Few weeks ago was stung by a bee and yesterday bitten by a bullant and I want to share w/ everybody my scientific findings:

EDIT:

Just a PSA that a bunch of library services around Melbourne and Vic are running extended hours today to provide cool spaces for people. I know Mooney Ponds and Hobsons Bay are so assume a lot of them are doing the same.

This is how Alfie copes with the heat.

::: spoiler spoiler :::

Arrived at work. Over 500 emails awaiting my attention (or lack thereof). Pray for me.

FOUR HOURS

Edit: there's something so freeing, liberating, about standing on the balcony in my birthday suit. It's the small things in life, really.

7 hours until 10pm, when BoM says it will be 23°C.

I'm comprised almost entirely of cold European climate genes, I wasn't built for this 🫠

Second day back at work, called into boss's office and told they're not renewing my contract into a permanent role. Two years at this workplace, pushing myself to my absolute limit, but I guess because I don't regularly work past 5 (coming in well before anyone else mind you), I'm not keeping my job.

It'll be fine in the long run. We have some savings. But goddamn. Not looking forward to going on Jobseeker, hopefully I can get something quick.

Good luck today everyone 🤞stay safe out there.
Jesus Christ it's still meant to be 41 at 7pm 🫠🫠🫠

Weird. Temp just dropped almost 10 degrees where I am.

Edit:

Guess where the perfect aircon spot in the bedroom is.

I really should go to bed, as I start work again tomorrow. Don't wanna - enjoying the coolth ahead of tomorrow. Still, work does have aircon, it's just the pt trip there and back that's going to be a horror show. Waaaaaaah.

Bundaberg brewed lemon & watermelon lightly sparkling low sugar cans are the bomb this weather. I am in love. Available at Cheaper Buy Miles.

I don't get sunburned but even I'm feeling a bit hot under the collar.

Edit: put the washing out without thongs on concrete and I think my feet are burnt lol

Leaving the gym earlier, there was a ridiculous line (easy 100 people deep) waiting to get into the crowded indoor pools that are part of the complex. Having to wait for people to leave before letting a new group in. The line snaked around outside too, all these people waiting in the heat for crowds and craziness. No thank you.

Watermelon straight out of the fridge is sooo refreshing on hot days.

About to make the 25m PT trip home. Looking forward to the smells of armpits and sweaty bumcracks

To Catfish. Um, could you please take the suncatcher down temporarily - it's working just a little too well atm.

Ohh… little stinker! I was fretting about all the crying and thinking the worst but likely it’s Melbcat demanding more pieces of the beef from the broth. She insists on having it now.

Before that it was probably frustration that I wasn’t understanding and lifting her onto the chair, and notification that she’d done a poo.

I’ve spoiled the cat

::: spoiler I'm eating leftovers for dessert

Apricot sorbet, made with eggwhite leftover from custard and the leftover sugar syrup my apricots were cooked in. Worked really well and very creamy. :::

Aaaaand the warehouse team has hit hot grumpy point. Doesn't help hearing that my partner's work has shut for the day and sent everyone home early. And that the two men in the warehouse with me ate super spicy noodles on a hot day. I went out earlier and stocked up the fridge with zooper doopers, hydralite icy poles and other goodies on the company dime.

At least I can retreat to my office and enjoy the aircon (there is also aircon in the warehouse office, I'm not fully abandoning them).

It’s a hot one… like seven inches from the midday sun 🏜️

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whgn_iE5uc

Plants are watered & cooling is on. Pray to the electricity gods no power outages and to the appliance gods no aircon breakdowns. Hopefully you are all staying cool at work or home or elsewhere.

Ted informs me it's breakfast time.

I am physically fine (apartment A/C is holding up and I am free to work here all week and not in a fire area) but I'm really jumpy today. I dunno if its just because I am back at work too soon or if I have just lived through too many general disasters + my general climate anxiety. I keep thinking I'm missing something and wanting to check here and the other place and vic emergency. Maybe its just the lack of natural light from closed blinds. Going to put some ambient music on and try to focus....

Hope everyone is keeping cool as much as humanly possible.

Dog seems much better. Got a big morning walk in and just finished a big evening walk (carried him over the hot roads). I'll still talk about it with the vet in case.

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Home time soon. Pros: going home. Cons: getting into the car which is sitting outside in full sun.

Building fire flagged down the road, four trucks responded very, very quickly but it doesn't seem like anything is happening, thank fuck.

Bought the kids a tent from BCF. I knew it was heavily discounted because it's so big but that's part of the fun. My girlfriend also absolutely HATES it because it's so big, which makes it even more fun

warm out there already

inspectors on the werribee line getting passengers on the way to the beach

This article has a link at the end to a SydUni tool for estimating risk for exercising in the heat. Tool seems more than a bit fucky to me, but I am no expert.
heat wave advice

Stayed up most of the night intending on enjoying the cool and sleeping through today.

Well, I ended up falling asleep anyway and waking up at 10am. Sigh.

I didn't want to conscious when Melbourne is teleported to the surface of the Sun.

Really enjoying Arc Raiders, haven't run into any PvP yet. Just chill looting and avoiding evil robots.

I think my brain is melting because I spent an hour scrolling Facebook.

a hot day but a productive day 😊

Can’t sleep. Annoying because I’m really tired.

good night everyone

sleep well 😘😘😘

Op shop finds today were some shorts for the kids, a really nice hardcover collection of the Odyssey and the Illiad, and a bunch of movies somewhat acceptable for the kids.

The internet has broken my brain so much I look through these DVDs and my thought is, "wow, all these movies would make for great recurring bits in a Tony Zaret video" instead of something normal.

Look up Tony Zaret on YouTube if you're not familiar. I think a lot of people here might like his type of humour

God dammit. hubs took mattress topper to laundromat and blasted it in the dryer. Bits of the underside have fused. Now trying to remember what fabrics i can use to patch - and the most aggravating thing is, the bloody thing wasn't even washed properly