And the Heat Goes On...

Whoa... We're two thirds into this month and the heat goes on.... To the tune of the Sonny and Bono song, "The Beat Goes On",  we keep going forward, maybe at a slower, withered state...

We've been experiencing over 100 degree temperatures for the last two weeks.  I wrote the following email to several friends and family members recently about my observation of others (including myself) during this heat wave and am recounting it below....

So, what do people do when the mercury reaches over three-digits?

----SNIP...People cut corners. They jaywalk to not have to walk more steps to the crosswalk. They snip their hair-- just notice how many people are at Super Cuts getting a impromptu cut to get their hair off their necks. Even clothing takes a "snip" of a sort-- lots of rolling up of sleeves and pants or shirts untucked and tied at the waist or left hanging loose in order to get more air in the waistline

----SNAP...Unfortunately, this is part of the swealtering heat. People get mad for the smallest things. I've seen this in the post office (too long of a line), the intersection (people's car conditioner may not be working and they're fuming that the pedestrian walking across the street is taking too long), and at the Dairy Queen where the single attendant can't get the ice cream cones made fast enough for the crowd standing in the heat.

----FAN...It has been quite amusing to me how inventive people become when they need a fan to bring down the temperature. I've seen fans made of the following~ their hand, bank statement, keys (this didn't work so good), magazine from the newstand, brochures, and receipts. Additionally, people even try to make a fan out of the items they're about to purchase. This includes, (but isn't limited to) the following~ merchandise boxes, packages of underware, and school supplies (spiral notebooks are popular as this is an essential Back to School item).

----SIGH... I've heard so many. They range from soft, loud, mean, defeated, repeated, and obnoxious.

----SWEAT.. Oh, yeah. Yuk... it's hard to be around this. Even the coolest building now is experiencing the sweat of its patrons. Usually it's the men that sweat the most, but I've seen lots of ladies too. Usually though, it's only the men who are brave enough to wipe it away shamelessly.

----DRESS INAPPROPRIATELY...Either too much or too little. (Need I say more?)

----ROLL THEIR EYES..Brings back memories of my kids growing up... (You moms know what I mean.)

----BARE... I've seen too much. I don't want to see anymore. (Bellies, tattoos in strange places, lines, wrinkles, and bulges.)

 

Hope this makes you smile, and maybe even chuckle. Remember that good humor keeps you cool and relaxed. As for me, I think I'm going to go and pour myself another cold glass of water.