We've had above average temps this week, 90's since Monday and 91 predicted today. I hesitate to call it a heat wave since it's only been in the lower 90's. (To the Georgia contingent of the family: Don't even start. We know how hot it is down there. That's why I didn't call this a heat wave. You poor people go from your air conditioned house in your air conditioned car to your air conditioned office. There would be no "New South" if there were no air conditioning.) This was a good week to have the warm weather, because generally nobody has been home during the heat of the day, except the dogs, and they're in their basement lair. I still haven't stuck the air conditioners in, not because I'm so energy conscious, but because this is my most hated household chore. It involves wrasslin' those things into the windows and stuffing blocks of wood, foam, old socks, duct tape or anything handy around the units to seal them off. It also involves a lot of sweat and cursing. Typically, I wait until it's unbearably hot, like about 95 in the house, before I "install" them. When they're finally in, we usually get the temp inside down to a balmy 88 or 89. So far we haven't met the threshold for really needing them. Even though it's been warm this week, the humidity has been low. At night we open up the windows, turn on the industrial size exhaust fan (thanks Ann & Kent), and cool the house down quite nicely overnight. In the morning we button up the house, and by the time we get home in the evening, it's not too terribly hot in there.
There was a night a few years ago when a transformer in the neighborhood blew and our power went out at bedtime. Pure misery. No air conditioning, no fans, no breeze. It was eerily quiet, except for the sound of sweating while lying in bed. Yes, you could hear yourself sweat. If Oma would ever comment on this trashy blog, she would remind us all that growing up in Iowa where it's hotter and more humid, they had no electricity on the farm until she was 10 or whatever. Ahh the good old days. I must say, her situation comes in handy when the kids start complaining about how hot the house is. "Well you know Oma......."
Biking in this weather has been surprisingly easy. Yeah, I need to drink lots of water, but the cooling effect of the breeze while riding keeps me quite comfortable. In weather like this when I worked at FedEx, I would drink 6 liters of water during my shift and still be dehydrated. Can't say I miss that about working there.
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We finally have a working computer down here in Salt Lake City. Today it was 98 and tomorrow it promises to be 100+. But of course it is a dry heat so we wern't much bothered by it at the water park today. Nor will we be bothered by the temps tomorrow...I think we may go into the mountains and try some trout fishing. We'll see. I am love, love, loving SLC. Already planning to return. There are mountains on all 4 sides of us, the city is very clean (altho the air is not in this weather)and the people are extremely friendly and helpful. A big first for me this week. I rode a public bus to and from the nursing convention all three days. It was quite a big deal for this country bumpkin.
Oh, geez, just what I need. Another family member espousing about the joys of Salt Lake City. I'll have to keep you and Jeff separated, or plan to throw cold water on you if you ever get talking about Utah.
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