Friday, June 13, 2008

keeping it cool on hot summer days..


Summer is in. Full force. Volatile weather... Extreme highs, sudden storms... swirling blowing warm air on your browning skin, sweat- purging your pours of all the built up winterness... its been just fantastic. All this unhappyness with the heat... you won't catch me wishing it away!!

With no AC (no thanks) there are PUH-lenty of ways to stay cool:
- ceiling fans ROCK. I'm wondering what my landlord would do with a request for one in every room, not just our dining room. Probably up the rent. Rats.
- watering your feet while watering thirsty plants
- a cool-down shower just before bed, starting lukewarm- getting colder, just how low you can go?
- Ice-cold chunks of watermelon. Not frozen mind you, just ice-cold. 
- Strawberry shortcake. Mmm.
- a wet washcloth...
- mojitos!! 

Not so helpful for staying cool on a hot, HOT, H O T summer day…
- a fuzzy kitty wanting to cuddle up
- running, or even walking for that matter
- the oven, but then how else does one end up with strawberry shortcake?
- tarmac
- sitting in an office thats so air-conditioned, you have resort to jackets and fleeces- in 100 degree weather. HELLO?! 

Ahhhh summertime. Love it. 

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