Too hot to write

I know I have been very slow lately and there are mostly medical reasons for that. I have to add that I do not intend to expire just yet!

The latest heatwave has not been helpful. I write in a small upstairs room originally set up as a nursery, it is approx 8 feet square with what was a built-in wardrobe at the back. This wardrobe contains almost all the computer equipment apart from the desktops I usually frequent. The room at present is 30C and the wardrobe is 33C. I intend to shut everything down once I have posted this.

It is so hot that I fear for the equipment. It will operate at those higher temperatures but it effectively shortens the lifespan. It is probably doing the same for me! I can't function in this heat, and today is much more humid than the last few days. We have a portable (luggable) air conditioner but it is downstairs. It is too heavy to bring upstairs, where the temperature is usually 4-5C warmer than below, so we hunker down downstairs and mostly read until the evenings.

I have about 90% of VotV #101 written and just have some tidying up to do. Production will likely resume sometime next week, when temperatures should be a little more comfortable.

Penny