Return of Humidity

 Sunday, Tommy finally woke at 5:30 pm. Later, I questioned him. He said he woke three times, went to bathroom and was asleep again after fifteen minutes. He said his temp was up and he felt awful, stuffy, feverish. But, later he felt better after he woke. I would be the last person to criticize a person's sleeping habit. But, I was curious.  Every time he sleep most of a day, he has elevated temp and congestion. 

Friday and Saturday, My sinuses were stuffy, so I had Hall's Mentho-lyptus. One day, I was so congested, I was choking. Cheeks/sinuses hurt now. October was a wonderfully dry month. Alabama is very humid. Surprisingly, this is the first October I have not been ill and required antibiotics. 

I failed a course at UAB and had to drop a course because I was so sick that first October. It was a horrendous experience. This October sort of made up for that first September. 

Now that humidity has returned, I am feeling miserable again. We did absolutely nothing today. I asked Tommy if he had been outdoors. He said he opened the door once and looked out and closed it. More than I did. 

Tonight, I will be freezing most of the turkey breast. DONE. Maybe he will look for the frozen bag of cranberries. He said he did not even look. Oh well.

Do you find damp weather causes you congestion? 

Busy Saturday

Saturday, I had a 12-hour day that left me exhausted. Plus, I had to endure the oppressive heat and humidity. When I went in to shop, I had to stay in Publix and Walmart until my hair dried. I just thought I would die if I did not cool off a bit. My hair in this weather just hangs in strings where sweat drips off, bangs too. I am a mess!

First, I went to Belk where I retroactively used a $10-off coupon on a $26 purchase I made last week. I think the woman loaded Ibotta on my phone while she loaded the coupon, not sure. I half-heartedly shopped for shoes, seriously shopped for a purse. I found one I liked and carried in the buggy for a bit. Well, it was 50% off, so I thought I might get it until I found out the original price was $99. It was not even a purse, just a wallet! I put it back immediately.

As I went home, I passed Auto Zone. Often there are carwashes at AZ. So, today I pulled in and got the car washed. I have put more pressure on a baby while washing it or applying lotion than one girl  did on the car. Her section had to be redone. They were sweet girls but not car washers. A mother there looked like she was going to pass out from the heat. The car looks so much better but lacking still. I gave them $5.

(The front seat was full of stuff--newspaper, empty water bottles, receipts, paper for trash, mail to bring in, mail to toss, just stuff.  After the car was washed and I had left, I swung back by.  I asked the girls at the carwash would someone stack it up and put it in a plastic bag for $2. One did. The mother came over and said, "All that?" as she gestured to back seat. I assured her it was just what was on the front passenger seat, nothing in front floor or back seat. They did not have a car to wash.)

I was going to sit in the car out of the heat and run the ac during the car wash. Yes, I was desperate. The ac quit working for some reason. I sat on their cooler. While I was sitting there about 1:15, a man was talking to them. I asked what he was selling. It turned out he was giving away hamburgers that did not sell at some church. Actually, they were sack lunches.

"May I have one. I have not had lunch. May I have two. I did not eat breakfast, either."  He brought me two sack lunches: hamburger on bun, wrapped in foil; cheese in the store wrapper; catsup packet; mustard packet; chips; two cookies in baggie. Multiple that by 2 since I have 2 lunches. I had just opened a Coke, so I was all set. I was busy and lazy and had decided to get a $1 burger When I left, I devoured one free hamburger plain.  So, another free lunch.

The cheese is in the refrigerator along with the condiments. Exbf will love the small chips. Nothing goes to waste here.

A food bank in the country was happening today, so I set out with my two lunches and ate the other hamburger on the way. I just knew the hamburgers would cause me to have problems and I would have to get back to my bathroom. No, I was lucky.

When I got there, I bought a piece of Mounds cake and did not have time to eat it! It was 50 cents, so I will not have lost much if I decide to toss it. It was just too sweet. You rarely hear me say that!

The large, whole hen is thawing in the refrigerator and the two ham slices are in the freezer. I gave away the donuts, dried beans, and a huge can of pork to a woman at a gas station who will take things.

Bread and bagels go with exbf since both are whole wheat. There is no choosing at this place. At one time, there were many people working and I could explain allergy and get different bread. Now, I just take what they give, especially when they were dying from the heat and so was I.

There are about 30 cans in the car that I need to bring in for me, leave in trunk for exbf, and give the rest to woman at gas station. She has boys, big ones, who bring lots of friends home, so they can eat lots.

Tonight, I returned a skirt to WM, and got an adjustment on another receipt. I bought two kiwis at $.48 cents each, but the receipt said it was two avocadoes at $.88 cents each. So, I got about $20 back tonight.

Sunday, the hen will go into the crockpot.  I am writing this on Saturday night.  I am quite sure I will suffer on Sunday from eating beef! I did!

My ac does not work right. There is a new compressor and Freon. However, it just quits blowing. It is so frustrating to have to push the button for ac and the one that causes the inside air to be used, all this while driving.

Exbf said it was like pushing through the air Saturday with all the humidity.  He was out, too.

Are you suffering in the humidity? Tewshooz, I know you are.

I am Melting

The humidity is so high that I am definitely melting. The new leads for the heart monitor just fall off my damp skin. I had to go out to buy medical paper tape, hoping it will work. The monitor is useless if the leads are always falling off and the cell phone with the heart monitor keeps beeping me and sending a message to "check the white lead" or "check the red and black lead."

I started out early this afternoon to try and miss the Rock the South concert crowd and got sidetracked. So, about 5 pm I was fighting the crowds. The woman who put my groceries in my car said the next times she saw boobs or butts, she might throw up.

The WM parking lot was full, more cars there than any Christmas crowd. Beer was flying off the shelves at WM, so you can imagine the crowd is a little loose. I am so glad to be home!

Somehow, I spent $75 and none of it was groceries. But, all of it was necessary.

The only way I am not damp is if I am lying perfectly still on the bed, and of course, that is not possible most of the day. Typing makes me sweat.

At least there were no bad storms at my house or in town.  There was a clap of thunder that shook me so that the mattress was bouncing. Thunder rarely rattles me, but this clap did.

How is the weather where you are? Full summer weather? Hot and humid?

Problems Solved

This summer, I have been stymied by where all the mosquitoes were coming into the house. Today, while holding for a call, my eyes sort of glazed over and I stared into the distance. I focused and saw it--the window was open over a half inch! And, that screen does not fit well unless I push it on tightly. I don't remember opening the window, so it must have been Spring when a breeze inside would not be humid and mosquito- and fly-filled.

That could also explain why it has seemed like the ac was not cooling or removing humidity! GAH!

The LED light on the back porch solved another problem--all the bugs drawn to light that come indoors when I open the door at night as I come or go are mostly a thing of the past. At first, I did not notice the lack of hundreds of flying insects. Then, one night, I wondered where all the bugs were. Since this light stays on all the time, I know I am saving money, too.

There are also fewer insects attracted to the lamp nearest me. Thank you, LED. With the window open and the screen so loose, more insects than normal came in.

I found LED lights for about $2 at Lowe's and bought a few.

Have you tried LED lights and noticed fewer insects are drawn to them at outdoor light fixtures?