Feeling the hotness

[rebeccmeister]

I dragged scrottie out for a 30-mile bike ride loop around Mummy Mountain last night after the sun went down. The air quality left me coughing for a while after we got home. I didn't miss that feeling.

Then I rode over to the Phoenix Farmer's Market this morning, reasonably early so it wasn't too hot by the time I got home again (10:30). That trip takes about an hour in either direction.

I signed up for the 4-week "independent study" ceramics studio session on Saturday afternoons, so after lunch I rode over to that. It's only a 3-mile ride one way. People in that class are extremely talkative - not my favorite dynamic for ceramics. Ah well.

After that, I rode over to the grocery store at about 3 pm. Starting to feel hotter. Then home again with the groceries at 4:30 pm. Only 108 degrees today at 4:30 pm, and the mercury's still dipping below 80 degrees for a couple of hours at night.

But I've lost enough heat tolerance to be feeling the effects anyway.

Comments

[randomdreams]

I suppose over-the-ear-headsets are less acceptable in a ceramics class than on the bus.

[rebeccmeister]

I am definitely considering earbuds, which is saying something. Another part of the strategy may involve arriving early enough to pick a space in the studio that's as far away as possible.