Is this recent heat wave bumming anyone else out?

[smirkymonkey]

I hate it! I feel like we have gone from a miserable long winter to a brief, cold, rainy spring, to a suddenly hot humid summer. What ever happened to having a real spring with balmy 60 degree, breezy dry days before we hit the dog days of summer?

My building doesn't turn on the AC until Memorial Day weekend so I am lying here in front of a fan with ice packs all over me. I dislike the cold, but I really hate the heat because I can't sleep. At least I can sleep in the cold, but the heat and humidity make it impossible.

Sorry for being so whiny. I am not a fan of hot weather. I wish I had the money to migrate with the seasons. Rant over.

[Xipe Totec]

1. I live in South Texas - A heat wave is when a Gulf breeze comes in and temps drop to the 90's nt

[smirkymonkey]

2. Ugh! How do you bear it?

I wilt when it goes above 75. You are very hearty!

[Xipe Totec]

5. A/C is an essential utility here.

You estivate from June to August.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Thanks! I would, but the one good thing is that AC is free once it kicks

in. I can crank it all summer long and I don't have to pay for it. I try not to over-do it, but on those particularly hot days, it's a blessing. Most people I know have to pay hundreds more every month for AC if they don't live in a building like mine.

[elleng]

4. Kind of, but as it's ending tomorrow, I'm not TOO bummed!

[smirkymonkey]

9. Can't wait until it get's back down in to the 60's.

I just want it to stay that way for at least another month. I just love cool, dry weather.

[elleng]

14. Gotcha! That's what's happening here tomorrow,

cool, that is, but not dry; t'storms tonight, and rain tomorrow. 60's til Wednesday, then low 70s.

[smirkymonkey]

16. I'll take a T-storm! I actually really like them!

Right now, I raided my Amazon Fresh cooler bag and put the gel packs in the freezer to use as personal body coolers to sleep with! You have to be resourceful sometimes!

FYI, I am one of those people who sleeps w/ the window open when it's 35 degrees out. I grew up like that so I'm used to sleeping in the cold.

[elleng]

17. I had fan on last couple nights,

will see about tonight.

[Freddie]

6. Got my first taste of summer at work

Had to wear the ugly sweater and turn on the space heater, the AC kicked in and I made the mistake of wearing short sleeves since it was 85 outside. Think I'll just wear long sleeves all year now.

[smirkymonkey]

11. I always keep a sweater and a few pashminas at work if the AC is too cold.

You can always put more on, but you can only take so much off!

[EarlG]

8. Pollen count is 2000 here in the DC area

1000 is normally considered "very high."

It is MISERABLE.

(Presumably caused by the unusually long cold spell followed immediately by high temperatures.)

[smirkymonkey]

12. Yes, allergies here are terrible too!

I only suffer mildly, but I have a few co-workers who are incapacitated.

[elleng]

15. My car's COVERED with pollen,

and I get into it and SNEEZE after the walk over!

[Shrike47]

10. My house lacks air conditioning. Summer is a mixed bag.

[smirkymonkey]

13. My fan helps in the heat, but the humidity is the real killer.

Where do you live?