Slip into an icy cold tub before bedtime. After your body temperature drops, hit the sheets quick. You'll fall asleep before your body notices it's really 90 degrees in your bedroom.
- Think of the people in Sri Lanka who have no A/C and far more mosquitoes to deal with, while they open their windows to catch a scarce breeze.
Move your home business to someone else's home. For instance, for piano lessons, go to their house instead of having them come to yours. The moms will worship you because they don't have to fight their kids to get in and out of the car. They can wash their dishes while you teach. YOU get to enjoy their A/C. :) And the little girls draw you pretty "Welcome to our Home" pictures to greet you with at the door.
- Think of all the people in Thailand who don't have a/c and have to fear a sudden monsoon.
5. Bake at work. Mix up a batch of banana bread batter, your sister-in-law's famous recipe, drive fast before the active ingredients lose their chemical reaction and bake it in the work kitchen oven while you catch up on your morning emails. Give the freshly baked banana bread to the friend at church who graciously offered to loan his portable cooling unit. He says it needs to be run from time to time, anyway, and will love the bread. Your house is spared the oven heat.
6. Think of all the people in India who have no A/C. They shower with a bucket of water and a ladle, Pantene standing by.
7. Take cold showers often and enjoy the running water and the shower head.
That's how you survive the summer without air conditioning.
Thankfully, I sit under the repaired central air vent now and have regained my mental faculties so I can function again.
A few other tips:
- Cook out every night on the barbecue. Everything tastes better grilled, from eggplant to fish, with olive oil and and a little sea salt.
- Work late at the office. They don't have a broken cooling system.
- Take long drives in your car, if the air conditioning works, of course...
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