Sometimes I feel like I\u2019m between a rock and a hard place. Well, it\u2019s more like between dust and heat. You see, I\u2019m north of the equator, so December\/January is the \u201ccold\u201d time here. That meant that it felt great to leave my windows open a lot. Most days it was in the 80s, getting down to the 60s at night. I\u2019d wake up in the morning and open all the windows in the house to get lots of fresh air. However, it\u2019s also dusty season, and so there is red dust everywhere. I guess that\u2019s what happens when there\u2019s no grass to keep it on the ground, and it\u2019s only rained one day in the last 4 or so months.<\/p>\n
By opening my windows, not only was I letting the fresh air in, but I was also letting the dust in. I\u2019m not a neat freak at all, but it got to the point where after 48 hours I\u2019d feel like I really needed the wash the floor again since it had been so long. I guess that\u2019s what happens when you see foot prints everywhere you place your foot on your tile floor.<\/p>\n
Since I got tired of the dust, I decided to just open two windows and leave it at that. That really cut down on the dust, which was nice. I had won the battle against the dust.<\/p>\n
But time moves on and seasons change. It\u2019s not January anymore. It\u2019s now February 10th, and the hot season feels like it\u2019s starting already. It\u2019s not as hot as it will be in March and April, but the highs everyday are still in the high 90s. That means that leaving most of the windows closed makes it very hot in my house (I don\u2019t have an air conditioner). As I\u2019m typing this, I now I have 4 of my 5 windows open. I left the kitchen one closed so that my clean dishes stay a little cleaner, but opened the other ones so that it may be \u201ccool\u201d when I go to bed. Lately I\u2019ve been hoping for 90-91 degrees when I go to bed, and then it gets down to about 85 by morning if I leave 3 windows open. So yes, there is more dust coming in now, but at least it\u2019s a tad bit cooler.<\/p>\n
All day now it feels like a game against the heat \u2013 which windows should I open to let the breeze and which ones should I keep closed to keep out the sun and the heat, and when should I open and close the ones that are closed or open. And as for dust, I figure I\u2019ll just keep washing the floors.<\/p>\n
One nice thing about the heat, though, is that I don\u2019t mind anymore that there\u2019s only one temperature knob on all my faucets. Taking a cool shower feels nice again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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