Personal Day
Jul. 2nd, 2024 05:13 pmGood news? PC Richards came and installed my new A/C and took away the broken one. It's the same model and brand - because I had to replace it with a comparable version. Which is fine - it was working, until the apartment stripped and re-painted the fire escape. But I didn't tell PC Richards that. And the technician - when I did tell him, pooh-poohed it stating that wasn't the cause it was the faulty Freeon.
Anyhow, the new A/C plus the tower fan, keeps my apartment cool - at 76 F/24.4 C degrees in the living room with 35% humidity - wich is comfortable, you don't want to be less than that. It's 81 F/27.77 C outside with 42% humidity - so feels like 80. Was clear for most of the day...until now, when it's become overcast.

PC Richards has the worst customer service.
( Dealing with PC Richards Customer Service )
But it is over. Yay. And I saved over $400 dollars, so yay team. Also, I should be able to sleep well tonight. Couldn't sleep at all last night. Afterwards I took a walk to a little community garden in Windsor Terrace, which I hoped was open. It was.
After walking through it. I sat in one of the little green chairs and meditated by the pond for a bit.

And then took a stroll, taking photos of flowers, which makes me happy:
( more photos )
I also passed a sculpture garden of sorts, in the front yard of one of the houses...
( sculpture garden )
And a couple of houses had the sign "Cease Fire" on them...
( cease fire sign )
While in front of the library were little posters of children's rhymes..
( poster of children's rhyme in front of Windsor Terrace Brooklyn Public Library )
The library also has a knitting circle which meets on Tuesdays, and a Writing Group that meets monthly, and is open to everyone.
Read this on instagram:
"You aren't lazy. You just have a certain amount of energy and right now you are using it all to survive."
And Lou from the Grief Project states: "When we are going through BIG moments in life, whether that be a death or some other form of loss, it’s easy to feel like we aren’t achieving enough, grieving for “too long” or just using our grief as an “excuse” to be lazy. But it’s true-we only have a certain amount of energy. We only have so much bandwidth. We can only put on a happy face for so many hours a day. If you have survived something, you will go through a period of ‘survival’. If you are in this space currently, please know that you are not lazy. Your body is dealing with your stress and sadness. Use your energy sparingly, spend time only with people who bring you up, nap if your brain needs a break, drink water, take baths, sit and process, and most importantly…. Be gentle with you."
I read it and thought, but I'm not grieving anything at the moment, I've not been through any trauma. Then the Universe smacked me upside the head.
( Read more... )

Anyhow, the new A/C plus the tower fan, keeps my apartment cool - at 76 F/24.4 C degrees in the living room with 35% humidity - wich is comfortable, you don't want to be less than that. It's 81 F/27.77 C outside with 42% humidity - so feels like 80. Was clear for most of the day...until now, when it's become overcast.

PC Richards has the worst customer service.
( Dealing with PC Richards Customer Service )
But it is over. Yay. And I saved over $400 dollars, so yay team. Also, I should be able to sleep well tonight. Couldn't sleep at all last night. Afterwards I took a walk to a little community garden in Windsor Terrace, which I hoped was open. It was.
After walking through it. I sat in one of the little green chairs and meditated by the pond for a bit.

And then took a stroll, taking photos of flowers, which makes me happy:
( more photos )
I also passed a sculpture garden of sorts, in the front yard of one of the houses...
( sculpture garden )
And a couple of houses had the sign "Cease Fire" on them...
( cease fire sign )
While in front of the library were little posters of children's rhymes..
( poster of children's rhyme in front of Windsor Terrace Brooklyn Public Library )
The library also has a knitting circle which meets on Tuesdays, and a Writing Group that meets monthly, and is open to everyone.
Read this on instagram:
"You aren't lazy. You just have a certain amount of energy and right now you are using it all to survive."
And Lou from the Grief Project states: "When we are going through BIG moments in life, whether that be a death or some other form of loss, it’s easy to feel like we aren’t achieving enough, grieving for “too long” or just using our grief as an “excuse” to be lazy. But it’s true-we only have a certain amount of energy. We only have so much bandwidth. We can only put on a happy face for so many hours a day. If you have survived something, you will go through a period of ‘survival’. If you are in this space currently, please know that you are not lazy. Your body is dealing with your stress and sadness. Use your energy sparingly, spend time only with people who bring you up, nap if your brain needs a break, drink water, take baths, sit and process, and most importantly…. Be gentle with you."
I read it and thought, but I'm not grieving anything at the moment, I've not been through any trauma. Then the Universe smacked me upside the head.
( Read more... )
