It is hot. Hot here in upstate New York. Hot everywhere else too. Just getting through each day hoping the power does not go out. Wondering what I was thinking moving into a city apartment that is totally electric? I was thinking convenience, comfort and a easier life. That it has been. As long as we do not have a power outage. So I include it in my prayers and hope for the best. I have tried not to do a lot of cooking. The only food I am cooking is my morning breakfast of eggs. The rest of the day is foods I call cold foods. Keto Chow replacement meal shake that I make into ice cream with the Ninja Creami. Better than any other kind of ice cream! More flavors available too. I have that about midday. For supper I am on a chopped salad kick. I used to enjoy the chopped salads from Subway. Then they stopped making them so I stopped going there. Silly to buy a sub when I do not eat bread. Once I started making the chopped salad at home I liked them better than the ones from Subway anyway.
My refrigerator is full of beverages. Water, cold coffee, LMNT electrolytes, Zevia soda, and ice tea. I am the type of person who forgets to drink if I do not have it ready and in my sight. So I keep an insulated cup of whatever I am drinking at the time nearby. In the morning I always start my day with a cup of hot coffee no matter how hot it is. For some reason I cannot drink the cold coffee until after I have had the hot one. It gets me going. I keep the water in quart canning jars in the refrigerator. Glass stores foods better and colder in the refrigerator. Plastic does not. The LMNT I mix with water and store two jars of it in the refrigerator. Drink it through out the day. Electrolytes are important when you are a senior citizen and especially in the hot weather. I buy cold coffee already made from the store. It is black and unsweetened. I like the bold flavor. I usually have that for my 2nd cup of the day and it saves me from using up the coffee pods. Especially now as they gotten to be quite expensive. I make ice tea and keep it in the refrigerator unsweetened, of course. Zevia creamy root beer is my treat after supper. Sugar free with Stevia and has no fake coloring added. I enjoy it after a busy day.
This past spring I bought a pedestal fan. I love it! I use it more than the air conditioner even in these high temperatures. So I have two fans. One is smaller that I have had for awhile now. It is behind me fastened on the top of my bookcase. I also have a usb portable fan that fits into my purse or my walker basket that I can carry with me. If you cannot tolerate the heat you have to find what you can do to make it easier. When I moved from my house on my homestead in 2018, I knew summer was coming. The last two summers spent there were torture for me. It was just too hot. I could barely do my gardening. I was working on it in the early morning and stayed inside all day. It was hot inside the house also. At that time I did not know I had Lymphedema or had ever even heard of it. My feet would swell and I would soak them in cold water directly from the well. It helped but the water heated up from my feet in just minutes. My face and hands would be all red. No relief ever! I could not even take a cold shower since we did not have running water. Moving was my solution.
I try to do all my chores early in the morning on these hot days. Yes, living in a studio apartment I still have chores to do. After they are done I try to stay quiet. Doing activities that does not involve much movement. Years of having pets taught me how they survive a hot spell. By not moving! Of course, they are usually sleeping and I have never been able to take a nap in the daytime. So I just do quiet activities on my computer, writing, reading, coloring in an adult coloring book, listening to music, working on my family tree or watching videos on my computer. You get the idea.
The worst thing for me during this hot spell is having to go somewhere. Appointments. I have one tomorrow with my hair dresser. I walk to it and it is not too far. At least it gets me out of my apartment for awhile. I enjoy my appointments there because this salon is entertaining as well. The banter between the hair dressers and their customers is like a big party. Though I still have to go out during the hot part of the day and walk there and back. I have no doubt that I will do fine. It is just the idea of it and not looking forward to it as much as I usually do.
I feel like getting through this hot weather is a test for me. To see if I can make it. I know I have to because there is no other choice. Even though I am complaining it is hot, I know it is much hotter in other locations. I always complain about it being hot. Not so much about the cold. I like it colder but not particularly freezing. At least if it is cold I can do things to warm up. Add more clothing or blankets. When it is hot there is not much I can do except to ditch all the clothes and I am not ready to do that yet!
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