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It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your children are?
By Alesha Henley, The Davis News
Flip-flops are sticking to the pavement. Hairdos are deflating as soon as you walk out the door. Makeup is sliding off women’s faces into a Monet puddle at their feet.
And, we’re all panting like an old hound dog left on the porch on a hot summer’s night.
Sweat is just another layer of clothing. Walking to the mailbox is your exercise for the day. When you get back from the short walk, your lungs are weighed down with hot air. Then your lungs get a shock of cold air as you go back into the house.
We’re trying to save on gas. So, we stay at home in the miracle of air conditioning, and the electric bill is skyrocketing as we try to beat the heat.
The car’s air conditioner feels like it’s blasting its hot breath on your face; however, it’s blasting cold air at “Max AC.”
Despite cracking windows and covering your car in tarps, you still enter the lowest level of Dante’s Inferno when you get into the car at the end of the day. You lose a few layers of fingerprints when you grab the metal seat belt.
Heaven forbid, if you forgot to put the mega-size sun visors in the windshield. By the time you get to your destination, the steering wheel has finger imprints on it. And, you’ve got an eye on the temperature gauge. You repeat over and over “normal” trying to keep the gauge from rising to “high.”
You breathe a sigh of relief as you breathe in the cool, fresh air of your car’s air conditioner. And, you suck in a few choice words as you realize you are already home when the AC finally kicked in at full capacity.
You can’t even enjoy a nice night on the porch at the end of a hot day. The air is still heavy with the sun’s rays even in the dark of the night. By the time you take a few swings on the old porch swing, a bead of sweat is making its way down your neck.
Mother Nature doesn’t even sigh a cool breeze into the depths of the dark night. Before bed, you turn down the air conditioner only to drench your sheets in puddles of your own sweat. You wake up thinking you’re having early hot flashes.
So, take care of yourself in this massive heat wave. Cool down with plenty of fans, air conditioning and ice. Don’t fry your skin and brain in the high heat of the day. Stay cool!
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