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Keskiviikko 🇫🇮 Miðvikudagur 🇮🇸

We spent the night half awake. I was rolling in bed till 3 a.m., and Ági went to the living room at 3:30 a.m. This heatwave is killing us. The attic is like a sauna. Even though the AC was on yesterday evening, it couldn't cool off the walls and the wooden ceiling properly. And since the house is south-oriented, the front side gets sunshine early in the morning, the side wall facing south from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., and the western side of the house is lit by the sun in the evening. No wonder we feel like we are in a furnace. The walls emanate the heat 24/7. And despite the promised cold front entering the country next Monday, the walls will radiate the heat like hell for weeks. I want to live in Iceland!

I went to procure some goods today. I almost bought the LED lamp for the kitchen and got the necessary tubes and accessories for the kitchen ventilation. We phoned the carpenter to discuss the repair of the kitchen counter. I called the masons and the roof guy, too, but they didn't pick up, so I need to call them tomorrow.

Apart from the previously mentioned activities, not much happened today. I didn't study or read anything, which is a shame. But after the kitchen renovation, I'll be back in crazy-student-hamster mode.

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