Today has been one of the hardest days in a while - it’s really hard to keep it together. Spent the last 6 hours isolated in my room and now going to bed. Not even hungry, lol full on peoples words since they can’t control their mouths nor attitudes.
My sister isn’t much of a consoler but even she left her stuffed animal outside my door and my dad tried to knock on my door to get me to eat. I cried and worked out in here, sat on TikTok and now I’m gonna try to just sleep , gonna wake up tmrw and it’ll be a new day. Just tryna stay true to myself and keep the good vibes; don’t want anyone to see me cry or be vulnerable. Everyone should only see me bubbly and happy , pleasing everyone else and making sure they’re all taken care of.
I dont really like making rebloggable posts but I haven’t seen anyone mention them yet: terracotta heaters are really easy and effective DYI heaters for cold emergencies and I think it might be helpful considering, you know
TDLR, place a candle of any size down, and put a terracotta pot (as large as possible preferably) over it, with something non-flammable and balanced to keep the bottom an inch or two off the ground, like bricks.Â
The candle will heat the terracotta, which will put off heat, while the space underneath lets smoke out and oxygen in. I’ve used these all 3 times we had outages here in Maine during blizzards to keep my aquariums warm, the weather outside had been easily -20 F with high winds, and not only was I cozy, that shit kept the water 10 degrees above room temperature. If it can heat the aquariums, it’ll heat a small room.
They work so much better than you’d think, the heat they put off is insane. Obviously be careful because smoke and open flame, but they’re very easy to make and just need an eye kept on them on all times.
 Don’t touch the heated pot bare-handed, it’ll burn like a motherfucker, they get VERY hot. Use thick oven mitts or layered rags to remove pot, put the candle out first if you can manage. Don’t do more than one or two in a non-ventilated or closed room, it’s still making smoke and that can make it harder to breathe.
[ID: Two bricks are laid flat, two bricks are stacked on top on their sides. A candle is in a jar inbetween and is lit. A large terracotta pot is balanced on the second, higher set of bricks so it is above the candle and off the ground. End Id]
