#weatherfeels

In April.

In Cleveland.

tell me again how “Global Warming” is just some nonsense conspiracy theory built to undermine the christians’ belief in God?

...i’m frustrated because i’m sweating, in APRIL, when I’m already not feeling my best, the fan is clattering and annoying, and if this keeps up, I’m going to have to haul my air-conditioner up to my my room again, just to keep my chinchillas alive. And that thing gathers mold and mildew RIDICULOSULY fast. it makes my room smell terrible.

...and neither I, the doves, nor my chinchillas should be exposed to the myctotoxins those microbes produce...

i’m just really, really frustrated with this heat.

i need my cold season. i need my natural quiet.

i   n e e d   to not feel overheated when i’m already struggling to eat and drink enough to be healthy... (Heat suppresses my appetite and exacerbates my gastritis.)

...ugh.

maybe i should try to rush along my plans to move to Canada, after all.....

this heat-- 74, in APRIL?! What’s it going to be in JUNE-- is... genuinely NOT okay for my health.........

and i could get a doctor’s note to carry water, but she wouldn’t give me one to excuse me from work when the temperature gets so high, i can’t eat or drink without getting very sick, and thus, pass out... (she wants a neurologist to write that one. even though... their soonest appointment... is in July......)

So I slept in!

But it is currently 95F outside. It is currently 80F in our apartment.

I woke up about an hour ago feeling sick, dizzy, and feverish, and my body temperature WAS reading higher than normal... (Not enough to be hyperthermic, but almost enough to be considered a true fever.)

So I'm currently in the much-cooler basement with food, water, my laptop, and some books, and I shall remain here until the roommate gets home, well after sunset, at the absolute earliest.

The white-crowned sparrows are back downtown.

Today was the first time there were enough leaves on the sidewalk that I crunched one without meaning to.

I keep hearing little tiny quick SMACKS against the wall right next to me, and on the roof right above me, and wondering what the heck it is.

When I heard it against the wall, I thought the neighbors might be doing yard work that reached our wall somehow. But there are no neighbors outside right now. Then I heard it on the roof and thought, "What the HECK--?"

And I looked outside.

Where directly outside my window I can see a ton of pin oak leaves.

From the tree in our backyard.

And I realized: Oh RIGHT. Oak trees drop tiny hard seeds on EVERYTHING this time of year!

Oh?

I can look out and watch it all night if I want...

(There was a substantial snowfall in November, but I was in England/Rome at the time and didn't get to watch it fall. I kinda just came back to snow and watched it melt away.)

This house will never be "home" to me, but I feel a little more at peace with the world around me now that it's snowing. And sticking, too!

I finally found the secret to making me Actually Feel Cold when it’s warmer than 10F outside.

Turns out, if I sit in the warmest part of the office and sweat for two+ hours immediately before leaving work, still sweating at that point mind you, when I get outside and it’s 35F (and super windy right by the lake)?

Apparently, going into the cold and wind while sweaty makes me feel rather chilled.

(Probably because when I’m too warm, my body goes to Ridiculous Lengths to try cooling me down, up to and including fainting dead away when it’s only 75F. So I imagine the skin and blood vessels are trying to do the Cooling Off Thing, pores opening or whatever, and of course, sweat is just water, which makes things ten times colder. When the wind picked up I could feel exactly where my hairline was on my scalp, because it felt Especially Super Cold where it was still damp with sweat.)

For context, why Me Feeling Cold in 35F is such a big deal? I once got locked outside of work and had to stand in -5F for 40 minutes (let me say that again: -5 degrees-- NEGATIVE FIVE Fahrenheit-- for FORTY MINUTES). Standing there with only my work tee and khaki pants, a pair of sweat pants, a sweater, and my coat. Regular tennis shoes, regular socks. The worst that happened was my toes starting to ache a bit. And when we finally got inside, within ten minutes I was perfectly fine. Warmed up, jogging between chores, feet just fine. Negative five degrees. WITHOUT considering windchill! And I was FINE.

What I woke up to:

T H U N D ER S T O R M S !

It’s AWESOME and I slept really well when I went back to sleep, but wow, I was not prepared for a thunderstorm in freaking Nevada. kinda weird to see it raining, in the desert...