IT IS HOT

Three words: "It is HOT!!" Yes, you guessed it, it's hot! The area of the world that I live in seems like it is situated directly below the sun (which is NOT a good thing). You feel the difference when you walk into an air-conditioned room, and there aren't many of those here. Retreating to the pool is a past time as well as sitting in front of the fan.  The fan parked a foot from my bed blows straight into my flushed face every night. I don't even consider leaving the house after noon for fear that I might melt in the middle of the grocery store parking lot. Getting inside the car is like stepping into a giant sauna. Because the windows of our mini-van aren't tinted, it gives our car an oven-like sensation. The AC doesn't flow to the back of the car, so the two people in the front seats get to greet the cool air with joy while the jealous "back-seaters" glare at them in envy. 

Now the weather here is interesting. I separate the year into "rainy season" and "not-rainy season". It's pretty dry and warm all year round. In "winter" it stays cold inside the house. Now, when I say "winter" in quotations I mean that it is not like the average winters in other parts of the world. The houses here are made of cement so the houses stay very cold during the winter and fairly cool during the summer. But, the moment you step out of the house (at any time of the year), a giant "heat-wave" hits you head-on. I guess things could be worse, but I don't want them to be.