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August 30, 2005
Wuss
I just returned from getting my beautiful son from his second day of school.
Having grown up between Phoenix and Las Vegas, I have always considered myself a desert rat. A spoiled woman who hates humidity, and thinks that any count of moisture above 15% is muggy. I always, always had air conditioning in my house, and since my mother is akin to Nanook of the North, the house was always 65 degrees year round. It could have been 118 degrees outside, it was winter in our house.
Then we got our PCS to Germany- The land of no Air Conditioning, not even in most cars. Having lived here for three years, it seem my body has forgotten where it come from. It is about 90 degrees on my patio, and to me it feels sweltering. As i walked home from the school across an unshaded basketball court, I felt the first stages of spontaneous combustion from beneath my shirt. Now that I am home and in front of my fans, I can cool off enough to jump in the shower and remove the film of perspiration that has drenched my bra, and threatened to prune up my tits, like bath water does to ones fingers.
In my defense it is about 40% humidity outside. When I was in the shade, with a slight breeze blowing on my face, it felt pretty nice. The temperature officially is reading in the low 80's... but my WEST facing patio, and WEST facing non-solar reducing kitchen windows make for a different reading. The temperature on that white tiled piece of unshaded glare reflecting dog shit is about 95 degrees- and the sun ain't done out there yet.... since it doesn't set here until about 8:15 p.m.
I am off to shower... I may just stay in there until sunset.
Posted by TheFreud at August 30, 2005 3:23 PM
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"I can cool off enough to jump in the shower and remove the film of perspiration that has drenched my bra, and threatened to prune up my tits, like bath water does to ones fingers."
BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSED!!!!
Posted by: grrrrl at August 30, 2005 10:15 PM
NANOOK!? It's true..I am related to the pre-historic snow-eskimo!! As of right now, I am sitting in a nice COLD hotel room..its 112 outside here in sunny phoenix and my feet are feeling like ice cubes..I REFUSE TO SWEAT!!
Moors the pity to those that are suffering in humid, air drenched Germany,,lol
Posted by: Mom at August 31, 2005 1:04 AM
Both of you should both be thankful that you're not sitting in N.O. without electricity to run those A/C units. We should prolly all say a prayer for those poor people just trying to survive the night.
Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now.
Love,
Dad
Posted by: Prplneon at August 31, 2005 1:38 AM
I totally understand..we're stationed in Germany right now and I'm missing the A/C something fierce..but we'll be freezing our arses off soon enough. :)
Posted by: Sandy at August 31, 2005 9:02 AM
Then again, you can be like me: I've lived in the Northwest all my life, and I still hate rain.
Posted by: Christopher Trottier at August 31, 2005 10:53 AM
