Brothers and Sisters, it is hot. They forecasted this heatwave, with relative accuracy. I shouldn’t be surprised that it is hot. I wanted to see how long I could wait before turning on the air conditioner. I don’t know why this seemed like an important competition. I may have been trying to prove that I wasn’t a melting little snowflake. I can handle whatever the world throws at me. Even in a heatwave, I can absorb and adapt. Although, I may be trying to single-handedly save the Earth by refusing to use my antique air conditioner. In case you were wondering, yesterday was when I gave up. I was melting.