Every day is a constant battle for me.
There are so several things to keep my brain focused on each day, I swear that I need a running to-do list for every spare second of my time. My full time task is quite exhausting because my bosses are glorified children with bank accounts. I spend every week cleaning up their messes and chasing down details to do my work. After that, I get to start up on my second task where I stare endlessly at a iPad performing tedious tasks. Finally, I start up on my fifth task, which is an online support community that I’ve developed. With all this going on, the last thing I need to worry about is my comfort on a minute by minute basis. That’s why I’m getting real sick and tired of this damn Summer weather. To be clear, the weather itself is pretty constant. It’s hot. Every day, in and out, it’s ungodly hot. When you are outside, you are going to be red, hot, and sticky. The problem for me is when you walk back inside a building or residence. The outdoor air temperature does not prepare you for the brutally cold temperatures that you’ll find within any new site. This means I spend all day putting layers on and off as I go inside and out to conduct business. When I walk inside, I throw on two overcoats and brace for the chill. As I pass back out into the sunlight, I hurriedly pull all my layers off to prepare for the horrific heat. As if I don’t have enough on my mind, these afternoons I’m consistently sad about keeping track of layers on top of my sizzling and shivering body.