the heat, the goddamn heat
With the passing of "winter" here in Mexico, summer is quickly approaching. I am learning what humidity is and it is only beginning. Oh for the love of a small cold front to come through...
When I wake up in the morning I am sweating. When I walk the beach with my dog, I am sweating. Walking up the huge hill to my "home", I am dripping. And all of this is before 9am. There are places on my body that I didn't know could sweat. But after being out at let's say 3 in the afternoon, I find every one of those places, they are sweating. Last night as we ate dinner in the house we were sweating. My friend Joe had more sweat coming down his chest than if he had taken a 5 mile run. And we weren't eating anything spicy...
So you learn to adapt. All housework is done before 10 am. At three in the afternoon you really don't want to go anywhere outside. You stay transfixed to the fans, or at least I do, starring at them endlessly. You have plenty of water in the fridge for at times you can thirst can't be quenched. And some times you just want to pour it all over you. Showers are really pointless, you are sweating as you get out. If clothing was optional in this town, I'd opt for the nakedness. Clothes just become absorbient rags on your already moist skin. But, I don't think it is such a good idea for the white women to be walking around Mexico naked. So don't worry family members, I am keeping my clothes on.
And this is just the third day of it, only the begining. It only gets worse everyone tells me. HOLY HOT NESS!
More later, it is getting close to noon. I must get close to a fan...
Peace and love, H
posted by Heidi Hamlin at
9:31 AM
2 Comments:
Hi girl you don't hear your dog compaining about the heat so be quite you wimp. Hang in there it only gets better but hotter.
10:58 AM
Hello H&M,
We haven't written but we have been following your blog. It sounds like with the obtaining of your FM3 you have become one of us. You are now experiencing the real Mexico weather. You know the reason all the Norte Americanos and Canadians leave the area during May and June...... That's right! "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". Isn't that how the saying goes? Uncle John and I used to be the only ones here on our little cove because everyone else was too wimpy to stick it out. In fact as we speak we are here at the house and the neighbors are leaving daily. We don't mind and never have since it is so PEACEFUL during this time of year. That is unless we experience a REAL HURRICANE! Then the excitement begins.
Will you be staying through the hurricane season? Are you planning on coming back through Baja? We will be running back and forth between here and the grove. It is quite something to be taking care of two places that are over 1000 miles apart. Avocado season was great! Not as good as last year but we may have made enough to pay some of the water bills for the coming year.
We are enjoying your blog and glad to hear you have no more bad experiences except the bat. They are fun aren't they?
Take care and let us know if you have any plans to come back this way. We would love to have you stay with us again.
Tia Regina and Tio Juan
7:44 AM
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