its hot again!

it hasn't been below 20C since thursday morning (and even that was less than one degree below 20). we've decided to get one of those portable air conditioners mostly for the dog's sake but i know we'll enjoy it too. now all we need is either flexicar or a friend to take us somewhere where they actually have air conditioners in stock.
i made the mistake of trying to go to the sustainable living festival yesterday. i decided it was probably best not to ride in that heat (especially in the middle of the day) so i took a tram. it was SOOOOO hot there. i wondered around a bit but couldn't be bothered looking at any of the booths (other than the yarra valley water booth which i returned to 4 or 5 times to refill my nice big cup with cool water). there were a couple talks i wanted to go to but i think i would have suffocated inside the tents they were held in. by the time i got home i was just hot and miserable. the house was so hot i couldn't even sit on the sofa cuz the foam in the cushions was extra warm. zac got to work in a nice air conditioned building for most of the day (although him and his co-worker did come down to the sustainable living festival for a bit). by the time zac got home the sun had started to set so i convinced zac the dog would be ok in the yard (we soaked her down) and we took the train up to lea and jay's to go swim in their pool (i tried to convince zac that the dog would be ok walking up to the train but he didn't believe me so i convinced him that she'd be ok in the yard-- and she was). it was soooooooo nice to cool down in the pool. their house is slightly cooler than ours too(mostly due to the fact that they can open up most of the back wall of the house and then the front door to get air flowing thru). i'm so glad we went over there though. our house was still to warm when we got home (we just closed the security screen doors when we left so air could come in). i think i'm gonna have to go wander around some air conditioned shops today (since last nite i've been trying to think of an air conditioned restaurant close to home that we can go eat at tonite cuz i can't be bothered to eat when its hot-- just drinking lots of water and smoothies).