Just trying to survive

We have been dying over here, lately. A lot of people don't realize that this place is as hot as Texas, although we are further north. We do have mountains in this great state we are currently living in, but our close proximity to the coast (it's 10 miles away) makes us experience completely different weather than most of the state. For example, back during the winter, one weekend it was a pleasant 60 degrees, but if you only drove only one hour west, you would be in the middle of a snowstorm that dumped 2 feet of snow. It was crazy. Although, I would take snowstorms any day over what we have been going through.

For the last couple of weeks, the thermostat in our house has been registering at 80 degrees by the afternoon. Yesterday, we got up to 81. The AC just can't keep up with the horrible heat and humidity. Do you know what 81 degrees feels like inside a house with no air flow? It's horrible. I sit around feeding Olivia in the evening and we are both drenched in sweat. Two bodies close together in the winter provide warmth. During the summer, though, it is a nightmare. I keep forgetting that a lot could be solved if he had some window treatments, which we don't. Even with window treatments, though, there is not much you can do in 95 degree weather when the humidity is at least 85%. My running group went running the other morning and the humidity was over 90%. I learned my lesson and will now be bringing a towel to sit on for the ride home. Humidity is one thing that I can never get use to, no matter how long I live in it.

The only thing that has been saving us recently is going to the pool every afternoon with friends. It blows the whole afternoon and wears both of my girls out, which ensures everyone is ready for bed when we get home, leaving one happy momma. Today we are actually under a heat advisory and weather channel says it feels like 111 degrees here. Perfect.

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