Dienstag, 23. Februar 2010

Who would want an ever-lasting summer?

Some people (esp. Germans) are jealous when I tell them that I live in a place where it's always warm and sunny.
Well, I have always been a fan of seasons. Because after a long winter, you are incredibly looking forward to the spring and summer. And as soon as you can see five rays of sun, you are sitting outside and really enjoying life!
But now I am in the hottest and driest part of Costa Rica: Guanacaste. When I moved here, I was really glad that I escaped the heavy rains and humidity of the Caribbeans. And during the first few days in Guanacaste, I would sit outside in the burning midday sun and read a book. I enjoyed that for the first 2 weeks and then it started getting boring. Now every morning, I take a peek out of the window and pray that I can see at least a few tiny clouds and unless I absolutely have to, I will not leave my place in front of the fan. (Imagine: During the first 2 weeks I didn’t even want to buy one; now I can’t live without it.)
Lately I have been feeling very uncomfortable with this heat. Baking a few pancakes makes me sweat so much that I look like I have just taken a shower and forgotten to dry myself off. I sometimes also get kind of frustrated because we don’t have air-condition (which would not be normal for Costa Rican houses anyway) and there is simply no way to get away from the heat. (The fan doesn’t really produce anything else than a breeze of warm air.) I am sure that Cristian can’t really understand that being sweaty and hot all the time sometimes makes me be in a bad mood. But I feel like my German blood is boiling.
Here I wear my clothes for 5 hours and then I have to have a shower and change my clothes again. I don't even bother to put on any make-up; it would only run down my face in big rivers after 30 minutes. (And I loooooove make-up!)
In Germany, when we have a few hot days like this, they tell you on the radio and on TV that you should not go outside during the day unless you absolutely have to because the heat can be deadly. How true!
So, after this seemingly never-ending heat I am now looking forward to a long, very cold winter (which doesn’t even exist in Guanacaste). Would anybody like to buy me a plane ticket to the North Pole???

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