Too Darn Hot

August 23, 2006 - 1:45 PM by Allison

The good news is that you know that armed conflict is in a lull when you can afford to complain about the weather. The bad news is that there’s something to complain about. It’s REALLY hot, fry an egg on the sidewalk hot. Those who have no reason to venture out beyond air conditioning before 5 pm aren’t doing so.

Those who don’t have air-conditioning, like Yael, are melting. Amazing that she can gather the energy to type.

What is up with this humidity? It was not this humid this time last year. It is not as hot and humid as what I grew up with but it is still nearly beyond endurance if you don’t have an air-conditioner. Which I don’t. I have a fan. Actually two fans. They are blowing hot and humid air. Even the kittens are sprawled out and unable to muster the strength to destroy anything in the apartment at the moment. That will change, of course, as soon as it gets cool enough to think about trying to sleep. They will be full of vim and vigor then, knocking things over, jumping on me and being a nuisance until the sun starts streaming in about 6 a.m. and it becomes to hot too sleep (me) and too hot to play (them)…

A week ago the weather was so nice that it was perfect sleeping weather, except that there was a war on and so I was up. Now that the war is off I’d like to be asleep (for maybe a week or two straight) but it is too HOT.

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