Okay, I'm relieved.

My ex-supervisor, R., is back. He had a wonderful vacation, it lasted just a few days too long, he was very ready to come back....

...and he's back. He's jet-lagged, he has to be in another office Friday, and we won't really get much of his mind till next week, but he's back.

I am so amazingly relieved, right now. I also need to spam him with email to bring him up to date. I imagine he'll still be reading email when he heads out Thursday night so that jibes with getting his time back Monday. ;)

The A/C has been off....

All morning. They're working on it now, at least, now that they're convinced it really is the building A/C and not, say, the thermostats, our imaginations, etc.

This resulted in my sending an email explaining that the standalone A/C in the lab had been turned to a heat setting, to melt the ice, which it acquired while trying to keep the lab cool enough without help. As a consequence, all unnecessary computers, the color copier/printer, and all monitors are off in the lab in an effort to keep it bearable. The good news is that the standalone A/C is not heating the lab up much....

...because it's heating the 3-inch ice pack on top of its grill, instead. *sigh* I love how it ices up when it gets too cold, really I do.

Meanwhile, I'm actually starting to be hungry despite the heat. I don't think I can bear to eat the sliced pork roast cold, and hot would be a bit much yet, though. Bother.

I am mostly amused. I got to defrost the ice pack on the A/C. Again. That's either absurd and annoying, or it's funny; and frankly, I'd rather laugh, it's more fun.