Melbourne

sigh

My flat is presently eight degrees cooler than the outside temperature, after I switched on every single thing resembling a fan, chucked alumium insulation on the outside of the windows, and have switched off every light source in the flat.

It's STILL fucking unlivable.

When the fuck do we do something about the state of rentals in this fucking country? Open revolt is looking more and more attractive every day, and we're constantly being gaslit by conservatives with the whole "toughen up" bullshit.

Welp, at least Persona 3 Reload is good.

For those that have A/C, what temperature have you got yours set on? Mine is on 22 degrees at the moment.

Ok it’s a bit warm now. Commencing atmospheric cooling procedure.

Attempting to sort stuff out on the table, I'm reminded of the Law of Flat Surfaces. Certainly holds true in my case. Every flat surface of my tiny flat is covered in accumulated clutter. Except for the dishwasher. It sprung a leak recently which meant I had to take all the stuff off the top of it in order to cobble together a repair. It struck me how nice it looked for a change, and it made me look around.. and shudder. Miniest is a prolific crafter and artist, and I'm discreetly removing the not greatest of her work and binning/recycling. Also the various items (cardboard tubes etc) that I've been promised will be used to create something. Sorry but we just don't have room and it's making the place look like a shithole. I feel like a monster, both for judging the artistic merits of an almost 10 year olds work and for disposal of it. There's stuff that's my fault too, like receipts and flyers and odd unfilled documents. Why am I so bloody untidy‽ I guess I get home from work and have to cook etc and when I have spare time I just want to blob out and do nothing.

Slept in, got some iced coffee, playing a new mobile game. Life is good.

I don't feel optimal. I've felt a lot worse but this.. this is also not ideal.

I'm grateful that I actually managed to get up early enough this morning - got some desperately needed meds (stupidly forgot to buy until they ran out, missed chemist closing time by half an hour yesterday), other odds and ends, and gave the plants a good water before it got too hot. Between yesterday and today and my sore arm I've got my 8 cartons of coconut water to get me through till the weather gets cold again.

My neighbours all seem to have headed out, but I'm content to be ensconced at home, although that existential angst over not doing enough with all my free time atm has been flaring up again lately.

Doing a heap of laundry... maybe I'll catch up on a couple of books if I don't get caught up trying to solve another stack exchange answer for 5 hours.

Think I might break out the beach tent thing today when we go.

The one that takes 30 seconds to unfold and 30 minutes of headscratching to try and fold it back up.

You know, I don't see many "don't forget to water your plants" posts... just saying.

Took advantage of the coolth to do some much overdue leaf raking. Green bin is nicely filled for next pickup.
Now for a relaxing day after all the running around yesterday.