It has been outright warm here the last couple of days – high temperatures in the seventies. And the long-range forecast shows no change in sight.
It has made things difficult at school. My classroom is directly over the boiler. There is a giant tank full of steaming hot water under my classroom floor. It’s so hot! I’ve been opening the windows, but there’s nowhere for the air to go, so it just stays hot. I’m bringing a box fan to put in the window today. Hopefully that will help. I’ve also asked if we can turn off the heat. It would be a little risky to do that because we’ve had cold temperatures in March in the past. But to me, it just doesn’t look like that’s going to happen this year, so I’m voting for the heat to be off.
I’ve already turned off the heat in my house. I flipped the switch yesterday morning.
One nice thing about this heat is that my garden is waking early. The peach tree is starting to bloom. I love this beautiful plant!
And my hyacinths were already starting to come up when it was still cold, but now they’re fully open and filling the air with their fragrance.
The hyacinths are right next to the sidewalk, and last night as I was leaving for church, there was a guy stooped over them for a long time. I thought he was picking them, and I was getting ready to be mad. But then I noticed that he was taking pictures of them. Awww… That made me want to go over and tell him to pick some.
Wow! Those hyacinths are gorgeous! Hello, spring! It’s been unseasonably warm here, too, with highs near 80. It’s fairly cool now, but hot later.
I feel your pain about the hot classroom. My classroom has full southern exposure with no way to open the windows, so I’m used to dressing for near-80 temps (in winter) in the afternoon, but your heat-misery is happening all day. How about you bring in a window air conditioner? 😉
My classroom is right over the boiler too (at my school, not yours). Add about 30 computers to the mix and we reached 87 degrees yesterday.
Also, you need to replace that switch with something more like one of these.
When outdoor temps hit the mid 80’s here today, if the relative humidity is above about 40% … y’all gonna be truly miserable over your boilers. My heart goes out to you.
–gal in room with two windows already open
Your flowers are beautiful! They make me smile!
Sorry you’re so hot…..slip the main. guy a piece of bacon, & maybe he’ll turn the air on.
As for me, maybe I’ll go to the beach today!