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My hair is longer than it has been in a few years. I like it. I have to figure out creative ways not to melt under it, but I like it. I can do a lot with braiding now. It's also blonder than it has been in years.
At my cousin's apartment warming party on Sunday various family members told me how good I look. Wonders for my ego. And I feel good-looking at the moment. I could stand to lose a few kilos but overall I'm pretty content right now.
It's hot here. I can't remember the last time I wore socks outside of Zumba class. My apartment is on the ground floor/first floor* and doesn't get a lot of direct sunlight through the windows, but it's 27° inside. I leave my balcony door wide open at night which sent one of my cousins in a fit of "oh my god, how can you! A burglar could just waltz in!" Well, I guess if a burglar does climb my balcony they're probably well prepared to pry the door open anyway so it already standing open won't make much of a difference.
* Actually the house is on a slope so the door is ground floor level but my windows and balcony are a little higher up.
Two technicians moved one of the a/c units in my office today, meaning the a/c was off in the whole building for almost the whole day. I guess I never truly appreciated it before. ;) Our company's "Eisbärchen" (little ice bear; his unofficial nickname, next to "Heulbärchen" (little cry bear) and "Mimöschen" (little mimosa)), who complained every single day about the temperature at his desk now has the unit directly above him and it's not blowing down on me anymore. Win/win situation.
I have an ice cream cake in the oven. As in, a cake made with ice cream. I tried it last weekend, then ate the whole thing in, like, two days. I used double the baking powder this time to get a fluffier texture, which seems to work quite well.
I did not sign up for GISHWES. I read last year's list of items and decided I have way too few friends and other aquaintences to pull most of those things off. And I'm definitely not outgoing enough (quite the opposite, really) to ask people I don't know to help me.
At my cousin's apartment warming party on Sunday various family members told me how good I look. Wonders for my ego. And I feel good-looking at the moment. I could stand to lose a few kilos but overall I'm pretty content right now.
It's hot here. I can't remember the last time I wore socks outside of Zumba class. My apartment is on the ground floor/first floor* and doesn't get a lot of direct sunlight through the windows, but it's 27° inside. I leave my balcony door wide open at night which sent one of my cousins in a fit of "oh my god, how can you! A burglar could just waltz in!" Well, I guess if a burglar does climb my balcony they're probably well prepared to pry the door open anyway so it already standing open won't make much of a difference.
* Actually the house is on a slope so the door is ground floor level but my windows and balcony are a little higher up.
Two technicians moved one of the a/c units in my office today, meaning the a/c was off in the whole building for almost the whole day. I guess I never truly appreciated it before. ;) Our company's "Eisbärchen" (little ice bear; his unofficial nickname, next to "Heulbärchen" (little cry bear) and "Mimöschen" (little mimosa)), who complained every single day about the temperature at his desk now has the unit directly above him and it's not blowing down on me anymore. Win/win situation.
I have an ice cream cake in the oven. As in, a cake made with ice cream. I tried it last weekend, then ate the whole thing in, like, two days. I used double the baking powder this time to get a fluffier texture, which seems to work quite well.
I did not sign up for GISHWES. I read last year's list of items and decided I have way too few friends and other aquaintences to pull most of those things off. And I'm definitely not outgoing enough (quite the opposite, really) to ask people I don't know to help me.