Heat Challenge

It's the time of year when it starts to warm up just a tad. It seems like there's only 1-2 weeks in the spring when it's just cool enough that I don't need to shut the windows during the day. Not to cool for heat. Not to hot for dark rooms and fans.

We're past that...way past.

So I've explained to several people in the past week my procedures for coping without central air. It's not the most comfortable thing in the world, but it's cheap, and it's manageable.


And it's a challenge!

Yesterday morning the house was 72 when I got up. I always gain a degree as I get ready for the day. Between the shower, lights, and hair dryer it can't be helped. It was over ninety yesterday and about 8 the house finally reached 80. Each evening I have to wait until sticking my arm out the back porch indicates that the temperature outside is at least the same as it is in the house. That happened at 9:20. In the next 10 hours, the temperature in the house only dropped 3 degrees. Not great, but to be expected when it's so hot.

So today the house started at 77 and was 78 by the time I left for church. Since then it's reached 80 and remained stable. It started to rain at 4 and a cool breeze came through, so the windows were opened and the fan turned on. If the sun comes out then I'll have to close it all up again. But, maybe these few minutes have made a difference.

Regulating the temperature is just a puzzle. Which windows to open and when, how fast to put the ceiling fans on, which lights to use, how long to run the hair dryer.