I try not to complain. I have been blessed to live rent-free in a beautiful house this summer, I have a car that runs and gets me to and from the TWO jobs I am lucky to have. I was able to perform in an incredibly fun musical in Park City.
But. All of these awesome things have been happening during one of the HOTTEST summers on record here in good old Utah. We've been living with temperatures floating between 85 and 110 since June, and it's still cookin'. And as lucky as I am to have had a room and a car and jobs... I've been doing all of it without the luxury of Air Conditioning.... and I've never been stickier.
Phil's house, old, beautiful.... HOT. I'm on the second floor at the back of the house with an awesome window facing east- so my room cooks in the sun almost all day long. Two fans and lots of sleeping naked or nearly naked, or escaping to my mother's house, is how I've managed to survive.
My car. Good ol' Leo. A Lexus, a classic.... HOT. Leather seats, and a heating/ac system that shorts out if i push any of the buttons to turn on the fan. Driving around with windows down and wearing skirts/tank tops as much as possible when driving anywhere.
The OG. Steady income, great co-workers... HOT. The AC in our kitchen has been on the fritz since May. Apparently it's working and blowing air into the kitchen at 63*, but because it also cycles air from the ovens out and replaces it with air from outside in... the kitchen is consistently at a sweaty 80* or more. My glasses are always sliding down my nose and I have a perma-sheen on my face whether I'm working hard or not.
Its been... exhausting. And I have a hard time knowing when to shower anymore because if I shower before work I'm just going to get gross and sweaty at work, but once I come home I'm going to sweat in my bedroom even if I'm not doing anything, and if I shower between working at OG and driving to SLAC, I'm just going to get sweaty in my car on my drive.
I've learned to be oh so grateful for the the little things. Water-bottles, tower-fans, body-spray. I can't imagine having to live in a climate/location where Air-Conditioning isn't an option for anyone. But I know people do it, every day, all day, and they don't know the difference. It's why I've tried not to complain to much, because I realize even at my sweatiest, I can still go sit in a coffee-shop, or at a friends house, or even walk through the market, and cool off.
On the upside- I've found an apartment in Salt Lake and will be moving at the end of the month. It's a one-bedroom, basement apartment, with full AC, and it's darling. My boss at SLAC owns the house, and her son lives upstairs, so I have great neighbors/landlord. AND Buster can come live with me! Also, I'll be transferring to a different OG, most likely Sugar-house. Fingers crossed that their kitchen is not sweltering.... :P
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