Good evening y’all! I got so caught up with my rant earlier, I completely forgot today is the first day of summer
. Although I think down here in the south, summer had already started a month ago! When you have warm temperatures in February, which was supposed to be winter, what can summer possibly hold for us? For the foreseeable further temperatures are going to be in the 90’s! These temperatures are nice if you are at the beach
or have swimming pool, but on a normal day they can be torture!!! I think it is safe to say we are in for one
HOT summer!
When you live with an illness such as Multiple Sclerosis, it is extremely important to stay as cool as possible. I have heard from numerous people that cooling vests can be very beneficial, so this year I am thinking I might need to give them a chance. Also, staying hydrated is vital to everyone’s health. When you simply go outside to your car, which is normally a short walk, you can be drenched before the air conditioning has a chance to work! I am lucky that normally when I leave the house for work it is early, so typically the sun
has not had a chance to heat things up much, but my goodness when I leave in the afternoon it is insanely
HOT! I try to let the a/c start working before I start my drive home so I do not get overheated and then feel faint. When I have to do the one thing I already dread doing, grocery shopping, I try to either go earlier in the day or after the sun goes down
to avoid too much of the heat. Do y’all have any certain things you do to avoid the nasty heat? Honestly with the way I have already been feeling, I might be a little worried about the summer heat!
I hope y’all have a nice, relaxing and cool evening! Thank goodness it is almost Friday, which leads us to a two-day weekend! Even though I missed two days of work this week, I am still looking forward to two days away from waking up way too early for work! As always your comments are encouraged and appreciated. I do plan to do more posts about ways to handle the heat, so hopefully they will be helpful for y’all! As always, I am always sending y’all LOTS of love and comfort!
Always, Alyssa
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I hope you can beat the heat! Best wishes.
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Thank you! I will do all in my power to beat the summer heat! I hope you have a nice evening!
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Thanks. You too 🙂
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Thank you sweetie!!
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It certainly was a scorcher up here in the North too. Thank God for Air Conditioning! 🙂
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Oh my goodness it is even hot up there? It is going to be one hell of a summer!!
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Oh yeah. 😦
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I work in an open air fruit stand. I “clean the walk-in cooler” a lot. I bought a fan, and didn’t get the boss to reimburse me, and I wrote my name all over it so the boss doesn’t take it from me. And I drink a lot of water.
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My goodness, I am so glad you bought a fan!! Have you seen the fans that you put water in as well? The fan will blow water at you and it is amazing! We bought a couple when we went to the beach last year. I am glad you can clean the walk-in cooler a lot! I think I would try to stay in there! It is smart to drink lots of water! Best wishes to you!!
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Oh, when I was a stage tech for a sound company in Shreveport, we worked the 5 day crawfish festival every year. They had these massive fans on either side of the stage that had water hoses hooked to them. I took naps next to them, with my comms headset on in case they needed me, they just shouted my name over our comms channel😁
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It must get really hot where you live. Heck I find temps in NC bad but I bet it gets even hotter in Louisiana ! Thank you for sharing this and I hope the rest of your evening is wonderful!
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Oh, Louisiana was miserable. New Orleans in summer is brutal. I’m in Texas now, and its marginally better than Shreveport, a bit less humidity and lots of breezes from the south.
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WOW you just like to live where it is HOT! I do not do well with high humidity. I have been to Texas once because my mother was doing a nursing travel assignment there and she had to have emergency open heart surgery.
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I’d much rather live somewhere like Alberta Canada, but Sunshine won’t hear of it
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My husband is dead set on moving to Canada sometime sooner than later. He wants to move to the West side of Canada. I did not want to for a long time when he was talking about it, but now I am on board for a few reasons. Canada actually has season, which we do not have in the south. And I want to get away from the man in charge!
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Oh, we have seasons here in the south. There’s football season, the holiday season (November & December), then comes mardi gras, then comes 9 months of “fuck it’s hot”😉
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That is the best comment!! I am not a football fan but everyone else normally is! My husband loves snowboarding and I well tolerate it for him. I do like summer, but only when I am at the beach any other time it is miserable!! But yes you are right 9 months at least of “fuck it’s hot”!!!!! Very well said!!!
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😁
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I get up early, hide in the ac during the hottest hours and then regroup for another shift at night
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You are a smart lady always with great advice! I hope you are doing well sweetie!
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I will take your compliment Alyssa because I need to rewire my brain to believe it. I see myself more as a very bad influence and person that has a broken “filter”
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Having a broken filter does not make you a bad influence at all, it just means you tell the truth! I think we need more people like you in this world! At work today I said that my filter was discontinued so please just do not talk to me for a while!!! I will help you to rewire your brain so you believe what I already know about you! You are an amazing and loving person Grace, with a bit of a smart mouth, but I LOVE it!!!
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Thank you Alyssa
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Anytime my dear♡
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Is it? I haven’t noticed. It got soooo cold here. Bzzzzzzzzzz.
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Is it really cold there? It is insanely HOT just across the ocean!
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It is. We’re in the 60s.
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Is that Celsius?
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Lol. F. Actually, we’re more in the 50s.
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Sorry, I never know what others use when it comes to temperatures. I guess I assume all countries besides the United States use Celsius. 50’s is chilly, but honestly I think I would prefer that right now. 90’s is crazy. The best thing about summer is the beach when you can get there and I LOVE sandals and flip flops ♡
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Yes, pretty much so. But, I’m mostly in contact with Americans so I try to make their (your) lives easier this way.
Let’s swap. I’ll take your 90’s if you don’t mind.
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That is so nice of you! That is helpful, although I think I have learned now how to figure out Celsius!
That would be fine with me to swap! You can have the HOT weather, but swapping also includes you get to deal with people in the white house!! Are you still ready to switch?!
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We all have our white houses. I’ll take my chances.
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I would not feel right giving that mess to you, but if he sounds better than what you have let’s trade!!!
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Deal.
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This is a great plan!
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It’s getting warmer in the UK also. My hay fever is driving me mad!. I’m glad I’m not in employment at the moment, so I can stay indoors. otherwise, it’s just pacing yourself when it’s hot, and doing stuff early in the day. have a great weekend!. x
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That is great that you do not have to leave the indoors. I definitely try to take care of things early or really late when the sun goes down! What is the temp in the UK?
I hope you have a wonderful weekend as well!
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Temp is reaching 26 degrees Celsius, creeping up to 30 degrees c by the end of next week. After the cold weather we have here, it’s hot for us!.what’s the temp where you are?
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That is rather warm, but I would trade that for what I am dealing with! I am in North Carolina and temps will be in the 90’s F, so if I did the calculations right it is 32 degrees c! I am learning how to convert because most other countries use C!!
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That is hot!. I’m impressed with your conversion!. I’ve never known how to work it out…I hope you don’t suffer too much at the weekend…
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Thank you sweetie! Yes, it is very HOT and really difficult to deal with. I am just going to stay inside all weekend, hopefully. I will grocery shop early in the morning or late at night, but I just do not deal well with how hot it is!
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It gets that hot periodically up here, but isn’t a constant thing. If you do purchase the vest, let me know what it does for you. The heat and humidity wipes me out, but the pool usually revives me when I need it
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I grew up in Vermont and do not remember it getting as hot as it is down in the south! I will let you know how the vest works if I do get one! Heat and humidity wipes me out as well, but I do not have a pool to cool off in:(
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It’s really hot here too! Hope you have a lovely and cool weekend. 🙂 xxx
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I am sorry it is hot there as well! I hope you and Dizzy stay inside and cool this weekend!
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Love summer but in Australia it’s winter!
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Oh my goodness I completely forgot that we are in the opposite seasons! Is it really cold there? I think I would prefer summer if I was in Australia!!
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It’s okay
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Thank you! I hope you have a nice weekend!!!
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You too! ❤
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I hope you are able to stay warm! I would send you some of the heat we have here if I could!
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Checking in from Minnesota to wish you some nice and cool vibes 💕 I feel you on the heat. I have a wedding to go to today and it’s 90 even all the way up here!!! I’m nervous about feeling sick at the wedding, but am just crossing my fingers most of it is inside in the air conditioning! I hope you have a relaxing and restful day!
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OH my goodness it is even hot in Minnesota? It is does worry me how hot this summer is going to be, but why waste time worrying about something that can’t be changed?
I hope you have a nice time at the wedding! Just make sure you stay well hydrated as that will help you so much! Enjoy your day and just keep telling yourself that it is all going to be ok!!
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Thank you for the advice! I will definitely try to do both of those things.
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You are very welcome! I have had a little experience with trying to beat the heat and still enjoy life!!
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Loved this post! ❤️ I love Summer and it’s my favourite season. I always drink a lot of water. I only have difficult to sleep when it’s really hot 😂
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Drinking lots of water I am sure helps to keep you hydrated! I am unable to sleep if I am hot, so we keep the temperature in our house pretty cold!
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