I am not a lizard

[la_marquise]

I seem to have transformed, over the last few days, into a character from a Somerset Maughan novel. Specifically, one of those frail women who droop over chaises longues, in states of perpetual fragility and weakness. It is, quite simply, both too hot and too humid. I can cope with one at a time, but both together... No. Nothing is getting done, I can't concentrate.
Dizziness, headaches, lethargy... If you want me, I shall be reclining on the daybed, cologne-soaked handkerchief in hand.
(It's not heat-stroke. I know the symptoms -- been there, done that -- and how to avoid it. I'm just no good at this kind of weather.)

Skirt of the day: long blue cotton.

Comments

[enggirl.livejournal.com]

I grew up in the desert where it could get to 120F in the summer, but with very little humidity. Then I spent a decade and a half in the Midwest, where in the summer the heat + humidity would make you sweat as soon as you got out of the shower, and then you'd have to deal with knee- and waist-high snowfall in the winter. I'm acclimated to the extremes. But I still have days in which I am a delicate flower of Southern womanhood and long for a fainting couch and a pitcher of iced tea. Hope it cools off enough for you soon!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you!