Hot! Hot! Hot!

I just dread triple digit (100+ degrees) heat waves. It wouldn't be so bad if it was the dry heat of the West Coast. But no, it's that wet, stuffy and humid kind of heat. It often feels like you're walking in a pool, several feet underneath the surface, and it's close, hot and really wet. Definitely not my idea of a good time. But oh well, it's part of the package out here where things happen.

These heat waves have an interesting impact on relationships too. Even for those of us blessed to have air-conditioning, we know what's coming: confinement and general irritability that lasts for days. We both bank a lot of "I love yous" and "Thank you, Sweetie" in advance of the "duration." Basically we know we'll be going through something together, and we want to start off from a positive emotional high.

Even if the worst comes and we lose power, we've survived even that. Because of our health issues, we got ourselves an air-conditioned hotel room. It was a small room, and the confinement was even harder on us, but we managed. We just hauled our laptops to a restaurant with wifi. We ate well, and Kathleen worked, and I facebooked and wrote. We got by.

All I can say is be a survivor. You can cope with this heat. Just keep drinking water, and, most importantly, have a Plan A and a Plan B if you lose power. Good luck!!!

The Confinement

We had a hot one today. I bet with the heat index we were in the triple digits (100+ degrees). We stayed inside. Kathleen can work at home and well, I write at home. So there we are, home in the comfortable air-conditioning and having our groceries delivered and our house cleaned by a service. And guess what...? We are cranky and irritable. We have no excuse except the CONFINEMENT. 
 
In the olden days people went out to the movies for the air-conditioning and the entertainment. Nowadays everything has come to our homes: videos, cds, video games, TV, radio and personal computers. You see, you can be throughly entertained and never leave your home except for the confinement issue.
 
Being home is great especially when the weather is awful. But when it's beautiful out, who wants to be confined? Not me and I bet not you. So as soon as the heat wave breaks, I'm eating outside at a lovely patio restaurant. Sound good? Its what's keeping me from biting off my beloved's head during this confinement. (Don't mistake me, I really do love her a lot.)