We all knew it would happen sooner or later, but nobody knew it would be this soon!
Being pregnant can be uncomfortable. Or so I’m told. Being pregnant during the summer can be very uncomfortable. Being pregnant during the summer in Spain can be hell. Jan is currently in hell.
Normally the temperature here during the months of July and August get so unbearably hot that you can see cars melting on the street while people spontaneously burst into flames on line at the supermarket. Many people take a much needed break from work at this time of year and go on holiday to some cooler part of the planet. We do not have that luxury.
Now, I wouldn’t even say that it’s all that hot right now. According to Yahoo Weather, it is currently 70 degrees Fahrenheit (or 21 degrees Celsius) with the humidity being a steady 50%. Sounds like heaven, doesn’t it? Jan doesn’t think so. Unable to sleep (the poor thing), she’s currently walking around the apartment, opening all the windows, removing all her clothing, and dipping her feet in a pot of cold water beside the bed – her right foot has been especially hot these past couple weeks. I have no idea what we’re going to do when the summer really gets here!
Just wait until the baby takes up so much room that she can no longer breathe. This is where we are at now…not fun, my friend.
Ouch! Looks like we’d better get some air conditioning installed in the new apartment. And fast!
Yahoo knows diddley squat about Barcelona weather.According to http://www.lavanguardia.es, its 29 degrees. I know who I believe.
What you say is true, Basia. But I checked last night at 3am. Yahoo now says that it’s 26. And in all fairness, Yahoo gets their weather info from The Weather Chanel. So leave my Yahoo alone!
OK, if you were up at 3am checking temperatures, you must have been really hot and totally deserve my sympathy.
I certainly can offer my sympathies- when I was pregnant with you, your father came home to a house with the heat turned totally off (January, Long Beach, New York, 1976) I was marching around in a tee shirt and he had to eat dinner in his leather jacket to try to stay warm. Fans work well, American Jan knows where to get good ones.
Hang in there – we love you all.
Hey, hooray! I thought it was just me, but everyone is saying it: It IS hot! Sure, I’m not pregnant, but I AM unstably close to having daily hot flashes (or flushes, if you are so inclined). Anyway, since I got a mention from Mom, I will respond in kind. She’s talking about handheld Spanish-style fans, and my local “todo a cien” (“todo a 2 euros o mas”??) sells ’em on the cheap. And they ARE good ones. Looks like it’s time to stock up on some more! Maybe Jan can dip hers in ice water before fanning?? xx
I tried pouring ice water in Angela’s slippers to help her out. It didn’t work out too well…
We finally dusted off the old plug-in style fans yesterday (I’m afraid of hand-powered technologies) and everyone is back to sleepy semi-comfortably. Even the right foot has cooled off a bit. I offered to add ice cubes to Jan’s pot-o-water, but she thought it may prevent her from falling back to sleep. Go figure.
You fathers-to-be are so helpful!!!! Meanwhile, today it’s loads cooler and raining (or trying to mostly), for those of you keeping tabs on the BCN weather. Maybe Baby Girl Zamrycki Clayton did a rain dance in her swimming pool? She is so powerful!!