why i am getting nothing done
I couldn't stand it any longer. I've spent the better part of the last hour trying to find the floor in here. Which of course means that things are both piled on the futon and stuffed willy-nilly (or is that "willie-nellie"?) in the closet. The closet, mind you, goes from one end of the room to the other, so there is plenty of stuffing space.

I am assuming that once I tidy up and get things organized, I will be ready to buckle down to something constructive. Like filing papers and then opening perfectly ordered file folders to began research afresh. We'll see. Because I think I've finally put my finger on the REAL reason I'm not getting anything done.

It's hot in here.

We don't have air conditioning. We didn't include air conditioning in the last two houses we built, so there's no reason to think that just because we're renting temporarily, lack of articifially generated cold air is a concession we made. After all, this is August in Montana. The electric blanket is still on the bed, and it gets so chilly at night here that open windows make it too cold.

But. The bedroom that I took over as my computer slash little house slash knitting slash reading room faces west. It also has an exterior door that faces south. So this room gets full sunlight from noon-ish until sunset. And it gets HOT in here.

All that sun makes it bright as blazes in here, and because it shines in full force on the computer screen, I can't even sit at the computer unless the room-darkening shades are down. Which seriously affects air-flow, which affects the temperature. See?

I compensated a bit by turning nocturnal once spring changed to summer. But when it's dark and oh-so-cool in here, I find myself wanting to read, or knit, or sit outside and look at the stars.

Nevertheless, the 4th of July is past, so winter will be here soon. This is, after all, Montana.

UPDATE: It is now 10:30 p.m. The sun has set and it is blissfully cool. I have just finished filing a stack of papers 14 inches tall (I measured it). I have organized 5 inches of articles about LIW and they are ready to insert into their proper notebooks (I keep articles in 3-ring binders). I do have a pile of things I simply couldn't deal with tonight, but it's only 2 inches tall.

At one point today, I did stop and knit a sock for my mason jar of ice water, which was sweating profusely. It's been a productive day. Star gazing anyone? Mark your calendars; only 5 days left until the Perseid Meteor Shower.
- posted by pioneergirl at 12:28 AM