Yesterday Was Hot
The house got it’s first test with the pending summer that looms around the corner yesterday. Indoor temperature rose to 25C by the afternoon. The mercy of this house’s location and orientation is that there is a mountain which blocks the sun’s harshness in the afternoon.
Even though it was hot, i was mesmerised by how the sunlight completely penetrates the entire house. Boom - it is a flooding and there is something very healing about it.
Definitely the sort of sun which needs to be sheilded by the blinds, butt - you can open all the windows to let the cooler mountain air in. To my joy, the cross-ventilation in this place is possibly the best I’ve ever experienced.
The bedrooms facing on the east side are all cool, the entire east side is cool. It felt like devine intervention striking again.
No token photos but if i could take one - it would be the lichen which has formed on the dowel stick that has probably prevented the bathroom window from being opened eversince the building’s completion.
Sleep deprivation is getting quite bad again. I’m completely responsible. Average dose of seroquel should be 150-175mg. I know this, but i’ve been working hard with increasing exercise levels. My heart seeking less medication, to do without it - to manage on less, and i know cutting it back down to 50mg has been drastic.
As for why i have continued with the lower dose, it’s because i’ve been getting up at 5am in the mornings again. Early mornings like that - it’s really benefitial for me. Anywayz. Enough chitter chatter. It’s 5:09 am and the luminence is wonderful. Time for me to shut up and go for my 4.6km walk before the blazing Australian sun starts to strike.
20C this morning. It’s the warmest morning to date. Looks like it has the potential to become a ripping 30C stinker with such a warm beginning like this, but the sky is currently overcast. Perhaps it was the blanket of clouds that kept the land warm.
I need to get back to my satelite pictures but i also have a deadline for the dress. Sleep deprived on top of it all. For now, i need to shut up and go for a walk.
A. said,
October 20, 2007 @ 2:05 am
I do love the sunlight but it sounds as though yours becomes very fierce, though your house seems well designed to cope with it. A lovely sunny day here back in England, but distinctly autumnal.
If you’d like to email me your postal address to a.alapage at gmail dot com I’ll get the Chinua Achebe book off to you.
RennyBA said,
October 21, 2007 @ 7:42 am
I guess thats how it is to live down under. We experience pending winter and today it was around 10C - actually lovely and sunny and nice, fresh crispy air.
Hope you had a great walk and wish you the very best end to your week:-)
captain lifecruiser said,
October 23, 2007 @ 2:13 am
Uhum… Do not mention sleep deprivation to me… We’ve been TRYING to get to bed more normal for a while now, but it seem hopeless…. *giggles*
Pssst. Don’t forget Your Oddly Ghost Post tomorrow, Tuesday, could be interesting to see what people come up with…