THAT GYM FEELING

Remember what it felt like at the end of gym class? Remember what it feels like when you leave the weight room at the Y? When you're finally finished with that extra mile on the treadmill? When you've come back in after walking dogs in a hurry?

You're glad the showers are nearby, waiting to return you to a normal, non-drippy state. Refreshed from the exercise, cooled off and renewed for more of your day.

Well, that drippy feeling is too much a part of my life (aka 80% night and day) and I'm moving back to the hotel this weekend. My dorm room seldom drops below 83F (thanks to my cute, purple, back-lit L.L. Bean travel alarm I know this piece of weather data) and when it does, it falls precipitously to 81F. Mornings find this same device registering 90F+.

The fan, you ask? Of course - duh. It's blowing on me brought on the cold, the sore throat, the drippy nose, the cough.

Not sleeping. Never comfortable. Cranky. CRANKY.

So, it's back to the beautiful Dan Gardens Hotel from the 16th to the 30th. It's not where I had planned on spending some cash, but if I don't get real comfortable, real soon (says she in perfect! English), there's going to be a complete waste of the month.

Wimp guilt? I'm over it.

Whining and complaining guilt? I'm over it.

Can't suck it up and move forward guilt? I'm over it.

Ugly, pampered American guilt? I'm over it.

Overweight and out of shape guilt? I'm over it.

Spending time logging all of this crankiness guilt? Almost over it.

I can easily take the bus to and from school. My classroom is air conditioned - currently the only two bright periods since I've moved to the dorms.

And, in a spate of total justification, there is lots of English being spoken in the dorms and I can get out of that bubble back at the hotels.

I hope the heat wave which I see on the AOL home page is not affecting you too much (I didn't see which part of "the East" was affected.)

May your guilts be legitimate and all your drippy times be followed by renewal and refreshment.

Rabbi Heath