stupid heat

(In case you're curious, yes, I'm reacting to the heat. My earrings are weird. I think I'm losing sensation around the earlobes but not within the lobes so I keep turning them and trying to itch my ear. This is my response to going numb - I scratch. It's a subconscious reaction and only makes it worse. I can't feel the scratching. Fortunately, my brain kicks in and I stop. That's the least of the effects. The cool effect is that I sleep like the dead. I know this is because my body's past exhausted but I've had trouble sleeping lately so I'll take what I can get.)

I had to move the latest batch of ale from the coat closet to the clothes closet. The coat closet got too warm so we're just going to hope the amber ale doesn't foam over. It's pretty unusual they do but it's with my clothes now; that would suck. I'm still about 6 degrees too high but that's better than 10. I suppose I could turn up the AC more... but not enough. 68-72 F is COLD. My brew can cope. It'll just be fruitier and less alcoholic (yeast converts the sugar to esters, which taste fruity, above 75 F). Or, I'll compromise, we'll drop the temp to 76. Ages ago, I bought a black lager but that brews cold, 45-55. I'm mailing it to my parents, I don't have a basement. Wheat beers have a wider range of temperatures, 62-85, so I'll pretend that's why I'm brewing one next. (Explains a lot about it being a summer brew though. Of course, if I was a monk with a monastery, I bet I'd have nice cool cellars for fermenting my beer. I'd have to be a guy though, I don't think nuns brewed. I may also have to be a bit more religious.)

While pulling out some papers stored in the clothes closet, I decided I should clean the whole thing. Though a good idea in the long run, it means my mostly clean bedroom became a mess. (Cleaning the closet = taking everything out and dumping it on the bed then on the floor) I discovered I could fit on the bottom shelf then took a nap (in bed) and now it's almost 7pm!!! What happened to the day? Why am I more cranky after taking a nap then before? (Poor cats. But not that poor. I had to do my laundry last night because the big cat took a dump on my bed. I'm still pretty irritated with him. He almost got dropped in the bathtub with the soaking sheets. That was before I realized I should just wash them. I was really tired.) I am still really tired, I'd have tea if it wasn't so late. Or I'll have some herbal tea, it'll be warm and soothing.