat and hot water for a week because the landlord couldn't afford to fill the oil tank. Early on SR and I were gifted a space heater from a neighbor and an electric blanket by my Nana. I can't tell you how much that helped!