And that allowed my body to finally acclimate to this climate a bit more.
It seemed care about something was missing if I was going to call myself a local. And after more than 2 years here, I assume that local designation applies. I guess all the best venues to eat & who has the best HVAC cooling during ecstatic eighth. There isn’t a cool thing around here that I haven’t tried & I support the local vendors over saving money on the large corporate maintenance providers. So I’m a local. But I still had 1 merit badge to earn if I legitimately was going to consider myself a local. And that was getting right with the heat. Since I’ve moved down here, I haven’t legitimately been right with the heat. Instead, I pretty much stay inside the HVAC cooling all summer. I labor inside the zone controlled HVAC of my office & then go right loft to the central air conditioning of the house. Rarely do I get outside. But the summer time here is epic warm & humid. So I’m not alone. Still, I needed to get straight with the heat & save myself some money on the HVAC cooling costs while I was doing it. And so when the temps started to climb this Spring, I just let them & didn’t turn on the air conditioning. Instead, I sort of embraced & accepted the heat. And that allowed my body to finally acclimate to this climate a bit more. For sure it made a difference in my HVAC cooling costs as I was able to set the thermostat setting higher. And that was a good thing. But accepting the heat has finally gained me the title of local.