After spending 9 days back in God's country/Ohio, I was reminded of a number of reasons I enjoy Ohio more than North Carolina. When I woke up my first morning in Ohio, and went out for a run...it was nice. I felt great. I ran far, I felt fresh. What was different? Oh...its because I am not pouring salty water into my eyes, making my shirt and shorts heavy. I sweat in NC as soon as I wake up, I sweat all night, I sweat in the shower, I sweat eating, I don't even know what it is that I do when I run. So, reason number two that NC is inferior to Ohio.....Humidity.
I can deal with the heat, I really can, but when I go for a run at 5:30 (!!!!!) in the morning I like being able to breath thank you very much. And I don't like starting the day of dripping in sweat so much that even after I shower, I am still sweating. When I move back to Ohio, I swear I will never complain about it being hot or humid again. Ever.
Not to mention, the humidity makes my apartment torturous (any, apparently, a wonderful climate for ferocious cockroaches) and has made my electric bill even more terrifying. This month it went up 400% from last month. And May was up from what April was. I would pay this happily if it actually kept me cool, but I have it set at 73 and still sweat through the night in fear of what my bill would look like if I had it set at the wonderfully cool 66 (in my opinion, optimal sleeping temperature).
What's worse...this will likely stick around til October. In Ohio, we would have 6 inches of snow by then. And I will run in 6 inches of snow. I won't run 6 degrees above 90. Which, lucky me, is the projected high for every day in the next 10-days.*
Why is Ohio better than NC? Snow.
*I love weather.com's 10-day forecast and check it daily and have found that the weather can have a dramatic effect on the mood of my day....
3 comments:
I agree! This Philly humidity is killing me. I cannot stop sweating: on my run, getting ready, walk to work, in work because the AC turns off at 2pm, making dinner, eating dinner, ugh!!!!!!!!!!
I would rather run in the coldest weather!
I HATE sweating. I am pitting out shirts left and right and that's without any exercise beyond chasing the kids and cleaning the house.
The thing I have going for me is a hubby who also hates to sweat and thus doesn't "sweat" the AC bill.
Who needs more excuses to love Ohio though?!
I love OHIO so much, and cant wait to be back in God's Country as well!
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