Where I live, the summer can be straight brutal.
And this is the time of year where we’re all realizing that we have the next four months of steamy heat to contend with.
But it also reminds me to be grateful as well. First, I super lucky to live in the age of residential HVAC and all the great HVAC technology that comes with that. Second, I’m still thankful I don’t have to deal with a gas furnace and all that snow up north during the winter. So if dealing with the summer heat and trying to keep the thermostat at a setting I can afford is my trade off, I’ll still take it. But I have to sort of move indoors for the exercise portion of my life. I’ve never been a gym sort of person. For one, I can’t seem to find a gym in this town with the sort of commercial HVAC that can handle the heat and a hundred sweaty people. But there’s a different discomfort as well. I just feel weird working out with people I don’t know is such close proximity. So mainly, I’m outside on my bike or playing tennis or something. The summer forces me into the basement because unless it’s the crack of dawn, it’s too hot to ride bikes. So I have a ductless heat pump in the basement and a stationary bike to get my miles in. This summer, I’m going to add some resistance band training down there in that perfect air conditioning. The summer is for air conditioning but it doesn’t last forever!