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[cupcake_goth]

 Thursday night we went out for food for the first time in 15 months. Sushi! OM NOM NOM SUSHI at our favorite place, Moshi Moshi in Ballard. Yes, let me eat raw fish, tempura avocado, and have a tasty Adult Beverage. It was glorious.

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So as I'm sure many of you know, the PNW is having a heat wave over the weekend. The PNW, which generally doesn't have AC and also doesn't have the infrastructure in place to deal with super-high temperatures. The projected high for Monday is 108. 

On Saturday we're visiting friends who actually do have a heat pump and central air. What is our household going to do for Sunday and Monday? Who knows. Drink water, make sure we're getting extra electrolytes, and cover ourselves with ice packs.

The personally crappy parts of this:

• Dad and his ladylove were going to come visit on Sunday, but we've all agreed that we should postpone.
• High temps are a massive migraine trigger for me. I'm going to do everything preventative that I can, but I've already warned my co-workers that there's a chance I may be out sick on Monday. 

The Stroppy One grabbed Sodastream carbonation canisters (we were out) so we have a steady supply of cold fizzy water, I've infused rose and rosemary/lavender waters to add to fizzy water, and we're going to (hopefully) grab a few bags of ice tomorrow so we can set up swamp coolers. And I've already apologized to Vlad and Erzabet that they're going to be assaulted with damp washcloths off and on. 

This is going to SUCK.

 

Comments

[staxxy]

I assaulted Yoyo and Arnie (Dor's kitties) with a damp washcloth today but they were NOT AT ALL happy about it. I am going to be using the furminator on yoyo as mych as I can just to thin out that super floof undercoat to cool him off. We had planned to go to portland this weekend but the weather has cancelled our plans for us. On the bright side, Dor's apartment is on the 5th floor, and north facing so we are up away from the worst of the heat and free of the oppression of direct sunlight.

If it gets super bad I will be hanging out in a less than tepid bath to which I add more cool as it warms up. This is how I spent summers growing up. Like.... nearly all summer, ever summer. rubbing the kitties with the cool water as they came to visit me. But at least I have those skills now. (For those unaware, putting someone dangerously hot into ICE COLD environs can cause the person to go into shock; its best to do cool water that you bring down in temp slowly than straight into the ice.)

[cameoflage]

That's too many degrees!!!

39C is the forecast for Greater Vancouver, which isn't a lot better.

[oldhalloween]

We have made it to a real restaurant inside twice now! I love the distance between tables.

Downgraded from 108 to 105 and right now we are at 106. Ugh.