welcome to my mind ...

I've been trying to figure out exactly what I need to do to maximize coolness in my room. With the temperatures being in the 80s this whole week, the odds of it staying cool inside is not likely. The fan works well enough, but it's still pretty warm in here. Right now, the thermostat says it's 80 degrees in here, with it being around 82 outside. The difference? There's no sun in here.

So I know that if I put up aluminum foil on the windows, not only will it keep the heat out, but it'll completely block out the light as well; something I don't really want to do. I like having the natural light in my room. Instead, I have a dark sheet tacked up to the wall covering most of the West-facing window. I have a South-facing window, but the sun never directly shines through there. I also have the West-facing bathroom window, but if I keep my bathroom door closed over, the heat pretty much stays in there.

I've more of less been trying to figure out how far open or closed I should leave my windows during the day. I leave them almost all the way open at night to allow for maximum air flow from the cool night air outside. I leave them that way when I leave for work and close them over when I get home. I've been leaving them open about 3 or 4 inches and then opening them up all the way again once the sun sets, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea or if I should close them all the way or leave one more open...?

Anywho, we had the world's shortest Code today. Less than 30 seconds after announcing the Code, it was canceled. It's good that it was cancelled because that means the issue had been resolved, but it still caused me to have to sprint a little ways as I was on the other side of the campus when it was called. I also had to write an incredibly short report since a Code was actually called, despite the fact that it was nearly immediately cancelled. It just meant that the report was really short.

My hair doesn't look nearly as awesome as it did when I got it cut, but that's because whatever they use in hair salons almost always makes your hair look awesome and unless you do exactly what the salon does, it's not likely that it'll look the same once you wash it. I was showing a bunch of people the pictures from Friday. Since I always had my hair up in a bun, no one realized how long it was so the reactions were great. "Whose hair is that? ... Yours?!?! It was that long?!? Wow!"

I swapped shifts with a coworker so I'll have tomorrow off. I plan on getting up early enough for a quick morning jog before it gets too hot out. I am supposed to be hanging out with another friend in the evening, but I haven't heard from her yet so I don't know what time we're supposed to hang out. If I haven't heard from her by the middle of the day tomorrow, I may make other plans. We'll see what happens.

Until then. . .