The first choir practice

[wiseheart]

... happened without me. I had already selected and ordered the required musical sheets, but when I saw the weather forecast - 34-36 degrees - I decided to skip practice. It starts at 4.30pm, when the heat is the worst, and I simply found it suicidal to leave the house when I don't absolutely need it.

Instead, I cooked for the next two days in the early morning - that oven hadn't been switched on for weeks by now - did a bit of writing, chatted to Mum's physiotherapist and to two choirmates (the latter ones on the phone), watched some telly, and with that the day was basically over.

AO3 was down for maintenance for half a day. When it came back, it sported that "verify that you are human/not a robot" screen, which means I no longer can read AO3 on my old iPad, the mini. Fortunately, I can read it without problems on the new one, but I preferred the old one as it is easier on the eyes. Ah, well, you lose small things of comfort each day.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if there were a lot of people at choir practice.

[meathiel]

I wonder if there were a lot of people at choir practice.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

My guess is that those who're still active and already in the school already would have stayed. My friend Eenie called and offered me a lift, but the way alone isn't the problem. The practice room gets afternoon sun and is very stifling, so that we have to open windows and the door to bear it, and I'm very sensitive to Zugluft, especially when I'm drenched in sweat. Getting pneumonia at 34 degrees would be beyond ironic...

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

it doesn;t appear to be working on my end either.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, it seems to have a real problem.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Yes Ao3 has been capricious the last 24 hours. Your weather has been horrendous! Our Weather Bureau has been prophesying hideous temperatures, ad bushfires too.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Those bushfires are a horrible thing. The pictures alone that we sometimes get to see on TV are frightening.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

They’re nightmares. So many native animals killed, so much forests destroyed, so many homes lost and people threatened. Indescribable horror.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the last time I looked at AO3. I wonder if they're having hacking problems again.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I go there every day, so it's hard for me not to be able to read there.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I haTe when I am deprived of a well-loved website- one never knows if it will come back or not!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, same here. Especially if it's a multifandom archive where I also put up my own stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if there were a lot of people at choir practice.