YES IT IS! IT IS THE HEAT!

i grew up in this heat & humidity. i've always hated it, partly because i sweat more profusely than the average jane, and partly, no doubt, because i grew up without central AC. but i've also hated the people who live in it year after year and yet complain from may til september. one of my favorite summer phrases is "it's not the heat, it's the stupidity." but this year: wow. i've been trying not to whine or write or even THINK about it, but this week it's near impossible to think about anything else. this, despite the fact that i do have a little window unit, one that's meant to cool one room, not a 900 sf apartment. (i wasn't planning on replacing roomie's window unit when she left, but alas... i had to send money home from NY so P could buy one back in july, else he wasn't going to apartment-sit anymore. and boy am i ever glad, now, that i did.) i remember my first trip to arizona: i thought i'd died and gone to heaven, to find a place where, in august, it was 100 degrees and I WAS NOT SWEATING! i do realize this has disadvantages of its own, and this summer, even the lack of humidity is not much benefit to speak of when the temperature soars to the hundred-teens. when it's that hot, all you can do is find a cool cave that a bear has abandoned and cozy up in it til september. so, i'm going to take the advice of the weather folks on the news and stay inside unless absolutely necessary. not that i need much prodding to do that.