It's Michigan and its 90 degrees (f) with a 90 humidity! Now I can handle that if its SNOW in the air! but when its so humid the water just hangs there... I'm sweating just thinking about it! But that is summer in Michigan!
Now I have this theory that the Northern states appreciate summer more because we just had 9 months of shoveling 6 or more inches of heavy snow off our walks and driveways in -20 degree weather! The only problem is, our bodies have now acclimated to the freezing cold and then we get hit by this hot humid stuff and we just pass out! I start opening the windows and night and get the fans going to blow the cold air into the house. All our extra blankets are hung by tacs to the windows to close out the sun during the day. This keeps our house feeling air conditioned until the late sun, when we again open up the windows and get the fans blowing again. I'm hoping to save some money keeping my house cool this way. If all else fails, thankfully, we live close to the beach, where on most days a decent breeze is coming inland from off the waves.
Now the other great thing about Michigan, is that once we finally get warm, hot weather, the official Michigan Air Force starts its maneuvers. As the mosquitos start to swarm, my kids begin their hibernation indoors. After welting up with a bite, we mark the spot with an X to help stop the itch, and start downing the garlic. Believe it or not, if you saturate your body with garlic they tend to not like your blood! Instead they'll go for all of those suckers trying to keep cool on ice-cream! ...but we'll not go there, because Ice Cream is my downfall when it comes to sweets..."swat"...oh those buggers...
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