Hot hot heat

Yesterday was our first taste of the heat that Southern Ontario can only provide. Humidity and little to no wind. The apartment was hot and sticky and the South end of the house was smouldering. I actually impulse bought a window air conditioner from an on line classified ad and installed it at 9:00 at night.

We never had an air conditioner during my childhood, our cooling was provided through cool summer evenings and a light breeze through the windows. The luxury of manufactured coolness was never a passing thought. Mom’s system was fool proof and the house always felt cool throughout the day no matter what it was like outside. Humidity was never a factor like it is here and that was half the battle in my opinion.

Now I have grown accustomed to the gentle whiz of a GE 6000 BTU window buddy, and to be without one in these parts would mean many a sleepless night. I try to imagine life without it and on a day like today when you are starting a new job with new people around you, the last thing you want is to show up to work sweating profusely with pit stains on your slick office guy outfit.

Happy Gapper is off to his new job now; I hope I don’t get beat up for my lunch money. I used to be the cool kid!