The Classic Struggles - Woman vs. Nature

It was almost 80F in our kitchen, at 5:30AM. It's an old house, there's no way we could air condition it, and we've never invested in decent curtains for the living room and kitchen, so we're hanging old sheets and blankets over the windows to keep the sun out during the day, and running the fans all night long trying to get the temperature down as low as we can. And it was that warm first thing in the AM, with a forecast of 98F for this afternoon. I rearranged the fans so that the bigger one was in the kitchen, and kept watching the temperature go up outside and trying to judge when it would make sense to pull it. Soon as I made the call and pulled the fan out of the kitchen window, the temp inside went up four degrees in a half hour and I had to put the fan back for a while. I think it's the fridge that makes the most heat. I didn't even want to turn on the stove for tea. I figured I would leave early for my physical therapy appointment and get coffee on the way, and that's what I did.

( WARNING: Woman vs Nature, or I wish I could be kinder to animals but living here makes that difficult. Don't read further if you're going to be upset with me, I feel guilty enough as it is. )

I didn't finish my coffee before I had to go into PT, but when I came back out it was about 100F in the car and the coffee was still hot to drink, so I figured it hadn't grown many bacteria.