slept like a baby

[miriam_e]

Hmmm that is such a dumb saying. Babies wake up every 4 hours to wail.

Anyway, I slept really well last night. Lately I would wake in the middle of the night with my feet feeling terribly cold. On one night I even resorted to taking a hot water bottle back to bed with me. But last night I put an extra blanket on the bed and slep through in blissful comfort. This morning I feel wonderful, thanks to the uninterrupted slumber.

I know the nighttime temperature here is not really cold. 13°C (16°F) is not cold compared to how cold it gets in Melbourne or many places in the northern hemisphere, but after spending a while in sunny Queensland it sure feels cold. I'm starting to worry a little about how I'll handle the heat of summer. At least in winter you can pile more clothes and blankets on and exercise to warm up. In summer there is a limit to how much you can take off. When you're completely naked and still too hot... oh brother! Some trepidation here.

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[beyondfake-0.livejournal.com]

I use to worry about the same thing before I got deployed. >.> You'd be amazed at how fast your body can adjust to heat. In heat, just drink lots of water, you'll be miserable at first (I know the humidity really bothers me since I grew up in a desert climate) but eventually you'll get use to it. My first time in the Middle East was a horrible. I was sent to Qatar, which is only 20 miles away from the ocean. So, it was desert climate (120 degrees F), with full humidity. x__X; Anyway, yeah with plenty of water the heat isn't too bad. >.> (Don't forget elecrolytes! I did once, and it was a horrible experience. XD)

[satyapriya.livejournal.com]

Friend of a friend recommends soaking bedsocks in cold water on really hot nights, wringing them out well, and wearing them to bed. She swears it helps, but she is also a fanatical bedsock wearer.
Personally, I would worry about footrot, or something.
I have taken cold flannels to bed on cold nights before now, and they end up squashed under me, and a nice wet patch to sleep in - one that I didn't create in an interesting manner.

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

Hi Miriam,
I hope you don't mind my posting here. I just stumbled across your lj.
I'm on the Gold Coast and I have to own up to taking a 'hottie' (hot water bottle) to bed for the last couple of nights too... no shame in that. Are you new to QLD?... you seem worried about the summer humidity
Julie

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Urghhh! 120°F???? Amigod!
I'm glad it doesn't get that bad here.

Yes, I find myself drinking lots of water so that I can lose it again out my skin in the heat. :)
The worst part is the heat rash between my legs from sitting at the damn computer all day. Blaagh! I hate that. (Oops. Too much information.:) At least walking around you wouldn't be so prone to that.

What I usually end up doing is sleeping all day and working all night when it is cooler.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Heheheheh :D
I just might try that.... with some plastic over the end of the bed to protect it.
Thanks. :)

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Heheheh :) No, of course I don't mind you posting. It is always nice to meet people. (So long as they are not carrying weapons or collecting bills.:)

I've been here for a couple of years, but don't much like the summer heat. Luckily I'm on the west of the range -- the Sunshine Coast hinterland -- where the humidity is less. I moved up from Melbourne to be near my wonderful family. They're on the coast. A few times last summer, when visiting them, I had the awful, panicky experience of feeling like I was drowning. The air was so humid!!! I'm sure I'd eventually get used to it... but oooh, not a nice feeling.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I know quite a few Julies. Are you one of them? Can't think of any on the Gold Coast...

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

I know the humidity you speak of quite well... can take your breath away. I love your hinterland though. I ride up there occasionally with Ulysses... great roads for a m'bike

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

I don't know any Miriams

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

It must be a nice area for motorbike rides; each weekend many people with motorbikes tour here. I expect motorbikes will become more common as time goes on, petrol prices continue to rise and concerns over the environmental effects of cars begins to finally have an effect. I've been considering getting a motorbike again. They are a logical way to go. I can't really afford to run my car. Cars are stupid and dangerous.

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

That's great that you're considering getting a motorbike... again?? You've had one in the past? What did you ride and how long ago? The more women out there on bikes the better I say!

[sleepyaardvark.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know what you mean about the heat. We've had pretty constant upper 90s (F) lately and its supposed to stay this hot for at least another week before there's any relief in sight. And the humidity is awful and there's absolutely no breeze at all. I'm ready for winter. And no, that isn't cold at all.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

It is ages since I had my bike -- way back in the 1970s. It was a lowly Honda 128, but incredibly reliable. I used to do all my own maintenance on it (deriving much mirth from the broken JapanEnglish in the manual), learned a heck of a lot from it, and rode back and forth between Sydney and the Sunshine Coast countless times over many years.

Today, if I do get another bike it will still be a small one, though a little bigger than that... perhaps a 250cc.

There is a lot to be said for motorbikes. The major drawback is the danger that cars pose. Bikes by themselves are very safe, but sharing a road with cars, and worse, four-wheel-drives, becomes quite scary. I well remember times where I was unintentionally run off the road by oblivious car drivers.

I worked as a nurse years ago in a rehabilitation hospital. The part I worked in was for paraplegics and quadriplegics. All but one of the people in there were motorbike accident victims. (The one who wasn't had dived into a shallow pool.) That really scared me.

I've noticed the tide has started to turn for 4WD vehicles. Every day I see more of them with "For Sale" signs on them. They cost their owners far more than is comfortable in fuel. Hopefully the roads will be largely rid of them soon. Smaller cars are still dangerous, but not quite as bad.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

:D
You do now.

I Know a Miriam

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

Yep - I do now!!

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

Miriam - can I email you?

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

I had one back in the 70s too.. Honda 100cc... She was a beauty... Yeah, I've nursed para/quad/tetra-plegics as well over the years - I hear what you're saying!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Certainly. :)
miriam at werple dot net dot au