Well, it is officially Spring. That is, it's Spring where the season actually exsists. In this country, it doesn't. Yesterday, the weather did have some changes here though. It got seriously hot, and I think the warmth is here to stay. For me, this heat is uncharted teritory. I've maybe experienced over 100 degree weather before, but certainly not without air conditioning. When it gets above 98 at home those are deemed good days to stay inside and watch movies or go to the pool. But yesterday, when it was over 100, I was galavanting around town on foot and non-air conditioned buses, not to mention that I had on an undershirt beneath my long-sleeved one and a scarf on my head. I'm not quite sure why the heat didn't affect me very much, but that might have been because I knew there was a milkshake waiting for me at the end :)
So what am I discovering about life in this range of temperatures?
First off, it wears me out! It takes a lot of energy just to get from point A to point B on a super warm bus.
Second, you have to always carry water on you. I feel like a fish with all the water I've been consuming in the past few days.
When it's this hot out, I can wash, dry and wear a single item of clothing in one afternoon- even towels only take two hours to dry.
Unfortunately, it's not hot enough to fry an egg outside- I'll experiment again when we get to the 110 degree range.
An iced/cold coffee becomes luke-warm faster here than a hot one does when put outside on a wintery day.
People often take the bus for just a few short blocks.
And maybe most importantly, I've learned to be thankful for God's design of sweating. Eww, I know. But it really does do the job to cool the body down. Plus, I just have had to get used to it- I begin to persperate on the walk from my bedroom to the bathroom.
I'm sure that soon I'll be wishing we could have some more 100 degree days instead of the warmer ones that are bound to come- I just hope I can survive this first!
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