When I was younger, at times, I really enjoyed the heat.
I grew up in a tropical climate and raised my children there.
Every weekend, I took my children to the beach or the local lake to swim or to the park or elementary school playground to play. We would make a afternoon of it. I’d pack up some towels, drinks, lunch, popcorn, and sunscreen, turn the control machine on my air conditioner down about four degrees, and off my associate and I would go. The children always had a relaxing time, and got plenty of fresh air and exercise. Two of the parks in my hometown had water spouts that helped to keep the children cool, and these are the parks my associate and I chose on the hottest afternoons, because, cooling off is extremely pressing in a tropical environment. After a long afternoon of fun in the sun, my associate and I would return house to an air conditioned house, grateful for the cool air. This is one giant reason I would turn the control machine down an extra four degrees before leaving, so that my associate and I could cool off suddenly when my associate and I returned home. After baths and showers and a nice lunch, my associate and I would sit around soaking up the air conditioner until bedtime. After the heat of the afternoon, my associate and I would sleep so well in the cool air conditioner, often bundled up in blankets. Of course, I would turn the control machine back up to seventy-six degrees, where I usually kept it throughout the week to conserve energy, but, that one weekend afternoon and night, my associate and I would splurge, because really freezing air is a real treat after an extremely hot and humid afternoon in the sun.