The heat is on...

Apparently, El Niño is going to be the Godzilla of weather. That is good. I mean there will probably be flooding and it won’t be enough to relieve the drought and such, but rain is rain.

I have been away for many years and I had forgotten about the “Indian Summer” the bay area has in September and October. Also, we had a warm summer, so once fall started I was ready for the sun to set and the temperature to drop 35 degrees and not come back until spring.

Yes, I realize that I am complaining because it might reach 80 degrees later in the week and that my friends to the south could experience highs in the low 90s this weekend. But my tights are all bundled up in a drawer, my boots stand side by side all lonely in my closet and my scarves! I can’t forget them. I have tried to wear them to work, but by lunchtime they are sequestered to my bag.

Last week I decided that weather be damned, I was going to wear fall type outfits. By the time I got to BART (at 7:00am), I was sweating. Luckily, I have figured out where to stand so the air vents will hit me. Unfortunately, this particular train was blasting freezing air up my back. Yes, the first few minutes were awesome and I cooled down. The remaining 23 minutes were a little uncomfortable. But suck it up. Right?

With that being said, as I get older (clearing of throat), I have been finding one of the many fun physical symptoms of "transitioning," is having hot flashes. My body can go from normal temperature to 90 degrees in moments. Sometimes my hands are so hot I feel like Human Torch from Fantastic Four. 

I have named my three kinds of hot flashes to amuse myself and now I will share them on my blog.

1. Drinking or eating something warmer than room temperature flash

2. Did an activity that made my heart rate go up just slightly, or walked at a brisk pace flash

3. Sleeping flash

All super fun, I went to a library conference in the summer and participated in a zine workshop, I started making a zine (called HOT FLASH, i know how original), but I have not yet completed it.

Maybe I will set my goal to complete it by the end of the year.

Flame on!