*shiver*
Goddamn, it's FREEZING inside my house and pleasantly warm outside, and it's two in the afternoon. I love my place, but it has no heating and I can't stay in my blanket-nest on my bed all day. Sometimes I bring my laptop and a cup of tea outside and sit at the porch, facing the lovely garden, but the battery dies fast. (I am dreading the start of morning classes next week. Or classes/SCA training that last late into the evening. On the plus side, I have to wear at least four layers during rapier practice. :D)
When I went back to Singapore I told my dad I was going to buy a portable space heater for my room and he said, "No, no, I have a Philips infrared lamp that I never use, you can bring it back."
Me: *looks at box* Pa, this is for muscle aches, not heating up a room.
Dad: No, it'll warm up the room, just switch it on and leave it for a while and then switch it off once the place is warm.
And I was pretty much forced to pack it, so I did, and now I'm back in the Perth winter and 2°C nights and I tried switching on the infrared lamp and the part of my body/the bed next to it gets warm, but that's it. I'm back to wrapping myself up in like five blankets.
(My welcome-back-to-Perth gift from an aunt here was a 'Couch Cosy' which is basically some local version of a Snuggie. I regret ever poking fun at Snuggies. THEY ARE AMAZING AND MAGICAL.)
^ That's me at night. Except with more blankets.
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