Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: 6-25-25 Wed/Log

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

6-25-25 Wed/Log

W: 318.4 BS: 139

~~Pay bills~~
~~Dishes~~
~~Laundry~~
~~Water garden~~
~~Vacuum Up & Down~~
~~Clean kitchen~~
~~Straighten~~
~~Bathroom rack~~
PC
~~Taxi....wtf~~

11 am, 90 and climbing. It's the kind of weather where much of the inside of the house counts as 'working in the heat'.

That includes the bathroom, where I assembled this shelving unit today.

We have two window AC units upstairs, but window location on the antique home means both units are on the same 20 amp circuit. Well, a 10,000 BTU window unit can draw up to 12 amps under full load. If both units run for any length of time (More than 15 minutes) the breaker will flip as designed.

So.... we sacrifice our empty-bedroom AC during the day when this phenom happens, so the kids hallway can be livable. At night, it doesn't seem to be an issue as long as I set them at a reasonable temp.

The shelving? Time for people to get their %$#@ in order. We do NOT need 6.2 gazillion bottles and tubes of chemical laden low-value/high-profit product as seen on TV.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"