heat; work; gym

We are in the middle of the season's first heat wave; I spent the weekend mostly lurking, naked, in the one (inadequately) air conditioned room of our apartment, emerging periodically to use the computer or make tea, and for one walk near the river. Today's forecast high was above the weekend numbers.

So, I got to work and discovered that either the air conditioner repairs were made last week have failed, or something else has broken. There was an early morning email saying that the office manager was aware of the problem, and had contacted the repair people. A bit later, a tub of cold sodas (all sugared) appeared near the coffee machine. Around noon, there was email from the company VP, saying that the conditions were becoming unbearable, and encouraging those of us who physically/logistically could to take our work home with us (but check in with your manager first). My boss, Wendy, whom I have praised here before, encouraged me and the other people she supervises to leave. I took time to make another cup of hot tea, and finish the math book I was almost done with. Then I picked up my next project, put it in a bag rather larger than my usual daypack; got lunch at one of my nearby deli/salad bar places, which has seating; and took the work to the Science, Industry, and Business Library, which is near work and has plenty of chairs and air conditioning. I read proofs for a while and digested my lunch; then put them in my bag and went to the gym. (I figured it didn't matter what order I did stuff in, as long as I bring them back completed tomorrow morning, and the gym is nicer when less crowded. (That branch also doesn't really have enough AC for these conditions, and if it's not significantly cooler on Thursday, I will be using a different branch after work.)

As a bonus, I saw a swallowtail butterfly on the building wall on my way in to the gym.

I am now exercised and the work all finished; it's still too hot in my apartment, in part because we almost certainly need to replace our decade-old air conditioner. I really hope the air conditioner at work is better tomorrow; the heat wave isn't expected to break until Wednesday, and I much prefer working at my own desk, with the net there to check things. (The network is the computer: I didn't bother taking my PDA out to use as a calculator this morning because Google does the job, at least for what I needed then.)

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heat; work; gym

We are in the middle of the season's first heat wave; I spent the weekend mostly lurking, naked, in the one (inadequately) air conditioned room of our apartment, emerging periodically to use the computer or make tea, and for one walk near the river. Today's forecast high was above the weekend numbers.

So, I got to work and discovered that either the air conditioner repairs were made last week have failed, or something else has broken. There was an early morning email saying that the office manager was aware of the problem, and had contacted the repair people. A bit later, a tub of cold sodas (all sugared) appeared near the coffee machine. Around noon, there was email from the company VP, saying that the conditions were becoming unbearable, and encouraging those of us who physically/logistically could to take our work home with us (but check in with your manager first). My boss, Wendy, whom I have praised here before, encouraged me and the other people she supervises to leave. I took time to make another cup of hot tea, and finish the math book I was almost done with. Then I picked up my next project, put it in a bag rather larger than my usual daypack; got lunch at one of my nearby deli/salad bar places, which has seating; and took the work to the Science, Industry, and Business Library, which is near work and has plenty of chairs and air conditioning. I read proofs for a while and digested my lunch; then put them in my bag and went to the gym. (I figured it didn't matter what order I did stuff in, as long as I bring them back completed tomorrow morning, and the gym is nicer when less crowded. (That branch also doesn't really have enough AC for these conditions, and if it's not significantly cooler on Thursday, I will be using a different branch after work.)

As a bonus, I saw a swallowtail butterfly on the building wall on my way in to the gym.

I am now exercised and the work all finished; it's still too hot in my apartment, in part because we almost certainly need to replace our decade-old air conditioner. I really hope the air conditioner at work is better tomorrow; the heat wave isn't expected to break until Wednesday, and I much prefer working at my own desk, with the net there to check things. (The network is the computer: I didn't bother taking my PDA out to use as a calculator this morning because Google does the job, at least for what I needed then.)

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