As you may have heard it’s hot here in the mid-Atlantic region. What makes it difficult is the ancient building I sit in when I sit on our campus is heated by the bowels of hell. Every time I get here I crank down the heat whether it’s 20 degrees outside or 100 degrees outside. Then the person who “owns” the thermostat gets to her desk and I begin to sweat. She’s older and doesn’t care that it’s hot. Today I wore a t-shirt under my regular shirt and aside for when I’ve been outside to get lunch, I’ve been sitting in my t-shirt. If I could take off my shoes I would. It’s so warm in here that I managed to pry a window open and have slammed a tape dispenser into the space so that a breeze can come in.
Of course when I pried the window open, I realized that all the busted wood from the frame and all the lead based paint a girl could ask for started falling into the room and outside into the courtyard. Oh well…at least there’s fresh air riding in past all that funk.
