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Sometimes I just don't think my brain works as well during summer months. It's the heat. This past week has been a welcoming of a several-month long escapade through the humidity and upwardly mobile temperatures that dominate this time of the year. At home it becomes a bit like a sweat-box... but almost never, in my opinion, hot enough to warrant the week and futile attempts at cooling that my air-conditioning unit would provide. Thus... I do not go that route and, instead, find myself moving at slower paces and with less enthusiasm and "brain-power" than normal. Perhaps that is the way it should be? After all... I do spend the most of my time all over the place, meaning pretty much anywhere BUT my apartment. I keep the fans humming (four in all and the windows open with shades drawn in order to keep the bulk of the afternoon sun OUT Of the living area. My cat is fine with it all... and he spends the entire time in this abode so why would I be inclined to turn on an air-conditioner that puts my electricity bill into the stratosphere when I am rarely here to enjoy it's result? If it didn't matter to me that I would be padding the Electric company fruitfully I would leave my air on during the day while I toiled in the offices of SONY in Culver City... but it seems a waste of energy and cash to come back for a few hours of better temperatures... when in fact the evenings in Southern California tend to cool down rather well on their own anyway. So... you are wondering if there is a point behind discussing the merits and pitfalls of using an air-conditioner during the summer months in my Southern California apartment? No... not really... except to say that my brainwaves have not been functioning at top order during the afternoons on the weekend and thus there wasn't a great deal of originality involved in coming up with the topic to write about. Summer is most definitely at it's peak this week. We are there and it isn't going away anytime too soon. Is it unbearable? Not by a long shot. Although I much prefer the weather that affords me the bundles of blankets and wearing a jacket... I am not "hating" the heat that comes as a part of the July experience at all. Sure... there are moments as I wipe my brow that I wish it were fall or spring... but it isn't... is it... so I may as well be where I am. This week I will ACT AS IF I were a bit cooler than I am. This will create the feeling that the temperatures are not as bad as I make them out to be. Thus... it is summertime but the living is easy... Have a wonderful week out there wherever you may be. BE HAPPY. BE WELL. |
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