Sunday July 28, 2013 and we are slowly recuperating from our ten day ordeal without air conditioning in this Nevada desert town. At our age we don’t bounce back from this stuff like we once did. Extreme heat affects you in many ways. We were not sleeping well or eating right. We were fatigued and constantly sweating. We drank so much water that our electrolytes were out of balance. I’m on diuretics so keeping hydrated was particularly hard for me. None of this stuff is good for old kidneys. Worst of all my wife and I were getting cranky and snapping at each other and we never do that. I’m a happy-go-lucky guy and try not to let things bother me, but I have to admit that never being able to get really cool for an extended period of time really got to me. I was ready to kill someone. Yesterday I ate breakfast again for the first time in ten days and we started what will be about three days of laundry as we sweated through almost every piece of clothing we have. But the house is cool again and we are re-establishing our daily routines and life goes on. I hope I don’t sound like too much of a sissy. Old age has kicked some of the spunk out of me, but let me tell you this; if it were not for air conditioning Las Vegas would just be another ghost town in the Nevada desert. I hope you are enjoying your day wherever you are.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:26:58 +0000
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