it is the gobi desert in my office building
March 13, 2009, 11:10 am
i don’t think i’ve ever worked in temperature-controlled building that has been so damn dry. my eczema has flared up, my lips are chapped (but they’re fine when i go home), my throat is dry, my skin is peeling off, and i drink upwards of 10 cups of water a day.
my first idea was to complain about it. did that, but i have no idea if anything was going to change.
then i decided to look for a humidifier. i found this “Crane Adorable 1 Gallon Cool Mist Humidifier.” who would buy this monstrosity? at least 462 people, since they reviewed it. as maura points out, i would never purchase anything with “adorable” in its name.
now, i’m thinking outside the box. the plan is to take a ton of water and just pour it all over my carpet. then the air will soak it up and it will be humid. right? seems perfectly reasonable.
i’m embarassed to admit that my initial reaction was: “aw, that’s a penguin. how cute!”
i’ve gone through like two chapsticks already. we should set off the sprinklers.
i just tried pouring stuff on the floor. it just feels wrong. now i have multiple tupperware full of water surrounding me. call this a science experiment.
mr. theones would be proud.
how does your body react to mold, cause you might be trading one problem for another.
I just got a charlie horse. Damn building.
That penguin is the shit. I’d buy one in a second
Is that why I’ve been using vats of facial lotion every night? Hmmmmmm.