Back to the frying pan

[wiseheart]

Weather-related relief was fairly short-lived, restricted to the late night and early morning hours. By now, temperatures have climbed to 31°C again, 27-28°C inside the flat. Whatever one wants to get done has to be done in the early morning. Unfortunately, when one stays up late in the night, getting up really early is not an option. Not for me anyway. I need at least five hours of uninterrupted sleep to be functional at all.

Consequently, I only got done a bit of crafting in the morning (after having taken care of my morning chores and taking down the dried washing). By noon we were both brain dead and simply fell asleep - until almost 3pm. Lunch consisted of the cantaloupe I dissected in the morning, coffee, crackers and ice-cream. Too hot to cook, too hot to have an actual appetite. We might be able to eat something more substantial for dinner. I don't want Mum to lose what little strength she still has due to the lack of appetite.

I've managed to write a tiny bit afterwards - not very much, just a couple of paragraphs, but picowrimo inspires me to do at least a little. Then I called a few of my (ex-)colleagues, who - oh wonder of wonders - actually answered the phone, so that was nice. Now I'm about to type up what I've written today and to post the new chapter to otherworlds_lib and to AO3. *fingers crossed*

Comments

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Will your mom watch the olympics?

Reverse-hibernation is the only way to get through this heat.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

She'll be glued in front of the telly all the time — the only thing she can do while the whole flat needs to be darkened. She's looking forward to having some steady entertainment; she loves sports.

Actually, I'll be watching the athletics, too.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I hope you both enjoy them — I will be watching as much as I can, too.

And I hope your Mum has enough appetite to keep her strength up — maybe she needs high-energy drinks like the athletes!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think chocolate will do the trick, too. *g*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Would for me, too :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Chocolate is the best medicine!

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Hot weather in town is so very different from hot in the country- here we open all the windows and create a draught- and usually that´s enough. So commiserating with you!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[meathiel]

I commiserate!
Too warm here now as well and terribly humid ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm so fed up with this dratted weather!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Sorry it got hot again.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Ugh, heat is the worst!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It really is!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I hope the posting went well. It's been years now since I wrote anything, but I still get almost daily reports of kudos from AO3. I think the Amazon series has brought a mini resurgence of interest in LOTR fanfic. I hope you get a good reception of your latest offering.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, my stories usually aren’t very popoular. I write stories that *I* would like to read but seldom find, and it seems that not many people share my taste.