Heat

There is a heatwave going on in NYC, and if I look at a weather, I think the rest of the country. I hate the heat, and I used to live in Texas, so I know what hot really is. When I bring this up with people, I used to get the “but you have A/C down there.” Which is true, but I used to do outdoor theatre in the Summer, so I know what it feels like to sweat off 5 pounds, and never really feel cool.

But I survived it. Not sure how…

It is the same thing when I think about how when I was a kid growing up down there… I don’t remember drinking water… Clearly, I must have stayed hydrated. I just remember drinking Coke and Kool-Aid. I guess all that sugar did the trick.

And except for when I went to a water park, I never had sunscreen put on me. Lots of sun exposure.

Let’s juxtapose that with how a slather sunscreen my kid when I take her outside on a sunny hot day in New York. I don’t want my kid to get a sunburn, but I also feel a little silly as, though 80 degrees is hot, protecting my kid from something that my parents weren’t concerned about.