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[trinityvixen]

Our kittens might just kill me with the cute. When I went in this morning to put ice cubes in their water dish (they get a kick out of playing with them, and it keeps the water cool, which, on this already beastly hot day, they'll need), they were all over me. I sat down, and Wally kept trying to jump up closer to my head. Whenever I pick him up to cuddle, I hold him up over the BCDs and nuzzle with him. I found it indescribeably adorable that he wants to be at my neck/face whenever he's climbing on me. Oscar, not to be left out, jumped right up on my legs, too. They were both purring inside of a second. This assuages some of my fears that they loved their other mommies better.

I am so going home at lunch to take another thousand pictures of them being cute beyond all measure. It's worth braving the beastly heat for. Honestly, at this point, arcane_the_sage isn't the only one tempted to hibernate until the worst of summer is over. Personally, I like warmer weather better than colder--I can go outside and swim and eat ice cream with impunity. However, it's been so hot the last couple of days (and today, and possibly tomorrow), that I can't even keep up with my coping mechanisms. The fan is only blowing hot air on me, the freezer can only make so much ice when we keep it open to cool our faces, showers only left my hair wet for half as long, and my stomach can only take so much water. Yesterday, for writing group, I literally drank myself too full to cool down with more water.

My poor, poor kitties. I hope they are staying cool.

Comments

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I really don't think that your building is cursed. Just because one air conditioner came crashing down from five stories up doesn't mean they all will.

Seriously, though, other people seem to have managed - you really might want to think about it. For the kittens, if nothing else - they seemed so ridiculously hot in their little fur coats.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I was informed that they are probably more comfortable in the heat than we, and that's probably true. So long as I keep the water cool, and the food plentiful, they'll be okay.

I guess I could consider getting the AC for the office room, but it wouldn't help us in the living room (where all the fun shit is) or the bedrooms (where we sleep) overly much. And, again, the roomies and I are cash-strapped. Better to see how much our fan usage and newly enlarged living space costs us in utilities before we add to the expense.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

True, I guess.

Have you tried putting pans of water in front of fans? I've heard that can help sometimes.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

That's a thought. It might make a mess, but hey, we've been doing that. I sat in the living room with ice cubes on my head and got soaked through.