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It is ridiculously warm right now here in Ottawa, and a lot of other places too. Today is so hot, actually, that they're giving a Heat Warning and telling people to conserve water. It most definitely does not feel like May right now. Especially considering that just a little over two weeks ago, while I was at my parents' for Mother's Day, there was 4 inches of snow on the ground! Mother Nature cannot seem to make up her mind. It's currently 27'C but feels like 34'C, and it's supposed to go up to 33'C while feeling like 40'C. There have actually been designated "cooling centres" set up in Ottawa and Toronto, to help people with nowhere cool to go.
I wouldn't mind the heat so much either if I actually had Air Conditioning in my apartment. My rental company comes and installs the A/C every spring and removes it in the fall but this heat wave took us all by surprise and I'm still waiting. I am not happy either, because they were calling for this heat as far away as early last week. That should still have been enough time.
And I live in a tiny 3rd floor attic apartment! It was so hot last night, I was hallucinating, falling in and out of sleep. The only way I managed to get actual slumber was by soaking my head in cold water and wetting all my hair to try and cool down. I checked one of the snake's thermometers and it read 38C/101F. That's unbelievable. And unlivable. I actually had to bring my two Crested Geckos to a friend's with AC because they would have died staying in my apartment. That's how damn bad it is.
I called my rental company again today, asking when I would get my AC, and he said he would remind the maintenance guy about it and that he had placed the work order the week before. If I don't have it when I get home tonight... I'll be staying the night at a friend's, because I can't take that heat again another night, I just can't. And I feel so bad for my little animals. I'm responsible for them and this heat is difficult to take. Especially for the cat and the rats. They have fur, which makes it worse. It was so hot yesterday, my cat was actually panting, the poor little guy.
I really hope my AC is installed when I get home from work tonight. I really, really hope so.
