It is 34C with the humidex, it feels like 45. I'm sticky, grumpy, stinky (and I've taken 2 cool showers already today). I am really fighting the urge to turn on the portable room A/C...trying to hold out until TOU rates drop to the lowest rate for the day at 7:00 p.m. Dalton obviously didn't think about those of us who work from home, the retirees, moms home on mat leave with babies, etc., when he made peak rates 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rates are 66% higher during those hours. I will have the A/C units running Friday 7 p.m. until Monday 7 a.m. to get some of the stickiness out of the house...the floors feel sticky (hardwood). Oh shoot, I have to stay in the City tomorrow night...but I'll come home Saturday morning early and start the A/C units. Or, maybe I'll beg off and not go to the "work sponsored" free dinner...probably not worth the drive if I'm going to be hot and sticky when I leave...I couldn't spend the day drinking cold beer--I have deadlines tomorrow. And, with this heat, I'm working slow--making silly mistakes--brain doesn't function at peak performance rate when I'm grumpy, sticky, and stinky. I'd welcome a storm to knock this humidty out (Isabelle's sleeping--that means there isn't a storm coming any time soon--she starts passing about 2 hours before a storm hits). I don't want another storm like we had Sunday--that was wicked. I didn't lose my power, just had brown outs and fluttering. I've already missed one day in this production cycle because of a power failure. I can't afford another one tomorrow since I'm leaving on Thursday for MN and need to have all the documents on the server for the reviewers before I leave. I must have Internet access and the battery on my work laptop only lasts about 5 hours.
