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todayiamadaisy) wrote2014-01-16 09:28 pm
todayiamadaisy) wrote2014-01-16 09:28 pm
Caught by Love
The temperature finally dropped below 40C (or 104F if that's how you roll) just after 7:30pm today. The City by the Sea doesn't do hot weather very often, but when it does, it's thorough. I had sparrows sitting on my windowsill at work today, panting in the tiny area of shade. Poor things. Same tomorrow, and then there's meant to be a change.
In the meantime, I'm sitting outside in the almost dark, making the most of the tiny sea breeze. Percy is tootling about sniffing things, completely oblivious to next door's cat watching him from the fence about three metres away. Idiot.
Here is a thing. A new cosmetic dermatology clinic has recently opened not far from my work. The building is bright pink. I was talking to someone today and she said she'd recently been there to get a mole map done. She was a little early, so the receptionist pointed her to the waiting room. 'We'll put the charge on your bill,' she said. 'What charge?' asked the patient. 'Why, the waiting room charge!' Apparently they charge several dollars per hour to wait in the waiting room. The lady I was talking to wasn't having that, so she went and sat in her car until the appointed hour, then went back into the clinic. They still weren't ready, so she told them to ring her when she could come in, and went back out to her car. I have never heard of such a thing before.
In the meantime, I'm sitting outside in the almost dark, making the most of the tiny sea breeze. Percy is tootling about sniffing things, completely oblivious to next door's cat watching him from the fence about three metres away. Idiot.
Here is a thing. A new cosmetic dermatology clinic has recently opened not far from my work. The building is bright pink. I was talking to someone today and she said she'd recently been there to get a mole map done. She was a little early, so the receptionist pointed her to the waiting room. 'We'll put the charge on your bill,' she said. 'What charge?' asked the patient. 'Why, the waiting room charge!' Apparently they charge several dollars per hour to wait in the waiting room. The lady I was talking to wasn't having that, so she went and sat in her car until the appointed hour, then went back into the clinic. They still weren't ready, so she told them to ring her when she could come in, and went back out to her car. I have never heard of such a thing before.