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This will be the 23rd day this summer when the temperature in Ontario climbed above 30 degrees celsius. The front page of the paper this morning read, "Cut back, or face blackouts."
In accordance with that request, I am not putting the dishwasher on, or doing any laundry, until this evening. I have left the downstairs air conditioner off, because I will be spending most of the day in the office. I have closed the bathroom door and the door to Elizabeth's room, so the cooling power of the AC will be directed into the office, the only room that really needs it today. All windows have their blinds drawn, especially the ones at the front of the house where the sun actually is right now. My living room will probably stay below 30 degrees, even with the AC off, because it doesn't get any direct sunlight during the hottest parts of the day.
City Hall has turned up its air conditioning to 25.2 degrees, which apparently is the hottest temperature permitted by the Public Health Department. I saw red at that. I'd like to know where they were when I was sweltering in a classroom that exeeded that temperature by a good five degrees for most of the month of June. Why is it okay to make kids and teachers bake for a month, but nobody else? We'll probably bake again in September, too. Argh.
Time to open my book and start writing. Here's to 3000 words before the blackouts start! *raises iced tea in a toast*
In accordance with that request, I am not putting the dishwasher on, or doing any laundry, until this evening. I have left the downstairs air conditioner off, because I will be spending most of the day in the office. I have closed the bathroom door and the door to Elizabeth's room, so the cooling power of the AC will be directed into the office, the only room that really needs it today. All windows have their blinds drawn, especially the ones at the front of the house where the sun actually is right now. My living room will probably stay below 30 degrees, even with the AC off, because it doesn't get any direct sunlight during the hottest parts of the day.
City Hall has turned up its air conditioning to 25.2 degrees, which apparently is the hottest temperature permitted by the Public Health Department. I saw red at that. I'd like to know where they were when I was sweltering in a classroom that exeeded that temperature by a good five degrees for most of the month of June. Why is it okay to make kids and teachers bake for a month, but nobody else? We'll probably bake again in September, too. Argh.
Time to open my book and start writing. Here's to 3000 words before the blackouts start! *raises iced tea in a toast*