Personal Revelation

I did not take maximum advantage of my Sweat Day – and I’m bummed out about that.

I don’t know what got into me, but I could not sit down and concentrate on much of anything for longer than about five minutes straight. This is extremely uncharacteristic of me. And it was quite distracting and distressing, to be honest.

Unlike many of the breathless weather reports we get in the dead of winter warning of an impending Blizzard-cane (only to have it fizzle), I have to hand it to them: they nailed the call.

When I opened my kitchen door, particularly this afternoon (after the air had had enough time to bake), it was almost as if I’d walked into a room with a blast furnace. I stopped at the creek for a few moments (literally), and barely managed to score a few photos of the rainforest I feel our regular forests transition into when we aren’t looking.

Consequences

The furthest distance I’ve walked since Monday, July 15^th, 2019 (five days ago) was on Wednesday July 17^th, when I walked a whopping .59 miles – and that was simply incidental walking, such as up and down grocery store aisles.

I don’t think the consequences of my sluggishness this week could be more obvious. I was bouncing off the walls today! And yet it was too damn hot to walk. Ooooooh, how frustrating!

Making matters even worse was the fact that I didn’t seem able to concentrate on anything. So for all my wistful intentions yesterday, the fact is, I frittered my Sweat Day away.

Looking Away From the Heat – Photo: L. Weikel

There’s Always Tomorrow

Sad to say, I’ll get another crack at the apple tomorrow. I mean, I’m happy I have another day left of the weekend, but the thought of people having to endure another one of these utterly oppressive days of heat without any meaningful relief is simply awful.

I just ran up into our bedroom to turn the air conditioner on, since I plan to hit the sheets as soon as I publish this post. During the day we try to keep everything off except the one window unit in our living room. We don’t want to be energy hogs. But if we mostly stay in the living room, it’s easy to forget just how truly thick and hot things can get elsewhere. I was surprised at how hard it was to breathe (literally) when I just ran up to our bedroom.

So, again – I’m so grateful for our a/c units.

This is one spate of weather our whole house fan simply would not, could not make bearable.

Hang in there and stay cool my friends.