Wednesday, June 22, 2016
i ended up crashing before i got any listening done, but i at least got a good amount of sleep. i sleep much better when it's warm and humid. but, i woke up to a frequent frustrating reality: it was cold in here. again...
i've had the heat turned up to 28 now for a few hours, with the windows closed to keep the heat in. this is a terrible solution, though, because it makes it so dry in here.
there was a positive signal tonight, though: flickering lights. that indicates that the circuit might be on the brink. if i can get the line to blow, the day or two it takes to fix it might be enough for me to win this fight for the whole summer.
it's not that i need it at 28. i'd be happy with it at 25, if the machine wasn't sucking all the humidity out of the air. 25 and mildly humid is roughly equivalent to 28 and dangerously dry. so, if i can get the air off for a few days and rebuild the humidity in here, that could be enough to have the heat off until september, anyways. it's just that we never got a chance this year because the turnover was so immediate.
it's just a few more hours before i can get the windows wide open and hopefully get the humidity back up. right now, i need to get something to eat. i'll be doing finally listening on demo #1 this afternoon, once i'm fed.
i've had the heat turned up to 28 now for a few hours, with the windows closed to keep the heat in. this is a terrible solution, though, because it makes it so dry in here.
there was a positive signal tonight, though: flickering lights. that indicates that the circuit might be on the brink. if i can get the line to blow, the day or two it takes to fix it might be enough for me to win this fight for the whole summer.
it's not that i need it at 28. i'd be happy with it at 25, if the machine wasn't sucking all the humidity out of the air. 25 and mildly humid is roughly equivalent to 28 and dangerously dry. so, if i can get the air off for a few days and rebuild the humidity in here, that could be enough to have the heat off until september, anyways. it's just that we never got a chance this year because the turnover was so immediate.
it's just a few more hours before i can get the windows wide open and hopefully get the humidity back up. right now, i need to get something to eat. i'll be doing finally listening on demo #1 this afternoon, once i'm fed.
well, i think i found a bed bug
i'm not an entomologist, but it looks like one to me.
i have it in a ziploc bag in the freezer.
a few things.
1) i have no physical signs of bites, and no reason to think the bugs have been downstairs for a long period.
2) i have no proposed source.
3) so, they would have to have migrated from upstairs to downstairs - and i think the totality of evidence makes that obvious.
there's a non-trivial possibility that it's some other kind of bug. again: i'm no entomologist. but, it does certainly look like one to me.
i have no requests for action in the basement. again: i have not been bit. but, if you required evidence for action upstairs then i may have it for you.
(pause)
the only other thing i can think of is that it might be booklice.
fwiw, i found it walking on the hallway floor - nowhere near the bed.
anyways - i don't have bites. i can't complain if i don't have bites! but if you need evidence for upstairs, i may have some.
or, if the problem from upstairs has become more obvious over the last little while, it may be spreading.
(pause)
on second thought, i saw a second bug this morning and i think it's not a bed bug but a roach nymph. i'll hang on to the body for a few days.
that would be more consistent with what i've noticed down here.
i've checked my body carefully - still no signs of bites.
j
i have it in a ziploc bag in the freezer.
a few things.
1) i have no physical signs of bites, and no reason to think the bugs have been downstairs for a long period.
2) i have no proposed source.
3) so, they would have to have migrated from upstairs to downstairs - and i think the totality of evidence makes that obvious.
there's a non-trivial possibility that it's some other kind of bug. again: i'm no entomologist. but, it does certainly look like one to me.
i have no requests for action in the basement. again: i have not been bit. but, if you required evidence for action upstairs then i may have it for you.
(pause)
the only other thing i can think of is that it might be booklice.
fwiw, i found it walking on the hallway floor - nowhere near the bed.
anyways - i don't have bites. i can't complain if i don't have bites! but if you need evidence for upstairs, i may have some.
or, if the problem from upstairs has become more obvious over the last little while, it may be spreading.
(pause)
on second thought, i saw a second bug this morning and i think it's not a bed bug but a roach nymph. i'll hang on to the body for a few days.
that would be more consistent with what i've noticed down here.
i've checked my body carefully - still no signs of bites.
j
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