Ok, time to complain. It’s snowing outside and it’s not suppose to do that here. At least not this often nor this much. The locals do not remember the snow hanging around this long either. Had the first snow day off in four years. Outside is 34 degrees, my apartment is 62 degrees (only because I have shut off all the other rooms) and the bedroom is 58 degrees.. There are two small radiators in the large living room and there is no way to circulate heat. So I sit on one radiator and work on the table. But then my hands get cold so I drink hot water. That makes for frequent bathroom breaks which cause the larger parts of me to get cold all over again!
I needed to wash sheets but with no sun shining I’m not sure they will dry. I dry sheets by draping them over two chairs and dragging the chairs around the living room following the sunbeam. No sun – no Drying? As I wrap myself cocoon style at night I only use half the bottom sheet. So I rotated the sheet so I now sleep on the unused half and washed only the top. I had gotten a horrible rash all over my back that I attributed to the local laundry soap; so I switched to Tide. It’s more expensive but worth not trying to scratch my back in the class room, restaurant …you get the picture. As I poured the soap into the washing machine tray I saw the warning symbol for the first time, a drawing of a machine just like mine with the universal ‘do not use’ X over it. Think I’ll ask my co-workers if I smell. If not, then the soap is working fine and the heck with the warning. If I do then I ask – will perfume suffice?
Did I mentin all the places I'm persuing for next year are very near the equator?
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