Remember a few posts ago when I mentioned the weather here in the Midwest? I also mentioned that I should have been thankful for temps in the 50’s in May because it would be scorching hot before too long. Well, let the melting begin!
Today it is 89°, feels like 95°, unless you are in the direct sun then it feels like your skin is aflame. My car is black (stupid, I know) and it becomes an oven even on the days when it is not too hot. I know we are in trouble when my new air conditioner is struggling to keep the house at 76°. I was shocked to find out that the humidity is only at 54%, it feels like 85%.
For all of you that are wishy-washy and prefer to complain in the form of asking for the opposite season, shut up. all of you hot weather lovers that curse the Missouri winter, you shut up too! I LOVE cooler temps! If I want to be in the tropics I will hop a plane and head to paradise. I hate, hate, hate to be hot. Makes me crabby. In the winter at least you can always add another pair of socks or put another log on the fire. In the summer there is only so naked you can get before you get arrested, and guess what… you will still be hot. Ideally I prefer spring and fall, fall is better because the ground is still warm enough to go barefoot.
Lately I have been complaining about this extra 30lbs I have hanging around (the middle) that I can’t seem to get rid of. Now that the heat is here I am just that much more miserable. I watch what I eat, exercise (don’t laugh, I do!), I have even tried a couple fad-like diets, all with no results. Not even one pound! I never even get the hopeful quick 5lbs that make everyone think “finally, this is the one!”. I even went as far as having my thyroid checked and damn if it wasn’t normal. I am not even as close to the obese line on the doctor’s chart as I thought I would be so of course they won’t help me either. Grrr. I guess I need to resort to expensive. Not anything like surgery, I was thinking more like lower-middle class expensive, like Nutra System or Alli. I think I’ll wait till it cools off to try Alli. I fear the warned anal leakage. With this heat, Lord knows, my swamp ass needs no help! Maybe I’ll just stand outside in the sauna-like temps and sweat it off.
P.S. Around here when it too hot/rainy/cold to play outside we like to play in the Muck. I’m sure you all have your favorite sensory bin, bean box, etc. I started this container like 4 years ago and continually add to it, it just gets weirder. I always add grain or eatables. I started with oats, added popcorn kernels, lentils, barley, brown rice, really just whatever I have left over that is not enough for a serving. I put it in metal 13X9 pans and my kiddos play in it like it is a construction site. I’m sure Barbie would be welcome with her dune buggy or a beach umbrella, we just don’t have any girls in our house. Easy to sweep up, not harmful if eaten (by kids or the dog), just be careful with the itty bitties. It is a choking hazard, I’m sure.
Happy sweating!
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