I’m not accustomed to the heat and humidity the way my husband is.
And I’ve struggled with that fact since we moved down here.
We actually met up north while attending the same university. When we got married, we ended up with jobs in the north so he had to get used to winters with a gas furnace. That was so hard on him and I really did wish I could help him. Over the course of a decade, he finally got to where he might be able to last at a sporting event or maybe going skiing. Other than that, he wasn’t much interested in leaving the cozy, heating comfort from the HVAC equipment. Now that we are living near where he grew up, the heating and cooling shoe is on the other foot, if you will. I just haven’t been able to come to terms with the heat and humidity of summer. Of course, the rest of the year is like heaven. But those four months of summer are brutal and I need all the air conditioning I can get. And that’s a bit of a problem because we try our best to now overuse the air conditioning. It’s very similar to what my husband experienced up north. The more he stayed inside the HVAC heating, the worse the cold seemed. The same is now true for me as I find if I don’t get acclimated to the heat a bit in the spring and just stay in the HVAC cooling, the summer is oppressive. Plus, keeping the thermostat too low just runs our electric bill through the roof.