MY ANNUAL AC RANT

Today is the day after Memorial Day, often viewed as the Official Start of Summer. When I was growing up this was the day that made it ok to wear white shoes. I know, sounds weird now. But yesterday was official at my house in that it was the first time this year that we used the Air Conditioning.

I must interject here- I am not at all a big fan of air-conditioning. Yes, there are days (and nights) here and there during the summer that it is a life-saver. But on the whole, I could live without it if I had to. I realize I really should be very careful what I say here, so as not to jinx anything. But going to sleep yesterday in pajamas under a pile of blankets while it was 82 degrees outside just felt wrong. And you can't shave your legs when the air is on unless you want razor burn from your ankles to your hips.

Our house is BIG. Four functioning floors, including basement and attic. Consequently, when the AC is on, the basement is sub-zero, the first floor is cool and the upstairs can fluctuate between comfortable and stuffy. Forget the attic, it's 110 degrees all summer long. In the course of an hour, should I decide, say, to run up to the attic and fetch a tote of summer clothes and decide to launder them for wearing, I can experience a temperature range of 110 to 10 below in a matter of minutes. Probably not good for whatever part of your body it is which works to maintain 98.6 or so. If there were no AC, it would just be constant 110 degrees. See what I'm getting at?

You see, one thing I detest aboot winter is the fact that you have to wear layers upon layers of clothes. The thing I always look forward to in summer is wearing shorts, little tops, no shoes if I choose. And for gawdsake, no sweaters or coats or sweatshirts and all that crap. But last night before I left for work, I had to put a fleece on to keep from freezing in my livingroom. Oh, and of course then I got a hot flash but that's a whole nother subject...

Just had to get that out. I feel better now. Thanks for listening.