Heat Repelling Techniques

It is incredibly incredibly hot here right now. My husband, who NEVER complains, was practically crying he was so overheated today. I just checked the weather channel, which informed me it’s 97, but it feels like 102. Whatever, it’s amazingly hot. So hot that when you walk outside it’s like hitting a wall. So hot you burn your hands on the car door and steering wheel. So hot that even in my friend Sydney’s air conditioned car, the A/C running at full blast wasn’t enough to actually cool the car down any. The AC just kept it from heating up more. Being pregnant in the heat hasn’t been too bad until today. I walked out of the shower and immediately started sweating…

When I drove to the doctors at 9:30a, it was all ready 85 degrees outside. The heat even started affecting my appetite. And I don’t have to tell you, for a pregnant girl to not want to eat, it has to be pretty amazingly hot. HOT HOT HOT.

Here are my heat prevention techniques so far today:
- blowing down my shirt collar (hot breath = not that helpful)
- standing under our a/c vents (warm air= not that helpful)
- drinking tons of ice water (as if I didn’t have to pee enough times all ready)
- sitting in front of Sydney’s A/C vent at work (vent on the ground = only ankles are cool)
- complaining about the heat (does nothing but make me feel a little better)
- staring at blue painted toe nails, trying to convince myself I am actually not hot, but rather hypothermic
- filling our bathtub with cold water and sitting in it (so far, this has helped the most)
- praying that the Lord would send us an early fall this year

What do you suggest for beating the heat?